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1 Bracket  





2 Awards and honors  



2.1  Everett Case Award  





2.2  All Tournament Teams  



2.2.1  First Team  





2.2.2  Second Team  









3 External links  














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1997 ACC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1996–97
Teams9
SiteCharlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte Coliseum
ChampionsNorth Carolina (14th title)
Winning coachDean Smith (13th title)
MVPShammond Williams (North Carolina)
← 1996
1998 →
1996–97 ACC men's basketball standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
    No.8Duke 12 4   .750 24 9   .727
    No.9Wake Forest 11 5   .688 24 7   .774
    No.4North Carolina 11 5   .688 28 7   .800
    No.14Clemson 9 7   .563 23 10   .697
    No.22Maryland 9 7   .563 21 11   .656
    Virginia 7 9   .438 18 13   .581
    NC State 4 12   .250 17 15   .531
    Georgia Tech 3 13   .188 9 18   .333
    1997 ACC tournament winner
    Rankings from AP poll

    The 1997 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 6 to 9 in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. In what turned out to be Dean Smith's last season of coaching, North Carolina won the tournament, defeating a surprising NC State team in the final.

    NC State became the first team in ACC history to advance past the quarterfinal round after playing in the First Round game. The ACC adopted the first-round game format in 1992 when Florida State joined the conference. After defeating top seed Duke in the quarterfinals, NC State beat fifth-seeded Maryland to advance to the championship game. Their Cinderella run through the tournament ended against rival North Carolina in the final. The 1997 NC State Wolfpack became the first team to play four games in the ACC Tournament and remained the lowest-seeded team to make the Tournament final until 2007.

    Shammond Williams of North Carolina was named tournament MVP.

    Bracket[edit]

    First round
    March 6
    Quarterfinals
    March 7
    Semifinals
    March 8
    Championship Game
    March 9
                
    1#7 Duke 60
    8NC State 66
    8NC State 60
    9Georgia Tech 46
    8NC State 65
    5#22 Maryland 58
    4#13 Clemson 61
    5#22 Maryland 76
    8NC State 54
    3#5 North Carolina 64
    2#8 Wake Forest 66
    7Florida State 65
    2#8 Wake Forest 73
    3#5 North Carolina 86
    3#5 North Carolina 78
    6Virginia 68

    AP rankings at time of tournament

    Awards and honors[edit]

    Everett Case Award[edit]

    Player School
    Shammond Williams North Carolina

    All Tournament Teams[edit]

    External links[edit]


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