The 2009
Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 12–15 at the
Georgia Dome
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in
Atlanta
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. The tournament was broadcast on the
ESPN
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family of networks, along with
Raycom Sports in the
ACC footprint.
The championship game matched
Duke
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against
Florida State
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, who made their first appearance in the ACC championship game since joining the league in 1992. Duke won 79–69 for their 8th conference title in 11 years.
Schedule
Seeding
Teams were seeded based on the final
regular-season standings, with ties broken under an ACC policy.
Wake Forest and Duke split their regular-season games, each winning one. Wake Forest was awarded the second seed for its better record against top-seeded North Carolina: Wake won its only game, while Duke lost both games.
By finishing fourth in the conference, Florida State joined North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest as teams that received a first-round bye in the tournament. It was the first time that the Seminoles had earned a bye since joining the conference in time for the 1991-92 season.
Clemson received the fifth seed because it beat Boston College in their only meeting.
The three-way tie among Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Miami was broken based on the record of games played among the three teams. Maryland received the seventh seed for having the best winning percentage (2–1), Virginia Tech received the eighth seed (1–1), and Miami received the ninth seed (1–2).
Bracket
Awards and honors
Tournament
MVP
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Jon Scheyer
Jonathan James Scheyer (, born August 24, 1987) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Scheyer led his high school team to an Illinois ...
- Duke
All-Tournament Team
First Team
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Jon Scheyer
Jonathan James Scheyer (, born August 24, 1987) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Scheyer led his high school team to an Illinois ...
- Duke
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Toney Douglas
Toney Bernard Douglas (born March 16, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Benfica of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. He played college basketball for Auburn for one year, eventually becoming frustrated with his role on t ...
- Florida State
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Kyle Singler - Duke
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Tyler Hansbrough
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- North Carolina
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Gerald Henderson
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- Duke
Second Team
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Solomon Alabi
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- Florida State
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Wayne Ellington
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- North Carolina
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Eric Hayes
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Early life and First World War
Born the son of Charles Frederick Hayes on 19 June 1896, Eric Hayes w ...
- Maryland
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Greivis Vasquez - Maryland
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Lewis Clinch - Georgia Tech
References
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