1998 ACC men's basketball tournament

The 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–8 in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. North Carolina won the tournament for the second year in a row, defeating Duke in the championship game.

1998 ACC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	9
Site	Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum
Champions	North Carolina (15th title)
Winning coach	Bill Guthridge (1st title)
MVP	Antawn Jamison (North Carolina)
ACC men's basketball tournaments

1997–98 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Duke	15	–	1		.938			32	–	4		.889
No. 1 North Carolina†	13	–	3		.813			34	–	4		.895
No. 20 Maryland	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Wake Forest	7	–	9		.438			16	–	14		.533
Clemson	7	–	9		.438			18	–	14		.563
Georgia Tech	6	–	10		.375			19	–	14		.576
Florida State	6	–	10		.375			18	–	4		.818
NC State	5	–	11		.313			17	–	15		.531
Virginia	3	–	13		.188			11	–	19		.367
† 1998 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

From 1998 to 2000, the ACC Tournament adopted a format that in which the top-seeded team played the last-place team in the first round. The winner of this game received a bye into the semifinals. A second first-round game pitted the #7 seed versus the #8 seed. The winner of that game played the #2 seed in the quarterfinals.

Antawn Jamison of North Carolina was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

	First round March 5					Quarterfinals March 6					Semifinals March 7					Championship Game March 8
	1	#1 Duke	63
	9	Virginia	41
						1	#1 Duke
							(bye)
											1	#1 Duke	66
											5	Clemson	64
						4	Wake Forest	56
						5	Clemson	75
																1	#1 Duke	68
																2	#4 North Carolina	83
						2	#4 North Carolina	73
						8	NC State	46
	7	Florida State	63
	8	NC State	65
											2	#4 North Carolina	83OT
											3	#21 Maryland	73
						3	#21 Maryland	83
						6	Georgia Tech	65

AP rankings at time of tournament

Awards and honors

Everett Case Award

Player	School
Antawn Jamison	North Carolina

All Tournament Teams

First Team

Player	School
Antawn Jamison	North Carolina
Trajan Langdon	Duke
Terrell McIntyre	Clemson
Roshown McLeod	Duke
Shammond Williams	North Carolina

Second Team

Player	School
Chris Carrawell	Duke
Vince Carter	North Carolina
Ed Cota	North Carolina
Rodney Elliott	Maryland
Ademola Okulaja	North Carolina

External links

• "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 107. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2020.