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2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Florida State 16 4   .800 26 5   .839
No. 16 Virginia 15 5   .750 23 7   .767
No. 14 Louisville 15 5   .750 24 7   .774
No. 11 Duke 15 5   .750 25 6   .806
Georgia Tech* 11 9   .550 17 14   .548
NC State 10 10   .500 20 12   .625
Syracuse 10 10   .500 18 14   .563
Notre Dame 10 10   .500 20 12   .625
Clemson 9 11   .450 16 15   .516
Miami (FL) 7 13   .350 15 16   .484
Boston College 7 13   .350 13 18   .419
Virginia Tech 7 13   .350 16 16   .500
Wake Forest 6 14   .300 13 18   .419
Pittsburgh 6 14   .300 16 17   .485
North Carolina 6 14   .300 14 19   .424
*Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations.
Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

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.

The post season was cut short due to 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 2018–19 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

AP[14] Athlon
Sports
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Bleacher
Report
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Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
[17]
CBS Sports[18] Coaches[19] ESPN[20] KenPom[21] NBC Sports[22] SBNation[23] Sports
Illustrated
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Boston College 95 119 93
Clemson 77 79 92
Duke 4 4 5 4 10 4 6 4 6 2 4
Florida State RV 18 42 RV 14 38
Georgia Tech 89 66 77
Louisville 5 6 8 6 9 5 5 3 4 6 3
Miami 51 65 72
North Carolina 9 7 14 12 4 11 8 6 14 11 6
NC State RV 16 30 RV 28 19
Notre Dame RV 26 42 40
Pittsburgh 53 67 78
Syracuse RV 58 RV 51 66
Virginia 11 15 2 9 7 9 16 5 10 8 11
Virginia Tech 104 54 126
Wake Forest 60 80 96

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 parentheses.

  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

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

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 AnthonyNorth Carolina Cole AnthonyNorth Carolina [28]
Week 2 - Nov 18 John MooneyNotre Dame Landers Nolley IIVirginia Tech [29]
Week 3 - Nov 25 Michael DevoeGeorgia Tech Vernon Carey Jr.Duke [30]
Vernon Carey Jr.Duke
Week 4 - Dec 2 Olivier SarrWake Forest Landers Nolley II (2) – Virginia Tech [31]
Week 5 – Dec 9 Jordan NworaLouisville Vernon Carey Jr. (2) – Duke [32]
Tre JonesDuke
Week 5 - Dec 16 Chaundee BrownWake Forest Landers Nolley II (3) – Virginia Tech [33]
Week 6 - Dec 23 Markell JohnsonNC State Vernon Carey Jr. (3) – Duke [34]
Kameron McGustyMiami
Week 7 - Dec 30 Moses WrightGeorgia Tech Landers Nolley II (4) – Virginia Tech [35]
Week 8 - Jan 6 John Mooney (2) – Notre Dame Matthew HurtDuke [36]
Week 9 – Jan 13 Tre Jones (2) – Duke Landers Nolley II (5) – Virginia Tech [37]
Aamir SimmsClemson
Week 10 – Jan 20 Devin VassellFlorida State David JohnsonLouisville [38]
Buddy BoeheimSyracuse
Week 11 – Jan 27 Jose AlvaradoGeorgia Tech Justin ChampagniePittsburgh [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 DiakiteVirginia Isaiah WongMiami [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.