The ACC is home to the best player and arguably the best team in men’s college basketball this season. Cameron Boozer has been every bit as good as Cooper Flagg was last year for Duke, and he’s going to be the sport’s unanimous player of the year at the end of the season. Can Boozer lead the Blue Devils two wins further than Flagg did last year when he powered a Final Four push? Duke’s March Madness run begins in the ACC tournament, and it’s going to be keep them battle-tested for the big dance.
The ACC is much better than last year. Virginia has had a wonderful season under first-year head coach Ryan Odom. Miami also appears to have aced its head coaching hire ahead of this year with Jai Lucas, who surprisingly led the program to a third-place conference finish. Louisville has been disappointing given the preseason hype, but they can still make a deep tournament run if their scorers get hot and healthy at the right time. North Carolina is still formidable even after the unfortunate season-ending injury to Caleb Wilson, one of the country’s best freshmen.
The men’s ACC tournament is always a treat, and it’s going to be a great field once again. Will we get another Cinderella story like 2024 NC State? We’ll see when the tournament starts at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. Here’s the full bracket and schedule for the 2026 men’s ACC tournament. We’ll update the results as they happen.
2026 ACC men’s tournament bracket
ACC tournament 2026 men’s seed rankings
- Duke
- Virginia
- Miami
- North Carolina
- Clemson
- Louisville
- NC State
- Florida State
- Cal
- Stanford
- SMU
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest
- Syracuse
- Pitt
How many ACC teams will make 2026 NCAA tournament?
Heading into 2026 men’s ACC tournament, our Chris Dobbertean has eight teams from the ACC into the big dance.
ACC (8): Duke (auto bid), Virginia, North Carolina, Louisville, Miami (Fla.), Clemson, NC State, SMU (First Four)
SMU is one of the country’s biggest bubble decisions, and needs at least one win, maybe two in this tournament to feel better about getting an at-large berth.
2026 ACC tournament men’s basketball schedule and results
Tuesday, March 10
First Round
2 p.m. – No. 10 Stanford vs. No. 15 Pitt (ACC Network)
4:30 p.m. – No. 11 SMU vs. No. 14 Syracuse (ACC Network)
7 p.m. – No. 12 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Wake Forest (ACC Network)
Wednesday, March 11
Second Round
Noon – No. 7 NC State vs. Stanford-Pitt winner (ESPN/ESPN)
2:30 p.m. – No. 6 Louisville vs. SMU-Syracuse winner (ESPN/ESPNU)
7 p.m. – No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 9 California (ESPN2/ESPNU)
9:30 p.m. – No. 5 Clemson vs. Virginia Tech-Wake Forest winner (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Thursday, March 12
Quarterfinals
Noon – No. 2 Virginia vs. Wednesday Noon winner (ESPN/ESPN2)
2:30 p.m. – No. 3 Miami vs. Wednesday 2:30 p.m. winner (ESPN/ESPN2)
7 p.m. – No. 1 Duke vs. Wednesday 7 p.m. winner (ESPN/ESPN2)
9:30 p.m. – No. 4 North Carolina vs. Wednesday 9:30 p.m. winner (ESPN/ESPN2)
Friday, March 13
Semifinals
7 p.m. – Thursday afternoon winners (ESPN/ESPN2)
9:30 p.m. – Thursday evening winners (ESPN/ESPN2)
Saturday, March 14
Championship
8:30 p.m. – Semifinal winners (ESPN)
All times Eastern
