2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2015 and concluded in March with the 2015 ACC men's basketball tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 2014–15 season marked the first season in conference history without Maryland as a member; they departed the ACC for the Big Ten Conference in July 2014 and the first season for Louisville.

2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	15
TV partner(s)	ACCN, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks, CBS
Regular season
First place	Virginia
Season MVP	Jahlil Okafor, Duke
ACC tournament
Champions	Notre Dame
Finals MVP	Jerian Grant, Notre Dame

2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Virginia	16	–	2		.889			30	–	4		.882
No. 4 Duke	15	–	3		.833			35	–	4		.897
No. 8 Notre Dame †	14	–	4		.778			32	–	6		.842
No. 15 North Carolina	11	–	7		.611			26	–	12		.684
Miami (FL)	10	–	8		.556			25	–	13		.658
NC State	10	–	8		.556			22	–	14		.611
Syracuse	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Clemson	8	–	10		.444			16	–	15		.516
Florida State	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Pittsburgh	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Wake Forest	5	–	13		.278			13	–	19		.406
Boston College	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
Georgia Tech	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
Virginia Tech	2	–	16		.111			11	–	22		.333
No. 17 Louisville*	0	–	6		.000			0	–	8		.000
† ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Louisville: 24 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(27-9)(12-6)

Preseason

ACC recruits at the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

Grayson Allen, Duke

Joel Berry II, UNC

Justin Jackson, UNC

Tyus Jones, Duke

Jahlil Okafor, Duke

Theo Pinson, UNC

Justise Winslow, Duke

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
Boston College	AP
	C
Clemson	AP
	C
Duke	AP	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	N/A
	C	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	3	2	5	1
Florida State	AP	RV	RV	NR
	C	RV	NR
Georgia Tech	AP
	C
Louisville	AP	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	10	10	9	9	12	17	16	14	17	N/A
	C	9	8	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	7	10	10	8	8	12	15	14	13	16	10
Miami	AP		RV	17	15	20	18	RV	NR			RV	23
	C	RV	RV	20	15	20	21	19	RV	NR		RV	23
North Carolina	AP	6	6	5	12	21	24	20	19	18	15	15	13	12	12	15	15	19	19	15	N/A
	C	6	6	6	12	18	24	21	20	17	16	15	14	13	15	16	18	19	19	14	12
NC State	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR				RV										N/A
	C				RV	RV	NR				RV	RV									24
Notre Dame	AP	RV	RV	NR	RV	25	21	16	14	13	12	8	8	10	10	10	9	12	11	8	N/A
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	16	13	12	12	9	8	10	11	10	8	11	9	8	5
Pittsburgh	AP	RV	RV	NR
	C	RV	RV	NR
Syracuse	AP	23	23	RV	RV	NR					RV
	C	24	24	RV	NR
Virginia	AP	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	6	N/A
	C	8	9	7	6	5	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	4	6	8
Virginia Tech	AP
	C
Wake Forest	AP
	C

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	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	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1-0	0–1	0–1
vs. Clemson	0–1	–	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Duke	0–1	0–1	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2
vs. Florida State	0–1	1–1	1–0	–	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1
vs. Georgia Tech	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	–	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
vs. Louisville	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Miami	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	–	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0
vs. North Carolina	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. NC State	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
vs. Notre Dame	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Pittsburgh	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Syracuse	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	–	1–0	0–2	0–1
vs. Virginia	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	0–2
vs. Virginia Tech	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	–	1–0
vs. Wake Forest	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	–
Total	4–14	8-10	15–3	8–10	3–15	12-6	10-8	11-7	10-8	14–4	8-10	9-9	16-2	2–16	5-13

Postseason

ACC tournament

Main article: 2015 ACC men's basketball tournament

• March 10–14, 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro.

	First round Tuesday March 10					Second round Wednesday March 11					Quarterfinals Thursday March 12					Semifinals Friday March 13					Championship Game Saturday March 14
											1	Virginia	58
						8	Clemson	73			9	Florida State	44
						9	Florida State	76								1	Virginia	67
																5	North Carolina	71
											4	Louisville	60
						5	North Carolina	81			5	North Carolina	70
	12	Boston College	66			12	Boston College	63													5	North Carolina	82
	13	Georgia Tech	65																		3	Notre Dame	90
											2	Duke	77
						7	NC State	81			7	NC State	53
						10	Pittsburgh	70								2	Duke	64
																3	Notre Dame	74
											3	Notre Dame	70
						6	Miami	59			6	Miami	63
	11	Wake Forest	80			14	Virginia Tech	49
	14	Virginia Tech	81

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	2nd round	3rd round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	South	Duke		W, 85–56 vs. #16 Robert Morris – (Charlotte)	W, 68–49 vs. #8 San Diego State – (Charlotte)	W, 63–57 vs. #5 Utah – (Houston)	W, 66–52 vs. #2 Gonzaga – (Houston)	W, 81–61 vs. #7 Michigan State – (Indianapolis)	W, 68–63 vs. #1 Wisconsin – (Indianapolis)
2	East	Virginia		W, 56–53 vs. #15 Belmont – (Charlotte)	L, 54–60 vs. #7 Michigan State – (Charlotte)
3	Midwest	Notre Dame		W, 69–65 vs. #14 Northeastern – (Pittsburgh)	W, 67–64 vs. #6 Butler – (Pittsburgh)	W, 81–70vs. #7 Wichita State – (Cleveland)	L, 66–68 vs. #1 Kentucky – (Cleveland)
4	East	Louisville		W, 57–55 vs. #13 UC Irvine – (Seattle)	W, 71–68 vs. #5 Northern Iowa – (Seattle)	W, 75–65 vs. #8 NC State – (Syracuse)	L, 70–76 vs. #7 Michigan State – (Syracuse)
4	West	North Carolina		W, 67–65 vs. #13 Harvard – (Jacksonville)	W, 87–78 vs. #5 Arkansas – (Jacksonville)	L, 72–79 vs. #1 Wisconsin – (Los Angeles)
8	East	NC State		W, 66–65 vs. #9 LSU – (Pittsburgh)	W, 71–68 vs. #1 Villanova – (Pittsburgh)	L, 65–75 vs. #4 Louisville – (Syracuse)

Honors and awards

2015 ACC Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Jahlil Okafor, C, DUKE
Coach of the Year	Tony Bennett, VIRGINIA
Defensive Player of the Year	Darion Atkins, G, VIRGINIA
Rookie of the Year	Jahlil Okafor, C, DUKE

2015 ACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team
Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., G, VIRGINIA †Jerian Grant, Sr., G, NOTRE DAME Olivier Hanlan, Jr., G, BOSTON COLLEGE †Jahlil Okafor, Fr., C, DUKE Rakeem Christmas, Sr., F, SYRACUSE	Justin Anderson, Jr., G, VIRGINIA Quinn Cook, Sr., G, DUKE Montrezl Harrell, Jr., F, LOUISVILLE Trevor Lacey, Jr., G, NC STATE Terry Rozier, So., G, LOUISVILLE	Pat Connaughton, Sr., G, NOTRE DAME Anthony Gill, Jr., F, VIRGINIA Brice Johnson, Jr., F, NORTH CAROLINA Tyus Jones, Fr., G, DUKE Marcus Paige, Jr., G, NORTH CAROLINA
† - denotes unanimous selection