2016–17 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season


The 2016–17 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2016 and concluded in March.
With a win over Pittsburgh on February 25, 2017, North Carolina clinched at least a share of the ACC regular season championship for the second straight season, the eighth time in the 14 years under head coach Roy Williams, and the 31st time in school history. A loss by Duke later that day gave the Tar Heels the outright regular season championship.
The ACC Tournament was held from March 7–11, 2-17 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Duke defeated Notre Dame to with the tournament championship. As a result, Duke received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
North Carolina forward Justin Jackson was named ACC Player of the Year. Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner was named Coach of the Year. Jackson was also named a consensus first-team All-American and Duke guard Luke Kennard was named a second team All-American.
Nine ACC schools received invitations to the NCAA Tournament. The conference achieved an 11–8 record in the NCAA Tournament, however only North Carolina won more than one game. North Carolina went on to with the NCAA Championship, defeating Gonzaga. Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Syracuse received bids to the National Invitation Tournament. The conference achieved a 5–3 record in the NIT, with Georgia Tech losing to TCU in the championship game.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Notes:

Regular season

Rankings

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

Postseason

ACC Tournament

* Denotes Overtime Game
AP Rankings at time of tournament

NCAA tournament

SeedRegionSchoolFirst Four2nd Round3rd RoundSweet 16Elite EightFinal FourChampionship
1SouthNorth CarolinaW, 103-64 vs. #16 Texas Southern – W, 77–65 vs. #8 Arkansas – W, 92-80 vs. #4 Butler – W, 75–73 vs. #2 Kentucky – W, 77–76 vs. #3 Oregon – W, 71–65 vs. #1 Gonzaga –
2EastDukeW, 87-65 vs. #15 Troy – L, 81–88 vs. #7 South Carolina –
2MidwestLouisvilleW, 78-63 vs. #15 Jacksonville State – L, 69–73 vs. #7 Michigan –
3WestFlorida StateW, 86-80 vs. #14 Florida Gulf Coast – L, 66–91 vs. #11 Xavier –
5EastVirginiaW, 76-71 vs. #12 UNC Wilmington – L, 39–65 vs. #4 Florida –
5WestNotre DameW, 60-58 vs. #12 Princeton – L, 71–83 vs. #4 West Virginia –
8MidwestMiamiL, 58-78 vs. #9 Michigan State –
9EastVirginia TechL, 74-84 vs. #8 Wisconsin –
11SouthWake ForestL, 88-95 vs. #11 Kansas State –

National Invitation Tournament

SeedBracketSchool1st Round2nd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
1SyracuseSyracuseW, 90-77 vs. #8 UNC Greensboro – L, 80–85 vs. #5 Ole Miss –
2IowaClemsonL, 69-74 vs. #7 Oakland –
6SyracuseGeorgia TechW, 75-63 vs. #3 Indiana – W, 71–57 vs. #7 Belmont – W, 74–66 vs. #5 Ole Miss – W, 76–61 vs. #8 Cal State Bakersfield – L, 56–88 vs. #4 TCU –

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Consensus All-Americans-
First TeamSecond Team
Justin Jackson – North CarolinaLuke Kennard – Duke

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the
Associated Press, the USBWA, The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

ACC honors and awards

NBA Draft

The ACC had 14 players drafted in the 2017 NBA draft. 10 players were drafted in the first round, and 4 players were drafted in the second round.
PGPoint guardSGShooting guardSFSmall forwardPFPower forwardCCenter