2019–20 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season


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. The season marks 66th season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.
The post season was cut short due the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 12, the NCAA announced the tournament would be cancelled, along with all remaining winter and spring championships. 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

Notes:

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
WoodenNaismithCousyWestErvingMaloneAbdul-JabbarOlson
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 DameMatthew 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

APAthlon
Sports		Bleacher
Report		Blue Ribbon
Yearbook		CBS SportsCoachesESPNKenPomNBC SportsSBNationSports
Illustrated
Boston College9511993
Clemson777992
Duke445410464624
Florida StateRV1842RV1438
Georgia Tech896677
Louisville56869553463
Miami516572
North Carolina9714124118614116
NC StateRV1630RV2819
Notre DameRV264240
Pittsburgh536778
SyracuseRV58RV5166
Virginia1115297916510811
Virginia Tech10454126
Wake Forest608096

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. The preseason poll and preseason All-ACC Teams were voted on at Operation Basketball. The results of the voting is shown below.

Preseason Poll

First place votes shown in parenthesis.
  1. Duke – 1,564
  2. North Carolina – 1,493
  3. Louisville – 1,448
  4. Virginia – 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

ACC Preseason Player of the Year

Rankings

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.

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.
WeekPlayer of the weekRookie of the weekReference
Week 1 – Nov 11Cole Anthony – North CarolinaCole Anthony – North Carolina
Week 2 - Nov 18John Mooney – Notre DameLanders Nolley II – Virginia Tech
Week 3 - Nov 25Michael Devoe – Georgia TechVernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Week 3 - Nov 25Vernon Carey Jr. – DukeVernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Week 4 - Dec 2Olivier Sarr – Wake ForestLanders Nolley II – Virginia Tech
Week 5 – Dec 9Jordan Nwora – LouisvilleVernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Week 5 – Dec 9Tre Jones – DukeVernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Week 5 - Dec 16Chaundee Brown – Wake ForestLanders Nolley II – Virginia Tech
Week 6 - Dec 23Markell Johnson – NC StateVernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Week 6 - Dec 23Kameron McGusty – MiamiVernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Week 7 - Dec 30Moses Wright – Georgia TechLanders Nolley II – Virginia Tech
Week 8 - Jan 6John Mooney – Notre DameMatthew Hurt – Duke
Week 9 – Jan 13Tre Jones – DukeLanders Nolley II – Virginia Tech
Week 9 – Jan 13Aamir Simms – ClemsonLanders Nolley II – Virginia Tech
Week 10 – Jan 20Devin Vassell – Florida StateDavid Johnson – Louisville
Week 10 – Jan 20Buddy Boeheim – SyracuseDavid Johnson – Louisville
Week 11 – Jan 27Jose Alvarado – Georgia TechJustin Champagnie – Pittsburgh
Week 12 – Feb 3Vernon Carey Jr. – DukeVernon Carey Jr. – Duke
Week 13 – Feb 10Tre Jones – DukeJustin Champagnie – Pittsburgh
Week 14 – Feb 17Mamadi Diakite – VirginiaIsaiah Wong – Miami
Week 15 – Feb 24Devon Daniels – NC StateIsaiah Wong – Miami
Week 16 – Mar 2Olivier Sarr – Wake ForestCole Anthony – North Carolina
Week 17 – Mar 9Mamadi Diakite – VirginiaVernon Carey Jr. – Duke

Records against other conferences

2019–20 records against non-conference foes through games played on December 30, 2019. Records shown for regular season only.

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Due to ongoing concerns with the global pandemic COVID-19, officials announced that, initially, the tournament would only be played in front of essential tournament personnel, limited school administrators and student-athlete guests, broadcast television, and credentialed media members present, starting with the quarterfinals; however, shortly before the tipoff of the quarterfinal matchup between Florida State and Clemson, the ACC announced the tournament was canceled and Florida State, the regular season champions, would receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

NCAA Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Consensus All-Americans-
First TeamSecond Team
NoneVernon Carey Jr. – Duke

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.

ACC Awards

Source:

NBA Draft

PGPoint guardSGShooting guardSFSmall forwardPFPower forwardCCenter

Attendance

TeamArenaCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8Game 9Game 10TotalAverage% of Capacity
TeamArenaCapacityGame 11Game 12Game 13Game 14Game 15Game 16Game 17Game 18Game 19Game 20TotalAverage% of Capacity
Boston CollegeConte Forum8,6064,8154,7105,5404,1334,5604,2654,0043,8743,9635,78197,5275,41862.96%
Boston CollegeConte Forum8,6066,2176,9815,7718,6066,3046,4315,1016,47197,5275,41862.96%
ClemsonLittlejohn Coliseum9,0007,5005,7135,8045,6735,6166,3945,6325,6325,5496,908116,0996,82975.88%
ClemsonLittlejohn Coliseum9,0008,4946,9516,4027,4729,1469,0958,188116,0996,82975.88%
DukeCameron Indoor Stadium9,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,314158,3389,314100%
DukeCameron Indoor Stadium9,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,3149,314158,3389,314100%
Florida StateDonald L. Tucker Center12,1009,4907,5727,5956,1027,8345,5425,6366,83710,72511,500143,8628,99174.31%
Florida StateDonald L. Tucker Center12,10010,01511,50011,5009,01411,50011,500143,8628,99174.31%
Georgia TechMcCamish Pavilion8,6004,6246,5474,5525,1335,7434,2038,6005,8997,3146,79490,2605,64165.60%
Georgia TechMcCamish Pavilion8,6004,1334,7275,8014,7636,6814,74690,2605,64165.60%
LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center22,09014,76114,80814,87414,41014,88921,67417,24916,18515,44417,786293,64116,31373.85%
LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center22,09014,98015,00117,65415,27019,25016,42814,87418,104293,64116,31373.85%
MiamiWatsco Center7,9727,5765,1684,8824,6494,9637,0496,3876,2125,1975,16479,4155,67371.16%
MiamiWatsco Center7,9725,4655,3605,3186,02579,4155,67371.16%
North CarolinaDean Smith Center21,75021,75020,37420,25121,1156,27220,76521,09920,79821,07721,125301,54420,10392.43%
North CarolinaDean Smith Center21,75021,49221,50021,30821,33821,280301,54420,10392.43%
NC StatePNC Arena19,72217,13313,43014,0244,7744,62414,07816,03515,50117,59216,825272,70115,15076.82%
NC StatePNC Arena19,72215,80116,55319,53318,19719,51517,44415,81815,824272,70115,15076.82%
Notre DameEdmund P. Joyce Center9,1496,4226,1907,8315,7526,5556,1667,1176,4418,0838,181137,2187,22278.94%
Notre DameEdmund P. Joyce Center9,1498,4047,9426,4028,2406,5348,1507,3517,1568,301137,2187,22278.94%
PittsburghPetersen Events Center12,5089,0167,95611,7256,7537,0687,9847,0157,2268,03510,155158,9378,83070.59%
PittsburghPetersen Events Center12,5089,22112,3767,2309,75910,7547,53010,1339,001158,9378,83070.59%
SyracuseCarrier Dome35,44622,51821,21821,48721,12317,18120,84416,39417,53718,12519,821389,50021,63961.05%
SyracuseCarrier Dome35,44616,50421,64523,71131,45821,82422,13726,66129,312389,50021,63961.05%
VirginiaJohn Paul Jones Arena14,59313,52413,73613,91314,10914,62913,66514,40914,39914,62914,133239,53114,09096.55%
VirginiaJohn Paul Jones Arena14,59314,16313,86913,58013,69613,81914,62914,629239,53114,09096.55%
Virginia TechCassell Coliseum10,0529,2758,5369,9008,4219,2758,3489,2757,4467,6429,275160,3728,91088.63%
Virginia TechCassell Coliseum10,0529,2759,2759,2759,2759,2758,4289,2758,901160,3728,91088.63%
Wake ForestLJVM Coliseum14,6654,4514,1876,1185,8475,1565,2774,8736,8727,7257,11396,6266,90247.06%
Wake ForestLJVM Coliseum14,66510,8947,56211,6818,87096,6266,90247.06%