Final Standings ACC Games Overall Team W L Pct. Hm Rd W L Pct. Hm Rd Nu Last 10 North Carolina ..... 14 2 .875 6-2 8-0 36 3 .923 14-2 13-0 9-1 9-1 North Carolina captures 17th Duke .................... 13 3 .813 7-1 6-2 28 6 .824 15-1 8-2 5-3 6-4 ACC title with an 86-81 win Clemson ............... 10 6 .625 7-1 3-5 24 10 .706 14-2 6-5 4-3 6-4 over Clemson in the finals of Virginia Tech .......... 9 7 .563 6-2 3-5 21 14 .600 14-3 4-8 3-3 7-3 the 55th annual ACC Tourna- Miami .................... 8 8 .500 6-2 2-6 23 11 .676 14-2 4-6 5-3 6-4 ment ... Tar Heels make 17th Maryland ............... 8 8 .500 4-4 4-4 19 15 .559 13-6 6-5 0-4 3-7 Final Four appearance with a Georgia Tech .......... 7 9 .438 3-5 4-4 15 17 .469 6-7 6-8 3-2 4-6 Wake Forest ............ 7 9 .438 6-2 1-7 17 13 .567 15-2 2-10 0-1 4-6 83-73 win over Louisville in Florida State .......... 7 9 .438 4-4 3-5 19 15 .559 13-5 4-7 2-3 5-5 the East Regional final ... Virginia .................. 5 11 .313 3-5 2-6 17 16 .515 13-7 4-7 0-2 6-4 UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough Boston College ....... 4 12 .250 3-5 1-7 14 17 .452 11-8 2-7 1-2 2-8 earns unanimous National NC State ................. 4 12 .250 3-5 1-7 15 16 .484 10-6 2-9 3-0 1-9 Player of the Year honors ... Hansbrough has scored 10 or more points in 39 consecutive By the Numbers games and has scored more X Over the last eight years (since 2001), the X Eleven of the 12 ACC teams have made at points (2,168) than any other ACC leads all conferences with seven Fi- least one NCAA Tournament appearance junior in ACC history ... eight nal Four teams. over the last four seasons. ACC teams take part in post- season play ... the ACC Final Four Teams (2001-2008) X Since 1981 four different ACC schools have finished the regular season as won a total of eight NCAA titles, three more ACC................. 7 Conf. USA ....... 3 than any other conference. the top-ranked conference in Big 12 ............. 6 SEC ................. 3 the RPI ... Hansbrough, a Big Ten ........... 5 Big East .......... 3 X Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to three-time first-team All-ACC Pac-10 ............. 4 Colonial .......... 1 64 teams in 1985, the ACC has the most selection, was a unanimous NCAA Tournament wins (231), the best choice as ACC Player of the X Among conferences with multiple teams, winning percentage (.669), the most Year ... Duke’s Kyle Singler the ACC with a 6-4 (.600) mark, was sec- “Sweet 16” appearances (63) and the most ond to the Big 12 (.706) as the winningest teams (34) in a regional final. named ACC Rookie of the conference in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Year while Virginia Tech’s X Since the NCAA started assigning seeds Seth Greenberg tabbed ACC X The ACC has had at least one Final Four with the 1979 Tournament, the ACC has Coach of the Year ... team in 17 of the last 21 years and in 22 of won more games (23) against No. 1 seeds Clemson’s Cliff Hammonds the last 28. and is the only conference with a winning honored as Prosser Award record (23-22) against top-seeded teams. recipient ... Duke’s Greg X With a 329-164 (.667) mark, the ACC is the winningest conference in NCAA Tourna- X With three teams - North Carolina (1), Duke Paulus named 3rd-team ment history. (9), Clemson (22) - listed in the final AP Academic All-American. poll, the ACC extended its streak to 48 con- X With its 6-4 mark in this year’s NCAA Tour- secutive seasons with at least one team ACC Media Relations nament, the ACC extended its non-losing ranked in the top 10 of the final AP Poll. streak in NCAA Tournament play to 21 years Brian Morrison ...... Associate Commissioner in a row. The Big East has the nation’s next X With his selection as the National Player Men’s Basketball, Media Relations Director longest current non-losing streak at 15 of the Year by the AP, The Sporting News, Mike Finn ............. Associate Commissioner straight years. the USBWA and the NABC, North Carolina’s Football Lindsey Rogers .............. Associate Director Tyler Hansbrough is the 16th player from Kristie Le ......................... Assistant Director X Since 1981, six different ACC schools have the ACC, since 1975, to be a consensus Nick Clarke ....................................... Intern made a total of 27 Final Four appearances, National Player of the Year and the ninth Barb Dery .............. Administrative Assistant 10 more than any other conference. to be accorded unanimous status. Phone ............................... 336-851-6062 Fax ................................... 336-854-8797 Post-Season Results ACC Basketball SIDs 2008 NCAA Tournament North Carolina (#1 East) Boston College ................... Dick Kelley W Mt. St. Mary’s ....................... #16 ... 113-74 Total Polls Ranked 617-552-3004 [email protected] W Arkansas ................................. #9 ... 108-77 Clemson ............................ Tim Bourret W Washington State .................... #4 ..... 68-47 W Louisville ................................. #3 ..... 83-73 Team No. 1 Top 10 Total 864-656-2114 [email protected] L Kansas .................................... #1 ..... 66-84 North Carolina ......... 96 ....... 573 ........ 742 Duke ................................ Matt Plizga Duke (#2 West) Duke ...................... 111 ....... 488 ........ 602 919-684-2633 [email protected] W Belmont................................. #15 ..... 71-70 Maryland .............................. 168 ........ 352 Florida State .................... Chuck Walsh L West Virginia ........................... #7 ..... 67-73 NC State ................... 13 ....... 159 ........ 326 Miami (#7 South) Wake Forest ............... 2 ......... 94 ........ 253 850-644-1403 [email protected] W St. Mary’s .............................. #10 ..... 78-64 Georgia Tech .............. 1 ......... 67 ........ 201 Georgia Tech .................... Mike Stamus L Texas ....................................... #2 ..... 72-75 Virginia .................... 12 ......... 75 ........ 181 404-894-5445 [email protected] Clemson (#5 Midwest) Boston College ........................ 27 ........ 109 Maryland ......................... Jason Yaman L Villanova ............................... #12 ..... 69-75 Clemson .................................. 18 ........ 104 301-314-8052 [email protected] 2008 NIT Florida State ........................... 22 .......... 91 Miami .......................... Margaret Belch Virginia Tech ............................. 2 .......... 48 Virginia Tech (#1) 305-284-3244 [email protected] Miami ....................................... 7 .......... 38 W Morgan State .......................... #8 ..... 94-62 North Carolina ............ Steve Kirschner W Alabama-Birmingham ............ #5 ..... 75-49 L Mississippi .............................. #2 ..... 72-81 Current AP Polls Ranked 919-962-2123 [email protected] Maryland (#5) NC State ...................... Brian Reinhardt W at Minnesota ........................... #4 ..... 68-58 North Carolina ........................................ 45 919-515-2102 ..... [email protected] L at Syracuse ............................. #1 ..... 72-88 Duke ....................................................... 20 Virginia ............................ Rich Murray Florida State (#3) Clemson .................................................... 1 L Akron ....................................... #6 . ot 60-65 434-982-5500 [email protected] Virginia Tech .......................... Bill Dyer North Carolina has been ranked in the AP poll 2008 CBI 742 times - more than any other school ... 540-231-6726 [email protected] Virginia (East) seven of the 12 ACC teams have been ranked Wake Forest .................. Scott Wortman W Richmond ............................................ 66-64 W Old Dominion ...................................... 80-76 at least once this season. 336-758-5640 [email protected] L Bradley ............................................... 85-96 Associated Press Rankings USA Today/ESPN Coaches Rankings NNNDDDDD J J J J FFFFMMM NNNDDDDD J J J JF F F FMMM Team PS12192631017243171421 28411182531017 Team PS1219263101724317142128411182531017 Kansas 44443333333225357654 North Carolina11111111111543533111 Memphis 33332222222111113333 Memphis 33332222222111112222 North Carolina11121111111443532111 UCLA 22227885554855664333 UCLA 22118885554754664222 Kansas 44443333333224346554 Texas 16 16 16 8 5 5 5 9 14 13 19 12 10 12 11 7 5 9 8 7 Tennessee 7771110121211886377421445 Louisville 6 6 6 10 11 20 - - - - - - - - - 23 18 13 13 13 Wisconsin - - - 20 - - - - 25 21 17 11 13 8 15 11 10 10 8 6 Tennessee 7 7 7 12 12 11 12 12 9 9 7 5 8 7 4 2 1 4 4 6 Texas 151615844491412191210121175967 Xavier - - -25201724- -2520221514131211111212 Georgetown 55555558775966812111198 Davidson --25---------------2523 Duke 131313766610997432257679 Wisconsin - - - 20 23 - - - 25 21 17 11 13 8 14 10 9 8 6 5 Stanford -20------2423-2014979871110 Stanford 21 20 - - - - 25 22 20 23 - 21 14 9 7 9 8 7 11 11 Butler -252216131816161614121512109 814141211 Georgetown 55554448786966811101098 Xavier - - - -2117- - -242023151312109 81012 Michigan State 8 12 11 13 10 10 10 7 6 6 11 10 7 10 9 17 15 18 19 20 Louisville 6 6 6 12 14 22 - - - - - - - - 23 18 13 12 13 13 Butler - - 23 16 13 19 18 17 17 14 12 14 12 11 10 8 13 12 10 10 Drake -----------221615141620201614 Washington State1099666644486917201922222121 Notre Dame -------------22202117191415 Duke 111010777710875332246579 Connecticut -------------19171315131516 Drake - - - - - - - - - - - 23 17 15 15 18 20 21 18 14 Pittsburgh 22 19 17 14 12 11 11 6 13 20 15 13 18 21 22