2021–22 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

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2021–22 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 9, 2021 – March 5, 2022
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, ACC RSN
NBA Draft
Top draft pickPaolo Banchero, Duke
Picked byOrlando Magic, First Overall
2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
First placeDuke
  Runners-upNorth Carolina
Season MVPAlondes Williams – Wake Forest
ACC tournament
ChampionsVirginia Tech
Finals MVPHunter Cattoor – Virginia Tech
Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball seasons
2021–22 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Duke 16 4   .800 32 7   .821
North Carolina 15 5   .750 29 10   .744
Notre Dame 15 5   .750 24 11   .686
Miami (FL) 14 6   .700 26 11   .703
Wake Forest 13 7   .650 25 10   .714
Virginia 12 8   .600 21 14   .600
Virginia Tech 11 9   .550 23 13   .639
Florida State 10 10   .500 17 14   .548
Syracuse 9 11   .450 16 17   .485
Clemson 8 12   .400 17 16   .515
Louisville 6 14   .300 13 19   .406
Boston College 6 14   .300 13 20   .394
Pittsburgh 6 14   .300 11 21   .344
Georgia Tech 5 15   .250 12 20   .375
NC State 4 16   .200 11 21   .344
2022 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in December 2021 and concluded March 8–12, 2022, with the 2022 ACC men's basketball tournament at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.[1] This was the 68th season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.

Head coaches[edit]

Coaching changes[edit]

  • Roy Williams retired after serving as the head coach at North Carolina for 18 seasons.[2] Hubert Davis was hired as the next head coach of North Carolina.[3]
  • Boston College fired Jim Christian in the middle of the season, after leading the team to a 3–13 record. Christian's overall record with Boston College was 78–132 and 26–94 in ACC play. Scott Spinelli served as interim coach until the end of the season.[4] After the season Earl Grant was hired as the new head coach.[5]

Coaches[edit]

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Earl Grant Charleston 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Clemson Brad Brownell Wright State 12 201–149 95–99 0 3 0 0
Duke Mike Krzyzewski Army 42 1097–302 449–189 16 35 12 5
Florida State Leonard Hamilton Washington Wizards 20 399–228 176–146 1 11 0 0
Georgia Tech Josh Pastner Memphis 6 82–75 42–49 1 1 0 0
Louisville Chris Mack Xavier 4 57–28 33–18 0 1 0 0
Miami Jim Larrañaga George Mason 11 200–130 91–90 1 4 1 0
NC State Kevin Keatts UNC Wilmington 5 79–47 39–34 0 1 0 0
North Carolina Hubert Davis North Carolina (Assistant) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Notre Dame Mike Brey Delaware 22 448–248 207–159 1 12 0 0
Pittsburgh Jeff Capel Duke (Assistant) 4 40–48 15–38 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Jim Boeheim Syracuse (Assistant) 45 964–399 404–247 0 32 4 1
Virginia Tony Bennett Washington State 13 295–103 149–62 2 8 1 1
Virginia Tech Mike Young Wofford 3 31–23 16–17 0 1 0 0
Wake Forest Steve Forbes East Tennessee State 2 6–16 3–15 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and championship include time at other schools

Preseason[edit]

Recruiting classes[edit]

Rankings
Team ESPN[6] 247 Sports[7] Rivals[8] Commits
Boston College 92 82 2
Clemson 47 64 3
Duke 6 5 4
Florida State 8 8 4
Georgia Tech 28 33 3
Louisville 17 19 3
Miami 24 30 3
NC State 25 45 3
North Carolina 41 34 2
Notre Dame 56 60 2
Pittsburgh 105 82 (t) 1
Syracuse 72 54 1
Virginia 80 77 2
Virginia Tech 75 76 2
Wake Forest 43 48 3

Notes:

  • Rankings are up to date as of November 3, 2021
  • NR stands for not ranked.

Preseason watchlists[edit]

Wooden[9] Naismith[10] Cousy[11] West[12] Erving[13] Malone[14] Abdul-Jabbar[15] Olson[16]
Keve Aluma – Virginia Tech
Armando Bacot – North Carolina
Paolo Banchero – Duke
Buddy Boeheim – Syracuse
Dawson Garcia – North Carolina
Mark Williams – Duke
Armando Bacot – North Carolina
Buddy Boeheim – Syracuse
Keve Aluma – Virginia Tech
Paolo Banchero – Duke
Jeremy Roach – Duke
Caleb Love – North Carolina
Kihei Clark – Virginia
Isaiah Wong – Miami
Buddy Boeheim – Syracuse
AJ Griffin – Duke
Matthew Cleveland – Florida State
Paolo Banchero – Duke
Dawson Garcia – North Carolina
Jayden Gardner – Virginia
Keve Aluma – Virginia Tech
Mark Williams – Duke
Armando Bacot – North Carolina
Keve Aluma – Virginia Tech
Armando Bacot – North Carolina
Paolo Banchero – Duke
Buddy Boeheim – Syracuse
Mark Williams – Duke

Preseason polls[edit]

AP[17] Athlon
Sports
[18]
Bleacher
Report
[19]
Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
[20]
CBS Sports[21] Coaches[22] ESPN[23] KenPom Sports
Illustrated
[24]
Boston College 174 146
Clemson 65 59
Duke 9 6 4 8 15 9 11 10 3
Florida State 20 17 11 14 24 19 21 24 10
Georgia Tech 64 54
Louisville RV 30 36
Miami 70 83
North Carolina 19 12 17 16 20 20 17 40
NC State 69 56
Notre Dame RV 50 RV 27
Pittsburgh 108 145
Syracuse RV 25 46 RV 41
Virginia 25 21-T 27 25 25 45
Virginia Tech RV 23 44 RV 39
Wake Forest 113 104

ACC Preseason Media poll[edit]

The Preseason Media Poll and Preseason All-ACC teams were voted on after a tipoff event held at the Charlotte Marriott City Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 12, 2021.[25] Voting for the polls opened on October 13 and concluded on October 18. The polls and teams were announced on the ACC Network on October 19, 2021.[26] Duke was selected the preseason favorite.[27]

Preseason poll[edit]
  1. Duke – 1,132 (47)
  2. Florida State – 1,034 (14)
  3. North Carolina – 1,001 (5)
  4. Virginia – 949 (9)
  5. Virginia Tech – 857 (5)
  6. Louisville – 791 (1)
  7. Syracuse – 781
  8. Notre Dame – 599
  9. NC State – 555
  10. Georgia Tech – 524
  11. Clemson – 430
  12. Miami – 428
  13. Wake Forest – 274
  14. Pitt – 253
  15. Boston College – 112

First-place votes shown in parentheses.

Preseason All-ACC teams[edit]
2021 ACC Men's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams
First Team Second Team
ACC preseason player of the year[edit]
ACC Preseason Freshman of the year[edit]

Early season tournaments[edit]

Team Tournament Finish
Boston College Sunshine Slam 4th (Bracket B)
Clemson Charleston Classic 4th
Duke Duke Veterans Day Weekend Showcase Champions
Florida State Jacksonville Classic Champions
Georgia Tech Jerry Colangelo Classic 2nd
Louisville Bahamas Championship Champions
Miami ESPN Events Invitational 6th
North Carolina Hall of Fame Tip Off 4th
NC State Hall of Fame Showcase 2nd
Notre Dame Maui Invitational 6th
Pittsburgh Gotham Classic 2–1
Syracuse Battle 4 Atlantis 6th
Virginia Legends Classic Champions
Virginia Tech NIT Season Tip-Off 4th
Wake Forest Emerald Coast Classic 2nd

Source:[28]

Regular season[edit]

Rankings[edit]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
    First Place votes shown in ()
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Final
Boston College AP
C
Clemson AP
C
Duke AP 9 7 5 1 (51) 3 2 2 2 2 8 6 9 9 7 9 7 4 (11) 7 9
C 9 6 1 (19) 3 2 2 2 2 8 5 7 6 6 5 6 2 (9) 7 10 3
Florida State AP 20 RV RV RV
C 19 RV RV RV RV RV
Georgia Tech AP
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Louisville AP RV RV
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Miami AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 16т
North Carolina AP 19 18 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV
C 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 2
NC State AP
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Notre Dame AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Pittsburgh AP
C
Syracuse AP RV RV
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Virginia AP 25 RV RV
C 25
Virginia Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV 24 RV
Wake Forest AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV

Conference matrix[edit]

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 full conference schedule was announced on September 16, 2021.[29]

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College 68–70
70–60
72–61 55–71 81–76
82–78 (OT)
67–54 81–70 91–65
58–47
61–69 57–73
99–95 (OT)
69–67
56–69
73–64
76–56
67–55 63–68 87–57
vs. Clemson 70–68
60–70
71–69
82–64
69–75
81–80
69–64
65–68
70–61 80–75 79–77 65–70 72–56
76–61
48–75 91–78 50–67
75–65
59–63 69–80
vs. Duke 61–72 69–71
64–82
79–78 (OT)
70–88
57–69 65–74 76–74 67–87
94–81
73–88 43–57 56–86 59–79
72–92
69–68
61–65
65–76 64–76
74–76
vs. Florida State 71–55 75–69
80–81
78–79 (OT)
88–70
75–61 70–79 64–65
60–61
94–74 81–83
76–89
70–74 56–51 63–60
71–76
63–64 85–72 76–54
68–60
vs. Georgia Tech 76–81
78–82 (OT)
64–69
68–65
69–57 61–75 67–64 73–62
79–70
79–62
88–65
76–61 72–68 (OT)
90–56
62–68 74–73 (OT) 63–53
71–61
81–66
62–58
80–64
vs. Louisville 54–67 61–70 74–65 79–70 64–67 70–63 90–83 (OT)
70–63
68–73
79–63
82–70
63–57
72–75
65–53
92–69 64–52 75–43 69–73
99–77
vs. Miami 70–81 75–80 74–76 65–64
61–60
62–73
70–79
63–70 57–85 83–91 68–64 64–85 87–88
72–75
71–58
74–71
75–78
71–70
84–92
72–76
vs. North Carolina 65–91
47–58
77–79 87–67
81–94
74–94 62–79
65–88
83–90 (OT)
63–70
85–57 80–100
74–84
78–73 76–67 79–88 (OT) 58–74 68–78
57–65
98–76
vs. NC State 69–61 70–65 88–73 83–81
89–76
61–76 73–68
63–79
91–83 100–80
84–74
73–65
69–57
71–69 89–82 63–77 63–68
62–59
69–51
101–76
vs. Notre Dame 73–57
95–99 (OT)
56–72
61–76
57–43 74–70 68–72 (OT)
56–90
70–82
57–63
64–68 73–78 65–73
57–69
67–68
54–78
69–79 65–69 79–73 79–74
vs. Pittsburgh 67–69
69–56
75–48 86–56 51–56 68–62 75–72
53–65
85–64 67–76 69–71 68–67
78–54
77–61
53–64
57–56
66–61
76–71
74–47
91–75
vs. Syracuse 64–73
56–76
78–91 79–59
97–72
60–63
76–71
73–74 (OT) 69–92 88–87
75–72
88–79 (OT) 82–89 79–69 61–77
64–53
74–69 71–59 77–74 (OT)
72–94
vs. Virginia 55–67 67–50
65–75
68–69
65–61
64–63 53–63 52–64
61–71
58–71
71–74
74–58 77–63 69–65 56–57
61–66
69–74 52–54
62–53
63–55
vs. Virginia Tech 68–63 63–59 76–65 72–85 66–81
58–62
43–75 78–75
70–71
78–68
65–57
68–63
59–62
73–79 71–76
47–74
59–71 54–52
53–62
80–61
vs. Wake Forest 57–87 80–69 76–64
76–74
54–76
60–68
64–80 73–69
77–99
92–84
76–72
76–98 51–69
76–101
74–79 75–91 74–77 (OT)
94–72
55–63 61–80
Total 6–14 8–12 16–4 10–10 5–15 6–14 14–6 15–5 4–16 15–5 6–14 9–11 12–8 11–9 13–7

Player of the week[edit]

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.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
Week 1 – Nov 15 Dereon SeabronNC State Paolo BancheroDuke [30]
Week 2 – Nov 22 Michael DevoeGeorgia Tech AJ GriffinDuke [31]
Week 3 – Nov 29 Wendell Moore Jr.Duke Paolo Banchero (2) – Duke [32]
Week 4 – Dec 6 Dereon Seabron (2) – NC State Terquavion SmithNC State [33]
Week 5 – Dec 13 Alondes WilliamsWake Forest Terquavion Smith (2) – NC State [34]
Blake WesleyNotre Dame
Week 6 – Dec 20 Alondes Williams (2) – Wake Forest Trevor KeelsDuke [35]
Week 7 – Dec 27 Dane Goodwin – Notre Dame Paolo Banchero (3) – Duke [36]
Femi Odukale – Pittsburgh
Week 8 – Jan 3 Kameron McGustyMiami Matthew ClevelandFlorida State [37]
Week 9 – Jan 10 Armando BacotNorth Carolina Blake Wesley (2) – Notre Dame [38]
Week 10 – Jan 17 Armando Bacot (2) – North Carolina Paolo Banchero (4) – Duke [39]
Week 11 – Jan 24 Jake LaRaviaWake Forest Blake Wesley (3) – Notre Dame [40]
Paolo Banchero (5) – Duke
Week 12 – Jan 31 Buddy BoeheimSyracuse Paolo Banchero (6) – Duke [41]
Week 13 – Feb 7 Paul AtkinsonNotre Dame AJ Griffin (2) – Duke [42]
Week 14 – Feb 14 Jayden GardnerVirginia Trevor Keels (2) – Duke [43]
Week 15 – Feb 21 Jake LaRavia (2) – Wake Forest Terquavion Smith (3) – NC State [44]
Week 16 – Feb 28 Armando Bacot (3) – North Carolina Matthew Cleveland (2) – Florida State [45]
Week 17 – Mar 7 Brady ManekNorth Carolina Terquavion Smith (4) – NC State [46]

Records against other conferences[edit]

2021–22 records against non-conference foes through games played on January 20, 2022. Records shown for regular season only.