2025–26 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

2025–26 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 3, 2025 – March 7, 2026
Teams18
Total attendance2,743,863
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, The CW Sports
NBA Draft
2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season championsDuke
  Runners-upVirginia
Season MVPCameron Boozer – Duke
Top scorerEbuka Okorie – 23.14 ppg[1]
ACC tournament
ChampionsDuke
Finals MVPCameron Boozer – Duke
2025–26 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Duke † 17 – 1   .944 34 – 2   .944
No. 9 Virginia 15 – 3   .833 30 – 6   .833
No. 25 Miami (FL) 13 – 5   .722 26 – 9   .743
No. 21 North Carolina 12 – 6   .667 24 – 9   .727
Clemson 12 – 6   .667 24 – 11   .686
No. 23т Louisville 11 – 7   .611 24 – 11   .686
NC State 10 – 8   .556 20 – 14   .588
Florida State 10 – 8   .556 18 – 15   .545
California 9 – 9   .500 22 – 12   .647
Stanford 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
SMU 8 – 10   .444 20 – 14   .588
Virginia Tech 8 – 10   .444 19 – 13   .594
Wake Forest 7 – 11   .389 18 – 17   .514
Syracuse 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
Pittsburgh 5 – 13   .278 13 – 20   .394
Notre Dame 4 – 14   .222 13 – 17   .433
Boston College 4 – 14   .222 11 – 20   .355
Georgia Tech 2 – 16   .111 11 – 20   .355
† 2026 ACC tournament winner
As of March 22, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2025, followed by the start of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will start in December 2025 and conclude in March 2026. The 2026 ACC men's basketball tournament will be held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, in March 2025.[2] This will be the 72nd season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball. The top 15 teams from regular season play will earn postseason bids to the 2026 ACC men's basketball tournament. After scheduling 20 conference games per team from 2019–20 to 2024–25, the conference decided to return to 18-game conference schedules (the same as they had from 2012–13 to 2018–19).[3]

The Duke Blue Devils finished as regular season champions with a 17–1 conference record. They finished two games ahead of Virginia who finished with a 15–3 conference record. The title was Duke's twenty-second overall. Duke also went on to win the ACC tournament over Virginia. It was their twenty-fourth tournament title, which is the most in conference history.[4]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

  • Jim Larrañaga stepped down from his head coaching role at Miami on December 26, 2024. Bill Courtney was the Hurricanes' interim coach for the remainder of the season.[7] Courtney was not retained as the head coach, and Miami announced the hiring of Jai Lucas on March 6, 2025.[8]
  • Tony Bennett announced his retirement as head coach of Virginia on October 17, 2024.[11] Ron Sanchez was named interim head coach for the season, but was not retained for the 2025–26 season. Ryan Odom was announced as the new head coach on March 21, 2025.[12]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Earl Grant Charleston 5 61–72 27–53 0 0 0 0
California Mark Madsen Utah Valley 3 27–38 6–14 0 0 0 0
Clemson Brad Brownell Wright State 16 292–196 146–128 0 5 0 0
Duke Jon Scheyer Duke (Assoc.) 4 89–22 48–12 2 3 1 0
Florida State Luke Loucks Sacramento Kings (Asst.) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Georgia Tech Damon Stoudamire Boston Celtics (Asst.) 3 31–35 17–23 0 0 0 0
Louisville Pat Kelsey Charleston 2 27–8 18–2 0 1 0 0
Miami Jai Lucas Duke (Assoc.) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
NC State Will Wade McNeese 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
North Carolina Hubert Davis North Carolina (Asst.) 5 101–45 56–24 0 3 1 0
Notre Dame Micah Shrewsberry Penn State 3 28–38 8–25 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh Jeff Capel Duke (Asst.) 8 114–107 55–79 0 1 0 0
SMU Andy Enfield USC 2 24–11 13–7 0 0 0 0
Stanford Kyle Smith Washington State 2 21–14 11–9 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Adrian Autry Syracuse (Assoc.) 3 34–31 18–22 0 0 0 0
Virginia Ryan Odom VCU 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Virginia Tech Mike Young Wofford 7 105–85 53–60 1 2 0 0
Wake Forest Steve Forbes East Tennessee State 6 92–65 50–48 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2024–25 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team 247 Sports[13] On3Recruits[14] ESPN[15] Commits
Boston College 68 51 NR 4
California 87 54 NR 2
Clemson 37 40 NR 4
Duke 1 1 1 5
Florida State 83 98 NR 4
Georgia Tech 31 29 17 5
Louisville 25 39 NR 4
Miami 16 21 23 7
NC State 50 13 NR 3
North Carolina 5 15 25 4
Notre Dame 13 11 9 4
Pittsburgh 62 60 NR 4
SMU 6 9 10 5
Stanford 32 91 NR 4
Syracuse 17 16 14 5
Virginia 26 46 NR 4
Virginia Tech 39 84 NR 5
Wake Forest 87 66 NR 2

Notes:

  • Rankings are up to date as of September 17, 2025

Preseason watchlists

Wooden Award[16] Naismith[17] Cousy[18] West[19] Erving[20] Malone[21] Abdul-Jabbar[22]
Mikel Brown Jr. Y Y Y
Cameron Boozer Y Y Y
Markus Burton Y Y Y
Ryan Conwell Y Y Y
Isaiah Evans Y Y
Donnie Freeman Y
Baye Ndongo Y
Patrick Ngongba II Y
Malik Reneau Y
Dame Sarr Y
Malik Thomas Y
Seth Trimble Y
Ernest Udeh Jr. Y
Henri Veesaar Y
Darrion Williams Y Y Y
Caleb Wilson Y Y Y

Preseason polls

Main article: 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls
AP[23] Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[24] 		CBS Sports[25] Coaches[26] ESPN[27] Fox Sports[28] KenPom NCAA Sports[29] Sporting News[30] Sports
Illustrated[31]
Boston College – – – – – – 90 – – 146
California – – – – – – 87 – – 119
Clemson – – 48 – – – 32 RV – 52
Duke 6 4 5 5 12 9 7 7 1 4
Florida State – – 94 – – – 96 – – 87
Georgia Tech – – 85 – – – 70 RV – 102
Louisville 11 10 12 9 7 7 14 11 17 8
Miami – – 70 – – – 76 RV – 50
North Carolina 25 25 24 25 25 – 33 23 – 21
NC State RV – 35 RV 24 – 38 22 – 33
Notre Dame – – 55 – – – 77 – – 76
Pittsburgh – – 67 – – – 63 – – 83
SMU – – 41 – – – 43 – – 44
Stanford – – 82 – – – 89 – – 107
Syracuse – – 79 – – – 68 – – 72
Virginia RV – 29 RV – – 59 – – 20
Virginia Tech – – 66 – – – 71 – – 56
Wake Forest – – 63 – – – 49 – – 62

ACC Preseason Media poll

The preseason poll and Preseason All-ACC Teams were released on October 14, 2025, prior to the season beginning and after ACC Media Day. The results of the poll are below.[32]

Preseason poll
ACC Media Points
1. Duke 866 (34)
2. Louisville 842 (15)
3. North Carolina 741
4. NC State 710
5. Virginia 623
6. SMU 616
7. Clemson 510
8. Miami 500
9. Syracuse 489
10. Notre Dame 477
11. Wake Forest 412
12. Virginia Tech 355
13. Georgia Tech 315
14. Pittsburgh 301
15. Florida State 221
16. California 156
17. Stanford 138
18. Boston College 107
Reference:[32]
(#) first-place votes
Preseason All-ACC teams
2025 ACC Men's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams[32]
First Team Second Team
Cameron Boozer – Duke Isaiah Evans – Duke
Markus Burton – Notre Dame Boopie Miller – SMU
Darrion Williams – NC State JJ Starling – Syracuse
Mikel Brown Jr. – Louisville Baye Ndongo – Georgia Tech
Ryan Conwell – Louisville Caleb Wilson – North Carolina
ACC preseason player of the year
ACC preseason freshman of the year

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Boston College Charleston Classic – Lowcounty Bracket 4th
California Empire Classic Champions
Clemson Charleston Classic – Palmetto Bracket Champions
Duke Champions Classic Won vs. Kansas
Florida State None
Georgia Tech Emerald Coast Classic 4th
Louisville None
Miami ESPN Events Invitational – Magic Bracket 3rd
North Carolina Fort Myers Tip-Off – Beach Division 2nd
NC State Maui Invitational 6th
Notre Dame Players Era Festival 4th
Pittsburgh Legends Classic 4th
SMU None
Stanford Acrisure Invitational Champions
Syracuse Players Era Festival 8th
Virginia Greenbrier Tip-Off – Mountain Division 4th
Virginia Tech Battle 4 Atlantis 4th
Wake Forest Bahamas Championship 3rd

Regular season

Rankings

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Main article: 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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California AP RV RV N/A RV
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Duke AP 6 4 (2) 5 (1) 4 4 3 (7) 3 (3) 6 N/A 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 1 (56) 1 (55) 1 (56) 1 (50)
C 5 4 (1) 4 (2) 4 (1) 4 (1) 3 (2) 3 (3) 6 5 6 6 5 4 4 6 3 1 (27) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (26)
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Louisville AP 11 12 6 6 6 11 11 16 N/A 20 20 23 20 24 24 21 24 RV 24 23т
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North Carolina AP 25 18 18 16 16 14 12 12 N/A 17 14 22 16 14 11 16 18 17 19 21
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Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Boston College California Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh SMU Stanford Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College – 86–75 74–50 67–49 80–72 65–53 75–62 74–68
76–54		 × 79–71
  • 68–64
  • 69–77
 62–65 94–70 70–64 73–81OT 73–66 72–63 67–68
vs. California 75–86 – 77–55 71–56 63–61 85–90
65–76		 90–70 85–86 78–84 × 71–72 72–56 69–73 66–78
66–72		 107–1002OT 84–60 78–75 80–73
vs. Clemson 50–74 55–77 – 67–54 70–65 63–77
76–79		 75–80 59–69 67–63 80–76OT 61–76 68–73
52–63		 70–74 64–66 61–64 × 76–66 85–77
vs. Duke 49–67 56–71 54–67 – 87–91 79–85 73–84
52–83		 ×
  • 71–68
  • 61–76
 64–93 56–100 54–70 75–82 50–80 64–101 51–77 58–72 69–90
vs. Florida State 72–80 61–63 65–70 91–87 – 71–80 ×
  • 63–65
  • 83–73
 79–66 113–69 79–82 74–75
  • 83–80
  • 78–91
 80–88 94–86 61–58 69–92 69–68
vs. Georgia Tech 53–65 90–85
76–65		 77–63
79–76		 85–79 80–71 – 87–70 91–81 91–75 74–78 89–74 89–66 × 95–72 82–72 94–68 71–65 83–67
vs. Louisville 62–75 70–90 80–75 84–73
83–52		 × 70–87 – 89–92 77–74 77–118 65–76 59–100
  • 74–88
  • 95–85
 80–76 62–77 79–70 71–85 80–88
vs. Miami 68–74
54–76		 86–85 69–59 ×
  • 65–63
  • 73–83
 81–91 92–89 – 66–75 76–77 69–81 69–76 69–77 70–79 76–85 86–83 66–67 77–81
vs. North Carolina × 84–78 63–67
  • 68–71
  • 76–61
 66–79 75–91 74–77 75–66 – 82–58 69–91 65–79 97–83 95–90 77–87
64–77		 80–85 82–89 84–87
vs. NC State 71–79 × 76–80OT 93–64 69–113 78–74 118–77 77–76 58–82 – 96–90OT 72–81 83–84 85–84 68–88 76–61
90–61		 73–82 57–70
78–96
vs. Notre Dame
  • 64–68
  • 77–69
 72–71 76–61 100–56 82–79 74–89 76–65 81–69 91–69 90–96OT – 73–68 89–81
  • 40–47
  • 86–78
 86–72 100–972OT 89–76 ×
vs. Pittsburgh 65–62 56–72 73–68
63–52		 70–54 75–74 66–89 100–59 76–69 79–65 81–72 68–73 – 86–67 75–67
  • 83–72
  • 69–71OT
 67–47 × 76–80OT
vs. SMU 70–94 73–69 74–70 82–75
  • 80–83
  • 91–78
 ×
  • 88–74
  • 85–95
 77–69 83–97 84–83 81–89 67–86 – 95–75 79–78 72–68 76–77 79–91
vs. Stanford 64–70 78–66
72–66		 66–64 80–50 88–80 72–95 76–80 79–70 90–95 84–85
  • 47–40
  • 78–86
 67–75 75–95 – × 70–55 68–69 68–63
vs. Syracuse 81–73OT 100–1072OT 64–61 101–64 86–94 72–82 77–62 85–76 87–77
77–64		 88–68 72–82
  • 72–83
  • 71–69OT
 78–79 × – 72–59 76–74 88–83
vs. Virginia 66–73 60–84 × 77–51 58–61 68–94 70–79 83–86 85–80 61–76
61–90		 97–1002OT 47–67 68–72 55–70 59–72 –
  • 95–853OT
  • 72–76
 70–75
vs. Virginia Tech 63–72 75–78 66–76 72–58 92–69 65–71 85–71 67–66 89–82 82–73 76–89 × 77–76 69–68 74–76
  • 85–953OT
  • 76–72
 –
  • 81–78
  • 63–82
vs. Wake Forest 68–67 73–80 77–85 90–69 68–68 67–83 88–80 81–77 87–84 70–57
96–78		 × 80–76OT 91–79 63–68 83–88 75–70
  • 78–81
  • 82–63
 –
Total 4–14 9–9 12–6 17–1 10–8 2–16 11–7 13–5 12–6 10–8 4–14 5–13 8–10 9–9 6–12 15–3 8–10 7–11

× – Matchup not played in 2025–26
Updated after the season.

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named Player(s) of the week and Rookie(s) of the week.

Week Date Awarded Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
Week 1 November 10, 2025 Caleb Wilson – North Carolina
Neoklis Avdalas – Virginia Tech 		[33]
Week 2 November 17, 2025 Cameron Boozer – Duke
Mikel Brown Jr. – Louisville 		[34]
Week 3 November 24, 2025 BJ Edwards – SMU Cameron Boozer (2) – Duke [35]
Week 4 December 1, 2025 Cameron Boozer (2) – Duke Cameron Boozer (3) – Duke [36]
Week 5 December 8, 2025 Cameron Boozer (3) – Duke Cameron Boozer (4) – Duke [37]
Week 6 December 15, 2025 Myles Colvin – Wake Forest Neoklis Avdalas (2) – Virginia Tech [38]
Week 7 December 22, 2025 Paul McNeil – NC State Caleb Wilson (2) – North Carolina [39]
Week 8 December 29, 2025 BJ Edwards (2) – SMU Ebuka Okorie – Stanford [40]
Week 9 January 5, 2026 Boopie Miller – SMU Cameron Boozer (5) – Duke [41]
Week 10 January 12, 2026 Tre Donaldson – Miami Cameron Boozer (6) – Duke [42]
Week 11 January 19, 2026 Cameron Boozer (4) – Duke Cameron Boozer (7) – Duke [43]
Week 12 January 26, 2026 BJ Edwards (3) – SMU Cameron Boozer (8) – Duke [44]
Week 13 February 2, 2026 Thijs De Ridder – Virginia [45]
Week 14 February 9, 2026 Quadir Copeland – NC State Caleb Wilson (3) – North Carolina [46]
Ebuka Okorie (2) – Stanford
Week 15 February 16, 2026 Mikel Brown Jr. (2) – Louisville [47]
Week 16 February 23, 2026 Robert McCray V – Florida State Cameron Boozer (9) – Duke [48]
Week 17 March 2, 2026 Seth Trimble – North Carolina Ebuka Okorie (3) – Stanford [49]
Week 18 March 9, 2026 Cameron Boozer (5) – Duke Cameron Boozer (10) – Duke [50]
Ebuka Okorie – Stanford Ebuka Okorie (4) – Stanford

Records against other conferences

2025–26 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only.
Updated through games played on February 21, 2026.

Power 4 Conferences & Gonzaga Record
Big East 4–4
Big Ten 12–5
Big 12 10–14
SEC 15–17
Gonzaga 0–0
Power 4 Total 41–39
Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record
America East 7–0
American 6–2
A-10 7–3
ASUN 12–0
Big Sky 6–0
Big South 9–0
Big West 4–0
CAA 10–2
C-USA 2–0
Horizon League 3–1
Ivy League 2–0
MAAC 3–1
MAC 3–2
MEAC 11–0
MVC 3–1
Mountain West 3–1
NEC 6–1
OVC 4–0
Patriot League 6–0
SoCon 6–0
Southland 3–0
SWAC 9–0
The Summit 0–0
Sun Belt 7–0
WAC 3–0
WCC (not including Gonzaga) 2–2
Other Division I Total 137–16
NCAA Division I Total 178–55
NCAA Division II Total 1–0

Postseason

ACC tournament

Main article: 2026 ACC men's basketball tournament
First round
Tuesday, March 10		Second round
Wednesday, March 11		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12		Semifinals
Friday, March 13		Championship
Saturday, March 14
1Duke80
8Florida State958Florida State79
9California891Duke73
5Clemson61
4North Carolina79
5Clemson715Clemson80
12Virginia Tech8913Wake Forest621Duke74
13Wake Forest95*2Virginia70
2Virginia81
7NC State987NC State74
10Stanford6315Pittsburgh882Virginia84
15Pittsburgh643Miami62
3Miami78
6Louisville626Louisville73
11SMU8611SMU58
14Syracuse69

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Seed Region School First Four First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 East Duke Bye W 71–65 vs. (16) Siena W 81–58 vs. (9) TCU vs. (5) St. John's
3 Midwest Virginia W 82–73 vs. (14) Wright State L 72–79 vs. (6) Tennessee DNP
6 East Louisville W 83–79 vs. (11) South Florida L 69–77 vs. (3) Michigan State DNP
6 South North Carolina L 78–82 (OT) vs. (11) VCU DNP
7 West Miami (FL) W 80–66 vs. (10) Missouri L 69–79 vs. (2) Purdue DNP
8 South Clemson L 61–67 vs. (9) Iowa DNP
11 West NC State L 66–68 vs. (11) Texas DNP
11 Midwest SMU L 79–89 vs. (11) Miami (OH) DNP
W–L (%): 0–2 (.000) 4–2 (.667) 1–3 (.250) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Total: 5–7 (.417)

National Invitation tournament

Main article: 2026 National Invitation Tournament
Seed Bracket School 1st round 2nd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Winston-Salem Wake Forest W 82–72 vs. Navy L 75–78 vs. (4) Illinois State DNP
2 Alberquerque California W 91–73 vs. UIC L 75–76 vs. Saint Joseph's DNP
W–L (%): 2–0 (1.000) 0–2 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Total: 2–2 (.500)

CBC

Main article: 2026 College Basketball Crown
School Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Stanford vs. West Virginia
W-L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Total: 0–0 (–)

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Main article: 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus All-Americans
First Team Second Team

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[51]

Associated Press NABC Sporting News[52] USBWA
First Team
Cameron Boozer Y
Second Team
Third Team
Caleb Wilson Y

ACC Awards

Source:[53]

2025-26 ACC Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Cameron Boozer – Duke
Coach of the Year Jon Scheyer – Duke
Defensive Player of the Year Maliq Brown – Duke
Rookie of the Year Cameron Boozer – Duke
Most Improved Player of the Year Juke Harris – Wake Forest
Sixth Man Award Maliq Brown – Duke
2025-26 ACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team Honorable Mention

Cameron Boozer – Duke
Caleb Wilson – North Carolina
Ebuka Okorie – Stanford
Malik Reneau – Miami
Thijs De Ridder – Virginia

Boopie Miller – SMU
Juke Harris – Wake Forest
Henri Veesaar – North Carolina
Tre Donaldson – Miami
Ryan Conwell – Louisville

Isaiah Evans – Duke
Mikel Brown Jr. – Louisville
Quadir Copeland – NC State
Robert McCray V – Florida State
Dai Dai Ames – California

Jaron Pierre Jr. – SMU
Donnie Freeman – Syracuse
RJ Godfrey – Clemson
Amani Hansberry – Virginia Tech
Seth Trimble – North Carolina
Patrick Ngongba II – Duke
Justin Pippen – California
Darrion Williams – NC State
Jalen Haralson – Notre Dame
B.J. Edwards – SMU

2025-26 ACC Men's Basketball All-Defensive Team
Player Team Votes
Maliq Brown Duke 63
Ugonna Onyenso Virginia 58
B.J. Edwards SMU 55
Dame Sarr Duke 48
Ernest Udeh Jr. Miami 40
2025-26 ACC Men's Basketball All-Freshman Team
Player Team Votes
Cameron Boozer Duke 84
Caleb Wilson North Carolina
Ebuka Okorie Stanford 82
Mikel Brown Jr. Louisville 64
Thijs De Ridder Virginia 62

NBA draft

Main article: 2026 NBA draft
PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
Player Team Round Pick # Position School

Attendance

Team Arena Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Total Average % of Capacity
Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 19 Game 20
Boston College Conte Forum 8,606 2,538 3,774 3,751 4,439 4,060 4,064 2,833 4,768 1,892 8,606 70,067 4,122 47.89%
3,233 6,248 6,133 2,403 3,485 2,811 5,029
California Haas Pavilion 11,858 3,143 2,172 2,377 1,894 4,295 2,783 2,688 1,844 2,738 1,894 89,698 4,485 37.82%
3,283 6,012 5,158 11,201 8,077 6,018 5,629 9,020 4,411 5,061
Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum 9,000 7,439 7,217 6,357 6,356 6,118 6,129 9,000 8,134 7,320 9,000 119,487 7,468 82.98%
9,000 6,723 7,392 8,241 8,084 6,977
Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 139,710 9,314 100%
9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314
Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center 11,675 5,397 6,137 4,367 3,977 3,567 6,677 3,692 4,077 6,097 6,917 97,154 5,409 48.95%
6,047 4,867 6,307 7,377 4,577 10,317 6,757
Georgia Tech McCamish Pavilion 8,600 3,551 4,886 4,585 5,128 4,772 4,859 4,595 5,674 4,987 5,967 102,780 5,409 62.90%
5,978 6,216 5,269 6,781 8,700 4,879 5,056 6,773 4,124
Louisville KFC Yum! Center 22,090 14,218 14,412 22,586 14,899 13,832 13,825 16,355 14,076 17,656 14,585 261,727 15,396 69.70%
14,697 14,907 14,847 14,787 14,389 16,350 15,306
Miami Watsco Center 7,972 5,633 4,508 4,105 4,131 4,126 3,907 3,751 4,930 3,862 4,832 95,283 5,294 66.40%
5,328 5,664 4,987 6,513 7,355 7,639 6,040 7,972
North Carolina Dean Smith Center 21,750 16,079 21,750 16,613 17,522 16,869 18,583 17,759 16,548 20,479 20,618 350,988 19,499 89.65%
21,750 19,686 20,152 21,750 21,750 20,577 21,750 20,753
NC State Lenovo Center
Reynolds Coliseum 		19,119 (Lenovo)
5,500 (Reynolds) 		19,119 15,918 14,516 14,805 14,862 14,515 19,119 5,500 16,105 16,144 277,802 16,341 82.86%
16,378 15,636 19,119 18,410 19,367 19,367 18,922
Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center 9,149 3,911 7,608 3,618 3,676 4,980 3,687 4,323 5,366 6,933 5,278 90,213 5,307 58.00%
5,248 4,012 6,170 5,906 9,149 6,466 3,902
Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center 12,508 5,050 5,134 4,572 4,674 4,721 6,299 4,945 4,660 4,687 6,652 103,363 5,742 45.91%
6,358 6,070 5,572 4,970 6,680 10,804 6,406 5,109
SMU Moody Coliseum 7,000 4,626 4,222 4,348 5,383 4,347 4,502 4,421 4,634 4,584 6,698 97,441 5,413 77.33%
5,048 6,630 5,974 5,924 5,819 6,326 7,106 6,849
Stanford Maples Pavilion 7,233 2,300 3,549 2,334 2,266 2,884 2,284 3,981 2,424 3,033 3,868 70,177 3,899 53.90%
4,172 5,369 7,880 7,291 3,466 4,812 3,771 4,493
Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome 33,000 18,762 19,275 18,515 19,657 12,584 13,282 12,258 13,273 12,742 16,245 319,063 17,726 53.71%
18,684 18,738 21,417 21,455 19,053 19,680 23,606 19,837
Virginia John Paul Jones Arena 14,593 12,121 12,576 11,393 11,776 11,639 11,117 12,671 12,295 11,533 14,637 204,407 12,775 87.54%
14,637 12,264 14,637 14,637 13,526 12,948
Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum 8,925 4,488 5,246 5,295 5,410 6,463 4,288 4,317 4,380 8,925 5,427 108,102 6,359 71.25%
5,323 8,925 7,769 8,925 8,925 8,925 5,071
Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum 14,665 7,023 6,689 6,825 6,049 6,853 7,216 6,355 6,172 7,605 8,460 131,764 7,320 49.92%
7,869 7,579 5,821 8,874 7,219 7,433 9,208 8,514

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