The 2025 ACC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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held at the

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, from March 11–15, 2025. It was the seventy-second edition of the tournament, and fourteenth edition held in Charlotte. The tournament was sponsored by T. Rowe Price. Only the top 15 schools were invited to participate in the tournament. This was the first ACC men's basketball tournament in which all ACC teams were not invited to the tournament (barring suspensions). The

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were the defending tournament champions, but failed to qualify for this year's tournament. First seed

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went on to win the tournament, defeating second seed

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in the championship game. The title was the twenty third overall for the Duke men's basketball program, and second in the last three years. As tournament champions, Duke received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Seeding and qualification

Fifteen of the eighteen ACC men's basketball teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. If three or more teams finished the season tied, the combined record in conference games between the tied teams involved would be compiled. Ties were broken and seeds assigned based on the winning percentage of the combined conference records. The higher winning percentage prevailed, even if the number of games played against the team or group was unequal. The second tiebreaker was record against the team occupying the highest position in the standings and then continuing down the standings until one team gained an advantage.

Schedule

Bracket

Source:

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Awards and honors

References

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