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ACC Championship bound Duke battles to a 73-61 over Clemson For the fourth time in five years, the top-seeded Blue Devils are advancing to the T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Championship Game after defeating the 5-seeded Tigers, 73-61. The Duke defense held Clemson to 32.7% shooting for the game. Duke made 46.0% of its field goal attempts and won the rebounding battle, 41-27. Cameron Boozer had a double-double for the second consecutive night, as he had 24 points and 14 rebounds. Cayden Boozer had 16 points on 6-12 field goals. Nikolas Khamenia added 14 points and six rebounds. RJ Godfrey led Clemson with 18 points on 6-11 shooting with six rebounds. Jestin Porter hit three three-pointers and scored 12 points.

ACC Championship bound Duke battles to a 73-61 over Clemson

Virginia advances to ACC Championship with 84-62 win over Miami The Cavaliers are Championship Bound! The No. 2 Virginia Cavaliers pulled away late in the first half and held the No. 3 Miami Hurricanes at arm's length throughout the 2nd half of their 84-62 win in the semifinals of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. The Cavs closed the first half on a 13-2 run that was capped by Chance Mallory's brilliant steal and pull-up 3 as the buzzer sounded. Five players scored in double figures for the Cavs, led by Ugonna Onyenso's 17 points on 8-9 shooting to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 blocked shots, and a steal. Thijs De Ridder and Sam Lewis each added 16 points while Malik Thomas chipped in 15 points in the win. Tru Washington led the Hurricanes with 13 points in the loss.

Virginia advances to ACC Championship with 84-62 win over Miami

Coaching candidates for Boston, Syracuse, and Georgia Tech basketball While much of college basketball is still playing, the season has been over for Boston College and Georgia Tech for over a week. Syracuse’s season ended on Tuesday.

Coaching candidates for Boston, Syracuse, and Georgia Tech basketball

Game Preview: Duke faces Clemson in ACC Tournament Semifinal The Blue Devils face the Clemson Tigers in the ACC Tournament Semi-Finals at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC.

Game Preview: Duke faces Clemson in ACC Tournament Semifinal

Clemson holds off UNC to win 80-79 In the Thursday night finale, the 5-seeded Tigers took down the 4-seeded Tar Heels, 80-79, to advance to the semifinals of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. It was Clemson's first win over North Carolina in the ACC Tournament since 1996. Clemson led by as many as 18 in the second half, but North Carolina went on a 21-7 run in the final three minutes to close the lead down to 1 with 2.7 seconds remaining. Once again, it was a balanced attack for Clemson with six Tigers scoring in double-figures. Nick Davidson was the Tigers' leading scorer with 17 points, going 4-4 on three-pointers. Dillon Hunter had 14 points, five rebounds, and three assists. RJ Godfrey added 13 points, three rebounds, two assists, and a steal. North Carolina's Henri Veesaar scored a career-high 28 points while also pulling down 17 rebounds. Derek Dixon added 16 points with four made three-pointers.

Clemson holds off UNC to win 80-79

Duke escapes with 80-79 win over Florida State On to the next! The top-seeded Blue Devils survived a scare from the 8-seeded Seminoles, 80-79. Robert McCray had a good shot at the buzzer for the win, but the ball rimmed out. Duke outrebounded Florida State 46-25, and the Blue Devils got 24 second-chance points off of 22 offensive rebounds. Isaiah Evans hit seven three-pointers on his way to a game-high 32 points. Cameron Boozer had a double-double with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and four assists. Maliq Brown added four points, 12 rebounds, three assists, three steals, and two blocks. Lajae Jones had 28 points on 8-15 shooting with four made three-pointers for Florida State. Robert McCray V finished with 25 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals, and a block.

Duke escapes with 80-79 win over Florida State

Miami wins battle 78-73 over Louisville The No. 3 seeded Miami Hurricanes won a tough battle against the No. 6 seeded Louisville Cardinals in the quarterfinals of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, 78-73. Malik Reneau led the way on offense for the Hurricanes, scoring 24 points on 8-17 shooting to go along with 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and a blocked shot. Tru Washington added 17 points, Tre Donaldson chipped in 14 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals, while Shelton Henderson scored 9 points to go along with 8 rebounds in the win. Ryan Conwell played a great game and finished with 22 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals while J'Vonne Hadley did everything he could to keep the game close, scoring 19 points on 7-12 shooting, including 2-3 from three-point range, along with 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and a steal for Pat Kelsey's crew.

Miami wins battle 78-73 over Louisville

Virginia defeats NC State 81-74 to advance to ACC Tourney Semifinal In the quarterfinals of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, the No. 2 seeded Virginia Cavaliers won a tough battle against the No. 7 seeded NC State Wolfpack. Malik Thomas led the Cavs with 16 points while Thijs De Ridder added 15 points, Jacari White chipped in 13, and Sam Lewis scored 12 points for Ryan Odom's club. Ugonna Onyenso was huge throughout the game, scoring 8 key points on 4-8 shooting, but also by blocking an ACC Tournament record-tying 8 shots in the win. Onyenso also added 6 rebounds and a steal to round out the stat sheet. Paul McNeil Jr. came up huge late as he did all that he could as the Wolfpack tried to rally for the win. McNeil Jr. finished with a game-high 26 points on 7-15 shooting, including 6-11 from three-point range, along with 6 rebounds, an assist, and a steal in the loss.

Virginia defeats NC State 81-74 to advance to ACC Tourney Semifinal

Game Preview: Duke opens up ACC Tourney Play with a hot FSU team Top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Duke begins ACC Tournament play in Thursday’s quarterfinal against eight-seed Florida State, after the Seminoles defeated Cal on Wednesday night.

Game Preview: Duke opens up ACC Tourney Play with a hot FSU team

Clemson uses hot shooting to beat Wake Forest 71-62 In the final matchup of the second round, the 5-seeded Tigers used some hot three-point shooting in the first half to carry them to a win over the 13-seeded Demon Deacons, 71-62. Clemson hit nine of their 10 total three-pointers in the first half. Clemson scored 20 points off of 12 Wake Forest turnovers. The Tigers had 10 different players score in the game. RJ Godfrey led the Tigers with 11 points and eight rebounds. Chase Thompson had nine points and three rebounds. Wake Forest's Juke Harris scored a game-high 22 points to go with four assists and two rebounds. Tre'Von Spillers had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds

Clemson uses hot shooting to beat Wake Forest 71-62

Florida State advances with 95-89 win over Cal The 8-seeded Seminoles knocked off the 9-seeded Golden Bears, 95-89, to advance to the quarterfinal round of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. Florida State led by as many as 22 midway through the second half. FSU made 57.4% of its field goal attempts and 13 three-pointers, while Cal shot 50.8% overall and made 11 three-pointers. Robert McCray V led the way for the Seminoles with 30 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block. Lajae Jones finished the game with 15 points, six rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Kobe MaGee scored 13 points and hit four three-pointers, all in the first half. For Cal, Dai Dai Ames scored a team-high 27 points, making four three-pointers. Lee Dort had seven points and 18 rebounds.

Florida State advances with 95-89 win over Cal

Louisville outlasts SMU 62-58 to advance in ACC Tournament Ryan Conwell in the clutch. The No. 6 seeded Louisville Cardinals outlasted the No. 11 seeded SMU Mustangs, 62-58, in the 2nd round of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. Trailing by 1 with just over a minute remaining in their back-and-forth battle with SMU in the 2nd round of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Ryan Conwell put the Cardinals on his shoulders and knocked down a huge three-pointer to give the Cards the lead. Moments later, after a miss by SMU, Conwell found a driving lane and hit a tough layup to give his team a 62-58 lead. Conwell led the team with 16 points while Adrian Wooley added 14, Isaac McKneely scored 10, and J'Vonne Hadley chipped in 9 points in the win. Jaron Pierre Jr. scored all of his team-high 17 points in a wild 2nd half.

Louisville outlasts SMU 62-58 to advance in ACC Tournament

NC State advances in ACC Tournament with 98-88 win over Pitt The No. 7 seeded NC State Wolfpack benefitted from some hot shooting as they won over the No.15 Pitt Panthers, 98-88, in the 2nd round of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. Six players scored in double figures for Will Wade's club, led by Quadir Copeland's 24 points on 7-10 shooting. Copeland also dished out 8 assists, grabbed 4 rebounds, and finished with 2 steals. As a team, the Wolfpack shot a blistering 61% from the floor and 57% from three-point range, making 13-23 from behind the arc. Cameron Corhen did his best to keep the game close, scoring 27 points on 9-12 shooting in the loss.

NC State advances in ACC Tournament with 98-88 win over Pitt

Virginia Tech and Stanford NCAA hopes likely end, SMU is still alive Tuesday at the ACC Tournament featured 3 teams that still harbored realistic hopes to reach the NCAA tournament. 2 of those teams’ hopes came to a brutal end.

Virginia Tech and Stanford NCAA hopes likely end, SMU is still alive

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Wake Forest advances in ACC Tourney with 95-89 OT win over Virginia Tech Wake Forest took down the 12-seeded Hokies, 95-89 in overtime in the first round of the ACC Tournament. Seven of the eight Wake Forest players who played in the game scored at least 10 points. Wake Forest shot 50.8% from the field while holding Virginia Tech to 41.8% shooting. Myles Colvin led Wake Forest with 18 points and six rebounds. Sebastian Akins scored 14 points, including an important and-1 with 57 seconds left in overtime. Akins also had four rebounds and three assists. Tre'Von Spillers and Mekhi Mason each had 13 points. For Virginia Tech, Ben Hammond scored a game-high 23 points. Jailen Bedford had 17 points, eight rebounds, and three assists.

Wake Forest advances in ACC Tourney with 95-89 OT win over Virginia Tech

SMU defeats Syracuse 86-69 The 11-seeded Mustangs picked up their 20th win of the season as they defeated the 14-seeded Orange, 86-69 in the 1st Round of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. SMU only led by one at halftime, but in the second half, Boopie Miller and Jaron Pierre Jr. took over the game for the Mustangs. Miller and Pierre scored 31 of SMU's 47 points in the second half. Syracuse as a team only scored 31 second half points. Miller finished the game with a game-high 25 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and a steal. Pierre had 21 points, five rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Jaden Toombs had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. For Syracuse, Nate Kingz led the way with 25 points, six rebounds, two assists, a block, and a steal. Tyler Betsey hit five three-pointers and scored 15 points off the bench.

SMU defeats Syracuse 86-69

Late heroics push Pitt to 64-63 upset of Stanford In a game that went back and forth and was full of action, the No. 15 seeded Pitt Panthers outlasted the No. 10 seeded Stanford Cardinal, 64-63 in the first round 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. Trailing by a point in the final seconds, Pitt's Damarco Minor drove the lane and was denied, but followed up his miss with the putback that gave the Panthers the win. The Panthers spread around the scoring, with Barry Dunning Jr. leading the way with 16 points on 7-10 shooting, including 2-4 from three-point range to go along with 8 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocked shots. Roman Siulepa came up big with 14 points and 7 rebounds while Cameron Corhen added 12 and Omari Witherspoon scored 11 for Jeff Capel's crew. Ebuka Okorie led the Cardinal with 14 points while Benny Gealer added 11 points in the loss.

Late heroics push Pitt to 64-63 upset of Stanford

Randolph Childress' Complete Domination In 1995 ACC Tournament In 1995, Wake Forest guard Randolph Childress put the Demon Deacons on his shoulders and snatched the ACC Championship seemingly singlehandedly. Childress hit shot after shot after shot to defeat all comers, including toppling top dogs Duke and North Carolina. Relive Childress' record-setting ACC Tournament run here.

Randolph Childress' Complete Domination In 1995 ACC Tournament

What Makes Duke The Heavy Favorites For ACC Tournament The Duke Blue Devils lost just one game in the ACC regular season and don't appear to be slowing down. Hear what Tom Werme and Wes Bryant have to say about them being the heavy favorites to win the T.Rowe Price 2026 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament.

What Makes Duke The Heavy Favorites For ACC Tournament

Great Moments In ACC Men's Basketball Tournament History There have been far too many spectacular moments to count in the seven-plus decade history of the ACC Torunament. Enjoy a look at some of the top moments from the last 40 years.

Great Moments In ACC Men's Basketball Tournament History

Duke s Cameron Boozer Leads ACC Men s Basketball 2025-26 Season Honors CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer has been voted the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, highlighting the 2025-26 All-ACC Men’s Basketball Team and award winners, which were announced Monday, March 9, by the conference office. The ACC’s regular-season champion for the second straight year, Duke claimed five of the league’s six annual season awards.

Duke s Cameron Boozer Leads ACC Men s Basketball 2025-26 Season Honors

New ACC Coaches On Coaching In Their 1st ACC Tournament Before the season, the ACC Digital Network asked the four newest coaches in the ACC about their thoughts on getting the chance to coach in the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament for the first time. All of them have history with the tournament with Virginia Ryan Odom's dad having won the ACC Tournament while coaching Wake Forest, Florida State's Luke Loucks won the tournament as an FSU player, NC State's Will Wade is a Clemson alum and started his coaching career as a Clemson graduate assistant, and Miami's Jai Lucas was an assistant coach at Duke for the past several seasons. Listen to what each coach had to say about getting to be a head coach in the ACC Tournament for the first time.

New ACC Coaches On Coaching In Their 1st ACC Tournament

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Changes must come for Georgia Tech basketball, but what kind? Georgia Tech’s nightmare men’s basketball season is over. They played hard in a 79-76 loss to NCAA-bound Clemson, but yet again, the Jackets, in games they actually play reasonably well in, faded in the second half. Up 10 points in the second, Clemson outscored Georgia Tech by 13 the rest of the way.

Changes must come for Georgia Tech basketball, but what kind?

Coaches On Why The ACC Tournament Is A Must-Watch Event As we head into the start of the 2026 T. Rowe Price ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, we are looking back at what the ACC men's basketball coaches said at ACC Tipoff about what makes the tournament a great must-watch event. Coaches like Duke's Jon Scheyer, North Carolina's Hubert Davis, Cal's Mark Madsen, and Clemson's Brad Brownell explain that it is multiple things that make the ACC Tournament great. From the tradition of it being the original conference tournament and the historic teams in the conference to the variable styles of play, which make for an entertaining game. Watch what the coaches have to say, and then tell us what you believe makes the ACC one of the top must-watch sporting events every year.

Coaches On Why The ACC Tournament Is A Must-Watch Event

Will the ACC get an 8th team into the NCAA Tournament? There’s always the ACCT left to try and get quality wins, but as the regular season comes to a close, the ACC, which had been looking at 8 or 9 teams in position to get to the NCAAs is precariously close to getting only 7.

Will the ACC get an 8th team into the NCAA Tournament?

Duke wins on Senior Night 76-61 over UNC In Durham, the No. 1 Blue Devils got revenge for a loss earlier this season as they defeated the #17 Tar Heels, 76-61. North Carolina had the Duke lead down to just three early in the second half, but the Blue Devils went on a 24-2 run to take full control of the game. Duke dominated the offensive glass, grabbing 18 offensive rebounds compared to just five for UNC. Cameron Boozer had a monster game with 26 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists. Maliq Brown had 15 points, nine rebounds, five steals, two assists, and a block. Isaiah Evans hit three three-pointers and scored 11 points. Derek Dixon led North Carolina with 17 points, going 5-8 on three-pointers.

Duke wins on Senior Night 76-61 over UNC

Pitt qualifies for ACC Tournament with 71-69 OT win over Syracuse In a game that the Pitt Panthers needed to win in order to qualify for the 2026 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, they got the job done with a 71-69 overtime victory over the Syracuse Orange. With the score tied at 69, Nojus Indrusaitis found an open lane, and William Kyle III was late with his rejection attempt, leading to a goaltending call that gave the Panthers the win after a missed heave by Naithan George. The game went back and forth and saw 13 ties and 7 lead changes. Cameron Corhen had an extremely impressive outing, scoring 21 points on 8-14 shooting while Barry Dunning Jr. added 17 points and Indrusaitis scored 16 in the win. Naithan George had a phenomenal game for the Orange and finished with 26 points on 8-17 shooting, including 4-10 from three-point range, along with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Donnie Freeman added 18 points and 13 rebounds while Nate Kingz chipped in 14 points for Adrian Autry's squad in the loss.

Pitt qualifies for ACC Tournament with 71-69 OT win over Syracuse