
The 2025 ACC basketball tournament schedule takes place from March 11-15, 2025. The tournament is being held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The top 15 teams from conference play (18 total) will earn berths in the 72nd annual ACC men’s basketball tournament. They will be seeded from #1 to #15.
2025 ACC Basketball Tournament Schedule
The 2025 ACC basketball tournament schedule takes place from March 11-15, 2025. The ACC announced that instead of adding an extra day to the tournament with the additions of Stanford, Cal, and SMU to the league, they would stick to 15 teams playing in the 2025 tournament. Please note the times listed are Eastern Time and based on the 2024 ACC tournament schedule until revised details are confirmed by the league closer to the tournament.
Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
First round – Tuesday, March 11 | |||||
Opening Day | 1 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 12 vs. No. 13 | ACCN | |
2 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 10 vs. No. 15 | |||
3 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 vs. No. 14 | |||
Second round – Wednesday, March 12 | |||||
1 | 4 | Noon | No. 8 vs. No. 9 | ESPN | |
5 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 5 vs. No. 12 / No. 13 | |||
2 | 6 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 7 vs. No. 10 / No. 15 | ESPN2 | |
7 | 9:30 p.m. | No. 6 vs. No. 11 / No. 14 | ESPNU | ||
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 | |||||
3 | 8 | noon | No. 1 vs. No. 8 / No. 9 | ESPN | |
9 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 4 vs No. 5 / No. 12 / No. 13 | ESPN2 | ||
4 | 10 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 2 vs. No. 7 / No. 10 / No. 15 | ESPN | |
11 | 9:30 p.m. | No. 3 vs. No. 6 / No. 11 / No. 14 | ESPN/ESPN2 | ||
Semifinals – Friday, March 14 | |||||
5 | 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Game 8 Winner vs Game 9 Winner | ESPN/ESPN2 | |
13 | 9:30 p.m. | Game 10 Winner vs Game 11 Winner | |||
Championship – Saturday, March 15 | |||||
6 | 14 | 8:30 p.m. | Game 12 Winner vs Game 13 Winner | ESPN | |
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed. |
Past ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament Champions
The ACC has held their men’s basketball tournament every year since 1961. The conference led the way in making the tournament champion the overall conference champion throughout this timeframe (except for the COVID year). The following are the past ACC champions for men’s basketball for the past 10+ years.
2012 Florida State |
2013 Miami |
2014 Virginia |
2015 Notre Dame |
2016 North Carolina |
2017 Duke |
2018 Virginia |
2019 Duke |
2020 Florida State |
2021 Georgia Tech |
2022 Virginia Tech |
2023 Duke |
2024 NC State |
Printable ACC Basketball Tournament Bracket
If you are looking for an early, printable 2025 ACC Men’s basketball tournament bracket, we have one up in PDF for you. Similar to the schedule, it is notional based on the times and TV networks used by the league in the 2024 tournament. We will update the information when confirmed by the ACC for you. The team who wins the ACC tournament will earn the conference’s automatic bid to the 2025 March Madness Basketball tournament. If you are looking for a printable, blank 2025 March Madness bracket, we have you covered there as well.