2025 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Updated matchups, results, schedule, TV

Following the final day of the conference’s regular season on Saturday, the bracket was set in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Now, the teams have tipped off in Charlotte in playing towards the final of the 2025 ACC Tournament.

This will be the first year of the new format of the league’s tournament following realignment. The bottom three teams in the standings were eliminated last weekend at the end of the regular season with NC State (12-19), Boston College (12-19), and Miami (7-24). They’re now at their usual total of 15 teams that will begin on Tuesday and play through five rounds at the Spectrum Center until the ACC Championship Game.

This field will also be very important for the conference in hopes of adding one or two more teams into the field for the NCAA Tournament ahead of Selection Sunday. Duke (28-3), who’s certain to be a No. 1 seed throughout March, along with Louisville (25-6) and Clemson (26-5), who make up the top three seeds, are the only ones projected in at this point with teams like Wake Forest (21-10), North Carolina (20-12), and SMU (22-9), seeded four through six, trying to make their way in off the bubble from how they play in this tournament. The other nine teams in the field would need to win the title this week in order to earn the automatic bid from the conference.

With that, here’s the latest updated results so far from the 2025 ACC Tournament:

ACC Basketball Tournament bracket, schedule, TV

Round 1 (March 11th)

Game 1: No. 12 Notre Dame 55, No. 13 Pittsburgh 54

Notre Dame and Pittsburgh jumpstarted the ACC Tournament with a nail-biting finish. After Notre Dame’s Markus Burton missed the game-winning shot, Pittsburgh forward Zack Austin was called for a foul on the rebound with less than a second left in the game. Notre Dame’s Tae Davis was awarded two free throws and he sunk one to boost the Fighting Irish to a controversial 55-54 victory.

Game 2: No. 15 California 82, No. 10 Virginia Tech 73 (2OT)

After trailing the entire second half, Virginia Tech took a lead with 27 seconds left against Cal, but headed to overtime after a failed inbound play allowed the Golden Bears to tie things up. One OT wasn’t enough, though, as the two teams sat tied 67-67 after five extra minutes. That’s when Cal took over, outscoring Virginia Tech 15-6 to get the victory and advance to the second round of the ACC tournament.

Game 3: No. 14 Syracuse 66, No. 11 Florida State 62

Syracuse led at halftime of Tuesday’s game against Florida State, but the Seminoles started to close the gap after the break and got within one point in the final seconds after multiple Orange miscues. However, Syracuse held on to secure the victory and bring Leonard Hamilton’s tenure as FSU head coach to a close.

Round 2 (March 12th)

Game 4: No. 8 Georgia Tech 66, No. 9 Virginia 60

Wednesday at the ACC Tournament is off a running, with Georgia Tech getting the party started with a squeaky six-point win over Virginia. Traditionally a matchup controlled by the Hoos, this broke a 13-game losing streak for the Yellow Jackets in the series. A great win for Damon Stoudamire‘s team as they advance to face top-seed Duke.

Game 5: No. 5 North Carolina 76, No. 12 Notre Dame 56

North Carolina entered the week with work to do in order to make the NCAA Tournament. Beating Notre Dame was a must and after a comfortable halftime lead, the Tar Heels wound up taking care of business in the second half. Three UNC players were in double figures, led by Jae-Lyn Withers with 23 points.

Game 6: No. 7 Stanford 78, No. 15 California 73

Stanford outlasted California on Wednesday night in one of the more entertaining games of the day. Maxime Raynaud drilled some critical free throws in the end to ice it for the Cardinal. He stuffed the stat sheet with 23 points and eight rebounds, putting in yet another impressive performance. Andrej Stojakavic exploded for a career-high 37 points and five rebounds for California in the loss. He also connected on four of seven three-pointers.

Game 7: No. 6 SMU 73, No. 14 Syracuse 53

SMU steamrolled Syracuse on Wednesday evening, pulling away in the second half, thanks to outscoring the Orange 42-25 after halftime. The Mustangs had four players score in double figures, including Matt Cross, Boopie Miller, Chuck Harris, and Keon Ambrose Hylton. The Mustangs hit 7 of 14 shots from beyond-the-arc.

Quarterfinals (March 13th)

Game 8: No. 1 Duke 78, No. 8 Georgia Tech 70

Despite a pair of troubling first-half injuries to Blue Devil big men Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown, top-ranked Duke scored the first 12 points of the second half after trailing 31-26 at halftime and never looked back. Flagg and Brown were ruled out for the second half after Flagg suffered a left ankle injury coming down for a rebound and Brown re-injured his ailing left shoulder.

With Flagg unavailable, fellow freshman Kon Knueppel led the Blue Devils in scoring with a career-high 28 points on 7-of-14 shooting and 12-of-13 from the free throw line. No. 1 Duke (29-3) advances to Friday’s ACC Tournament semifinals at 7 pm ET and will face the winner of Thursday’s next quarterfinal between No. 4-seeded Wake Forest and No. 5-seeded North Carolina.

Game 9: No. 5 North Carolina 68, No. 4 Wake Forest 59

With both of their NCAA Tournament chances on life support, the Tar Heels finished strong with a 11-2 closing run over the final 3:14 of the game to keep their March Madness dreams alive. UNC senior guard RJ Davis led the way with 23 points while junior forward Ven-Allen Lubin produced a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Meanwhile, Wake Forest was led by a game-high 25 points from senior guard Hunter Sallis.

North Carolina advances to play No. 1 ranked and top-seeded Duke in the first of two ACC Tournament semifinals at 7 pm ET Friday from Charlotte’s Spectrum Center.

Game 10: No. 2 Louisville 75, No. 7 Stanford 73
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN/ESPN2

The Louisville Cardinals found themselves down by as many 15 points in the second half of their ACC Tournament Quarterfinal matchup with No. 7 seed Stanford on Thursday night. But, they somehow managed to dig their heels in, battle back with a furious rally, and prevail victorious. The Cardinals were lifted to victory thanks to a game-winning shot at the buzzer by Chucky Hepburn. He finished with 20 points, with none of them being bigger than the dagger he delivered to win it.

Stanford’s Chisom Okpara was battling for the rebound in the closing seconds, but couldn’t hold onto the ball, and it went right into Hepburn’s hands, where he hit the wide-open game winner. Maxime Raynaud fouled out for Stanford in the final few minutes of the game, which was a major loss for the Cardinal. He finished with 17 points and five rebounds.

Game 11: No. 3 Clemson 57, No. 6 SMU 54
Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN/ESPN2

The Clemson Tigers survived a hard-fought game against the SMU Mustangs on Thursday night in their ACC Tournament Quarterfinal matchup. Chase Hunter drilled a critical free throw with 2.5 seconds left to ensure the victory for the Tigers. He poured in 21 points and grabbed four rebounds. Jaeden Zackery poured in 11 points and three rebounds. And Ian Schieffelin scored nine points to go along with grabbing 12 rebounds in a very physical contest.

It was a pretty ugly game, with SMU shooting just 1 of 14 from three-point range (7.1%) and Clemson connected on just four of 21 shots from beyond-the-arc (19.0%). The Tigers managed to survive despite Dillon Hunter being ruled out of the game with an injury, according to their Twitter page. In the postgame press conference, Clemson head coach Brad Brownell said that Hunter “probably broke his hand”.

Semifinals (March 14th)

Game 12: No. 1 Duke 74, No. 5 North Carolina 71
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN/ESPN2

At one point in the second half, Duke led North Carolina by 24 points. The Tar Heels didn’t back down, though, and almost came all the way back – but a lane violation on a made free throw changed things dramatically.

Jae’lyn Withers’ foot briefly crossed over the line as Ven-Allen Lubin made what would have been the game-tying free throw with 4.1 seconds left. Duke maintained a one-point lead as a result and eventually came away with the 74-71 victory to advance to the ACC tournament championship.

Game 13: No. 2 Louisville 76 vs. No. 3 Clemson 73
Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN/ESPN2

The ACC Tournament ultimately had few surprises, and 2-seed Louisville will advance to face off against 1-seed Duke on Saturday. In the Cardinals’ 76-73 win over Clemson, J’Vonne Hadley and Terrence Edwards Jr. combined for 41 points on 12-26 shooting.

With the win, Louisville will play in the ACC championship for the first time in program history. It’s an astounding feat for first-year Cardinals head coach Pat Kelsey, who essentially built his team from scratch this offseason.

ACC Tournament Championship (March 15th)

Game 14: No. 1 Duke 73 No. 2 Louisville 62
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN

Duke entered halftime trailing by five points but would go on to outscore Louisville by double digits in the second half on the way to claiming its 23rd ACC Tournament title. Tyrese Proctor led the Blue Devils with 19 points on 6-of-14 shooting from 3-point range. Fellow senior Sion James chipped in 15 points and six rebounds. They stepped up in the absence of Cooper Flagg, who is expected back for the NCAA Tournament.