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1998 ACC men's basketball tournament

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1998 ACC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1997–98
Teams9
SiteGreensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro Coliseum
ChampionsNorth Carolina (15th title)
Winning coachBill Guthridge (1st title)
MVPAntawn Jamison (North Carolina)
← 1997
1999 →
1997–98 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Duke 15 1   .938 32 4   .889
No. 1 North Carolina 13 3   .813 34 4   .895
No. 20 Maryland 10 6   .625 21 11   .656
Wake Forest 7 9   .438 16 14   .533
Clemson 7 9   .438 18 14   .563
Georgia Tech 6 10   .375 19 14   .576
Florida State 6 10   .375 18 4   .818
NC State 5 11   .313 17 15   .531
Virginia 3 13   .188 11 19   .367
1998 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–8 in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. North Carolina won the tournament for the second year in a row, defeating Duke in the championship game.

From 1998 to 2000, the ACC Tournament adopted a format that in which the top-seeded team played the last-place team in the first round. The winner of this game received a bye into the semifinals. A second first-round game pitted the #7 seed versus the #8 seed. The winner of that game played the #2 seed in the quarterfinals.

Antawn Jamison of North Carolina was named tournament MVP.

Bracket

First round
March 5
Quarterfinals
March 6
Semifinals
March 7
Championship Game
March 8
            
1 #1 Duke 63
9 Virginia 41
1 #1 Duke
(bye)
1 #1 Duke 66
5 Clemson 64
4 Wake Forest 56
5 Clemson 75
1 #1 Duke 68
2 #4 North Carolina 83
2 #4 North Carolina 73
8 NC State 46
7 Florida State 63
8 NC State 65
2 #4 North Carolina 83OT
3 #21 Maryland 73
3 #21 Maryland 83
6 Georgia Tech 65

AP rankings at time of tournament

Awards and honors

Everett Case Award

Player School
Antawn Jamison North Carolina

All Tournament Teams

  • "2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2008. p. 107. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2020.