2019–20 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2019–20 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2019 and concluded in March with the 2020 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1] The season marks 66th season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.

2019–20 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks
NBA Draft
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular Season ChampionsFlorida State
Runners-upVirginia
Season MVPTre Jones, Duke
ACC Tournament
2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Florida State16–4 .800  26–5  .839
No. 16 Virginia15–5 .750  23–7  .767
No. 14 Louisville15–5 .750  24–7  .774
No. 11 Duke15–5 .750  25–6  .806
Georgia Tech*11–9 .550  17–14  .548
NC State10–10 .500  20–12  .625
Syracuse10–10 .500  18–14  .563
Notre Dame10–10 .500  20–12  .625
Clemson9–11 .450  16–15  .516
Miami (FL)7–13 .350  15–16  .484
Boston College7–13 .350  13–18  .419
Virginia Tech7–13 .350  16–16  .500
Wake Forest6–14 .300  13–18  .419
Pittsburgh6–14 .300  16–17  .485
North Carolina6–14 .300  14–19  .424
*ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations
As of March 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll
NOTE: The 2020 ACC Tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The post season was cut short due the COVID-19 outbreak.[2] On March 12, the NCAA announced the tournament would be cancelled, along with all remaining winter and spring championships.[3] The ACC Tournament was cancelled after the second round and the NCAA Tournament and NIT were both cancelled before they began.

Head Coaches

Coaching change

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 Jim Christian Ohio 6 62–100 18–72 0 0 0 0
Clemson Brad Brownell Wright State 10 169–127 76–82 0 6 0 0
Duke Mike Krzyzewski Army 40 1,059–285 426–175 16 35 12 5
Florida State Leonard Hamilton Washington Wizards 18 354–216 148–138 1 10 0 0
Georgia Tech Josh Pastner Memphis 4 48–53 20–34 0 0 0 0
Louisville Chris Mack Xavier 2 20–14 10–8 0 1 0 0
Miami Jim Larrañaga George Mason 9 175–97 80–62 1 4 1 0
NC State Kevin Keatts UNC Wilmington 3 45–24 20–16 0 1 0 0
North Carolina Roy Williams Kansas 17 453–133 196–74 3 15 8 3
Notre Dame Mike Brey Delaware 20 412–205 187–122 1 12 0 0
Pittsburgh Jeff Capel Duke (Assistant) 2 14–19 3–15 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Jim Boeheim Syracuse (Assistant) 43 946–385 394–237 0 31 4 1
Virginia Tony Bennett Washington State 11 254–89 121–53 2 7 1 1
Virginia Tech Mike Young Wofford 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Wake Forest Danny Manning Tulsa 6 65–93 24–66 0 1 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2019–20 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2019–20 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[6] Naismith[7] Cousy[8] West[9] Erving[10] Malone[11] Abdul-Jabbar[12] Olson[13]
Cole Anthony – North Carolina
Vernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Mamadi Diakite – Virginia
Tre Jones – Duke
Jordan Nwora – Louisville
 Jordan Nwora – Louisville
Cole Anthony – North Carolina
Vernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Mamadi Diakite – Virginia
Markell Johnson – NC State
Tre Jones – Duke
John Mooney – Notre Dame		 Tre Jones – Duke
Trent Forrest – Florida State
Cole Anthony – North Carolina
Kihei Clark – Virginia		 T.J. Gibbs – Notre Dame Matthew Hurt – Duke
Jordan Nwora – Louisville
Elijah Hughes – Syracuse		 Garrison Brooks – North Carolina
John Mooney – Notre Dame
Mamadi Diakite – Virginia		 Vernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Steven Enoch – Louisville
Armando Bacot – North Carolina		 Cole Anthony – North Carolina
Vernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Tre Jones – Duke
John Mooney – Notre Dame
Jordan Nwora – Louisville

Preseason polls
Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls
AP[14] Athlon
Sports[15]		 Bleacher
Report[16]		 Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[17]		 CBS Sports[18] Coaches[19] ESPN[20] KenPom[21] NBC Sports[22] SBNation[23] Sports
Illustrated[24]
Boston College9511993
Clemson777992
Duke445410464624
Florida StateRV1842RV1438
Georgia Tech896677
Louisville56869553463
Miami516572
North Carolina9714124118614116
NC StateRV1630RV2819
Notre DameRV264240
Pittsburgh536778
SyracuseRV58RV5166
Virginia1115297916510811
Virginia Tech10454126
Wake Forest608096

ACC Preseason Media Poll

The ACC Men's Basketball media preseason poll was released at Operation Basketball, hosted at the Charlotte Marriott City Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 8, 2019. Two members of each team, in addition to the team's head coaches were in attendance.[25] The preseason poll and preseason All-ACC Teams were voted on at Operation Basketball. The results of the voting is shown below.[26]

Preseason Poll

First place votes shown in parenthesis.

  1. Duke (51)– 1,564
  2. North Carolina (19) – 1,493
  3. Louisville (29) – 1,448
  4. Virginia (12) – 1,405
  5. Florida State – 1,157
  6. NC State – 1,038
  7. Notre Dame – 915
  8. Syracuse – 910
  9. Miami – 768
  10. Pittsburgh – 577
  11. Clemson – 564
  12. Georgia Tech – 437
  13. Boston College – 382
  14. Virginia Tech – 334
  15. Wake Forest – 328

Preseason All-ACC Teams
2019 ACC Men's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams
First Team Second Team

ACC Preseason Player of the Year

ACC Preseason Rookie of the Year

Regular Season

Rankings
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
    First Place votes shown in ()
Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
 PreWk
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19		Final
Boston College AP
C N/A
Clemson AP
C N/A
Duke AP 4 2 1 (52) 1 (53) 9 7 4 (2) 4 (1) 2 (1) 2 (9) 3 (4) 8 9 7 7 6 7 12 10 11
C 4 1 (25) 1 (27) 8 5 3 (2) 3 2 (1) 2 (4) 3 (6) 8 8 7 7 6 7 11 10 8 N/A
Florida State AP RV RV RV RV 17 21 19 17 18 10 9 5 5 8 8 8 6 7 4 4
C RV RV RV 19 21 19 17 20 10 9 6 6 8 8 8 6 8 4 5 N/A
Georgia Tech AP
C N/A
Louisville AP 5 4 (1) 2 (8) 2 (7) 1 (48) 1 (55) 3 (1) 3 (1) 7 13 11 6 6 5 5 11 11 10 15 14
C 5 2 (5) 2 (1) 1 (25) 1 (28) 5 4 (2) 8 11 10 5 5 5 5 11 10 10 14 13 N/A
Miami AP
C N/A
North Carolina AP 9 6 5 6 7 17 RV
C 11 4 4 7 16 23 RV RV N/A
NC State AP RV
C RV RV N/A
Notre Dame AP RV RV
C N/A
Pittsburgh AP
C N/A
Syracuse AP RV
C RV RV N/A
Virginia AP 11 9 7 7 5 (5) 9 9 16 19 18 RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 17 16
C 9 6 6 2 (2) 8 7 13 19 18 RV RV RV RV RV 22т 18 17 N/A
Virginia Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV
C N/A
Wake Forest AP
C N/A

Notes:
The week 2 Coaches Poll was released on the same date as the week 3 AP poll. No Coaches poll was released on the date when the week 2 AP Poll was released.
The AP poll does not release a final poll after the NCAA Tournament, where as the Coaches Poll does.
Due to the cancellation of the NCAA and NIT Tournaments, the Coaches Poll did not release a final poll.

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 20 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent. The 2019–2020 season marked the first year that the ACC played a 20-game conference slate.[27]

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –1–02–01–01–01–01–00–10–11–11–02–01–10–21–1
vs. Clemson 0–1–0–11–12–01–11–00–11–11–00–10–11–02–01–1
vs. Duke 0–21–0–0–10–11–00–20–21–10–10–10–11–00–21–1
vs. Florida State 0–11–11–0–0–10–20–20–10–10–21–10–11–10–10–1
vs. Georgia Tech 0–10–21–01–0–1–10–10–10–22–01–12–01–00–10–1
vs. Louisville 0–11–10–12–01–1–0–20–10–10–10–20–11–10–10–1
vs. Miami 0–10–12–02–01–02–0–1–02–01–01–10–11–00–20–1
vs. North Carolina 1–01–02–01–01–01–00–1–0–20–22–00–12–01–01–1
vs. NC State 1–01–11–11–02–01–00–22–0–0–10–10–10–11–00–2
vs. Notre Dame 1–10–11–02–00–21–00–12–01–0–0–11–11–00–11–1
vs. Pittsburgh 0–11–01–01–11–12–01–10–21–01–0–2–01–01–01–0
vs. Syracuse 0–21–01–01–00–21–01–01–01–01–10–2–1–11–10–1
vs. Virginia 1–10–10–11–10–11–10–10–21–00–10–11–1–0–20–1
vs. Virginia Tech 2–00–22–01–01–01–02–00–10–11–00–11–12–0–0–1
vs. Wake Forest 1–11–11–11–01–01–01–01–12–01–10–11–01–01–0–
Total 7–139–1115–516–411–915–57–136–1410–1010–106–1410–1015–57–136–14

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named one or two Players of the week and one or two Rookies of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
Week 1 – Nov 11 Cole Anthony – North Carolina Cole Anthony – North Carolina [28]
Week 2 - Nov 18 John Mooney – Notre Dame Landers Nolley II – Virginia Tech [29]
Week 3 - Nov 25 Michael Devoe – Georgia Tech Vernon Carey Jr. – Duke [30]
Vernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Week 4 - Dec 2 Olivier Sarr – Wake Forest Landers Nolley II (2) – Virginia Tech [31]
Week 5 – Dec 9 Jordan Nwora – Louisville Vernon Carey Jr. (2) – Duke [32]
Tre Jones – Duke
Week 5 - Dec 16 Chaundee Brown – Wake Forest Landers Nolley II (3) – Virginia Tech [33]
Week 6 - Dec 23 Markell Johnson – NC State Vernon Carey Jr. (3) – Duke [34]
Kameron McGusty – Miami
Week 7 - Dec 30 Moses Wright – Georgia Tech Landers Nolley II (4) – Virginia Tech [35]
Week 8 - Jan 6 John Mooney (2) – Notre Dame Matthew Hurt – Duke [36]
Week 9 – Jan 13 Tre Jones (2) – Duke Landers Nolley II (5) – Virginia Tech [37]
Aamir Simms – Clemson
Week 10 – Jan 20 Devin Vassell – Florida State David Johnson – Louisville [38]
Buddy Boeheim – Syracuse
Week 11 – Jan 27 Jose Alvarado – Georgia Tech Justin Champagnie – Pittsburgh [39]
Week 12 – Feb 3 Vernon Carey Jr. (2) – Duke Vernon Carey Jr. (4) – Duke [40]
Week 13 – Feb 10 Tre Jones (3) – Duke Justin Champagnie (2) – Pittsburgh [41]
Week 14 – Feb 17 Mamadi Diakite – Virginia Isaiah Wong – Miami [42]
Week 15 – Feb 24 Devon Daniels – NC State Isaiah Wong (2) – Miami [43]
Week 16 – Mar 2 Olivier Sarr (2) – Wake Forest Cole Anthony (2) – North Carolina [44]
Week 17 – Mar 9 Mamadi Diakite (2) – Virginia Vernon Carey Jr. (5) – Duke [45]

Records against other conferences

2019–20 records against non-conference foes through games played on December 30, 2019. Records shown for regular season only.

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