2011–12 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 2011–12 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season #193980 #ffffff NCAA Division I Basketball 125px 12 ACC Network, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Learfield Sports Regular Season North Carolina First place Tyler Zeller, North Carolina ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year ACC Tournament 2012 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Florida State Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball 2010–11 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season 2010–11 2012–13 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season 2012–13 The 2011–12 Atlantic Coast Conference is the 59th men's basketball season for the league. Preseason The conference hosted its 50th annual media event, "Operation Basketball", on October 19 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.2011 ACC Operation Basketball Set for Wednesday, October 19 theacc.com http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101311aaa.html dead 7 March 2012 At this event, the ACC media votes on how they believe each team will finish in the conference, the preseason All-ACC team, the preseason Player of the Year, and the preseason Rookie of the Year. Preseason Poll2011 2011 ACC Operation Basketball theacc.com http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-acc-operation-basketball.html dead 7 March 2012 North Carolina (57 first place votes) Duke (2) Florida State Virginia Miami Virginia Tech Clemson NC State Maryland Georgia Tech Wake Forest Boston College Preseason All-ACC Harrison Barnes (59 votes)– North Carolina John Henson (47)– North Carolina Tyler Zeller (46)– North Carolina Malcolm Grant (32)– Miami Mike Scott (20t)– Virginia Seth Curry (20t)– Duke Preseason Player of the Year Harrison Barnes (57)- North Carolina John Henson (2)- North Carolina Preseason Rookie of the Year Austin Rivers (57)– Duke James Michael McAdoo (1)- North Carolina Nick Faust (1)- Maryland Rankings + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings   Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalBoston College APCClemson APCDuke AP 6 6 6 3 7 7 7 7 5 8 4 8 7 10 5 5 4 6 8C 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 3 6 4 6 5 9 4 4 3 6 5Florida State AP RV 25 22 RV RV RV 23 21 15 20 15 22 17 10C RV 24 20 RV RV 24 17 21 16 22 17 15Georgia Tech APCMaryland APCMiami APCNorth Carolina AP 1 1 1 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 8 7 5 5 8 7 6 4 4C 1 1 1 5 6 6 6 6 4 3 8 8 6 5 7 7 6 4 5NC State APCVirginia AP RV RV 24 23 21 16 15 19 16 19 22 RV 24 RVC RV RV RV 24 23 17 17 21 18 20 22 RV RV RVVirginia Tech AP RVCWake Forest APC Conference schedules Composite matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.  Boston CollegeClemsonDukeFlorida StateGeorgia TechMarylandMiamiNorth CarolinaNC StateVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forestvs. Boston College – 0–11–00–11–11–02–01–02–01–01–12–0vs. Clemson1–0 – 1–01–10–21–01–01–01–11–11–10–2vs. Duke0–10–1 – 1–10–10–21–01–10–10–10–20–2vs. Florida State1–01–11–1 – 0–10–11–10–10–10–20–20–1vs. Georgia Tech1–12–01–01–0 – 1–11–01–01–11–01–01–1vs. Maryland0–10–12–01–01–1 – 1–12–01–02–00–10–1vs. Miami0–20–10–11–10–11–1 – 2–02–01–00–10–1vs. North Carolina0–10–11–11–00–10–20–2 – 0–20–20–10–1vs. NC State0–21–01–01–01–10–10–22–0 – 1–00–10–2vs. Virginia0–11–11–02–00–10–20–12–00–1 – 1–10–1vs. Virginia Tech1–11-12–02–00–11–01–01–01–01–1 – 1–0vs. Wake Forest0–22–02–01–01–11–01–01–02–01–00–1 –Total 4–12 8–8 13–3 12–4 4–12 6–10 9–7 14–2 9–7 9–7 4–12 4–12 Boston College |- !colspan=9 style="background:#8B0000; color:#F0E68C;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 2:30 pm yes North Carolina 3 Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 60–83 0–1 (5–10) January 12 7:00 pm Clemson Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN2 59–57 1–1 (6–10) January 14 3:00 pm Virginia Tech Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts NESN 61–59 2–1 (7–10) January 19 8:00 pm yes NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Raycom 62–76 2–2 (7–11) January 21 12:00 pm Wake Forest Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Raycom 56–71 2–3 (7–12) January 26 9:00 pm yes Virginia 19 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPNU 49–66 2–4 (7–13) January 29 1:00 pm Miami (FL) Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Raycom 54–76 2–5 (7–14) February 1 8:00 pm NC State Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Raycom 51–56 2–6 (7–15) February 4 1:00 pm yes Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta ESPNU 47–51 2–7 (7–16) February 8 7:00 pm Florida State 15 Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 64–60 3–7 (8–16) February 12 6:00 pm yes Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPNU 65–66 3–8 (8–17) February 16 9:00 pm yes Maryland Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 65–81 3–9 (8–18) February 19 6:00 pm Duke 5 Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPNU 50–75 3–10 (8–19) February 25 1:00 pm yes Wake Forest Joel Veterans Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina NESN 56–85 3–11 (8–20) February 29 7:00 pm Georgia Tech Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts NESN 56–52 4–11 (9–20) March 3 2:30 pm yes Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida Raycom 56–77 4–12 (9–21) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#8B0000"|2012 ACC tournament March 8 2:00 pm yes NC State Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament first round ESPNU 57–78 9–22 AP Poll Clemson |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F66733; color:#522D80;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 4:00 pm Florida State Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPN2 79–59 1–0 (9–6) January 12 7:00 pm yes Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN2 57–59 1–1 (9–7) January 15 6:00 pm Duke 8 Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPNU 66–73 1–2 (9–8) January 18 7:00 pm yes Miami BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida RSN 73–76 1–3 (9–9) January 21 2:30 pm Georgia Tech Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina Raycom 64–62 2–3 (10–9) January 28 12:00 pm Wake Forest Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina Raycom 71–60 3–3 (11–9) January 31 7:00 pm yes Virginia 16 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPN2 61–65 3–4 (11–10) February 4 4:00 pm yes Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia RSN 65–67 3–5 (11–11) February 7 7:00 pm Maryland Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPNU 62–64 3–6 (11–12) February 11 4:00 pm yes Wake Forest LVJM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina RSN 78–58 4–6 (12–12) February 14 7:00 pm Virginia 22 Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPNU 60–48 5–6 (13–12) February 18 4:00 pm yes North Carolina 8 Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN/ESPN2 52–74 5–7 (13–13) February 21 7:30 pm yes Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta RSN 56–37 6–7 (14–13) February 25 2:30 pm NC State Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina Raycom 72–69 7–7 (15–13) March 1 9:00 pm Virginia Tech Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina Raycom 58–56 8–7 (16–13) March 4 12:00 pm yes Florida State 22 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPN2 72–80 8–8 (16–14) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#F66733"|2012 ACC tournament March 8 7:00 pm yes Virginia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament first round ESPNU 63–68 16–15 AP Poll Duke |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 12:00 pm yes 5 Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta ESPNU 81–74 1–0 (13–2) January 12 9:00 pm 8 Virginia 16 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN 61–58 2–0 (14–2) January 15 6:00 pm yes 8 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPNU 73–66 3–0 (15–2) January 19 7:00 pm 4 Wake Forest Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN 91–73 4–0 (16–2) January 21 4:00 pm 4 Florida State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN 73–76 4–1 (16–3) January 25 9:00 pm yes 8 Maryland Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Duke–Maryland rivalry ESPN 74–61 5–1 (17–3) February 2 7:00 pm yes 7 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPN/ESPN2 75–60 6–1 (18–3) February 5 3:00 pm 7 Miami (FL) Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPNU 74–78 OT 6–2 (18–4) February 8 9:00 pm yes 10 North Carolina 5 Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Carolina–Duke rivalry ESPN/Raycom 85–84 7–2 (19–4) February 11 4:00 pm 10 Maryland Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina Duke–Maryland rivalry ESPN 73–55 8–2 (20–4) February 16 9:00 pm 5 NC State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina Raycom 78–73 9–2 (21–4) February 19 6:00 pm yes 5 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPNU 75–50 10–2 (22–4) February 23 7:00 pm yes 5 Florida State 15 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPN/ESPN2 74–66 11–2 (23–4) February 25 12:00 pm 5 Virginia Tech Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina Raycom 70–65 OT 12–2 (24–4) February 28 9:00 pm yes 4 Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina ESPNU 79–71 13–2 (25–4) March 3 7:00 pm 4 North Carolina 6 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN College GameDay ESPN 70–88 13–3 (25–5) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#00009C"|2012 ACC tournament March 9 7:00 pm yes 6 Virginia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal ESPN2 60–56 26–5 March 10 3:00 pm l yes 6 Florida State 17 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Semifinal ESPN 59−62 26−6 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#00009C"|2012 NCAA tournament March 16 7:15 pm yes (2) Lehigh (15) Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 2012 NCAA tournament second round CBS 70-75 26–7 AP Poll Florida State |- !colspan=9 style="background:#540115; color:#CDC092;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 4:00 pm yes Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPN2 59–79 0–1 (9–6) January 10 7:00 pm yes Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPNU 63–59 1–1 (10–6) January 14 2:00 pm North Carolina 3 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPN 90–57 2–1 (11–6) January 17 9:00 pm Maryland Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPNU 84–70 3–1 (12–6) January 21 4:00 pm yes Duke 4 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN 76–73 4–1 (13–6) January 25 7:00 pm yes 23 Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Durham, North Carolina RSN 75–52 5–1 (14–6) February 1 7:00 pm 21 Georgia Tech Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida RSN 68–54 6–1 (15–6) February 4 1:00 pm 21 Virginia 16 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ACC Network 58–55 7–1 (16–6) February 8 7:00 pm yes 15 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts ESPN3 60–64 7–2 (16–7) February 11 1:00 pm 15 Miami Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ACC Network 64–59 8–2 (17–7) February 16 7:00 pm 20 Virginia Tech Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPN/ESPN2 48–47 9–2 (18–7) February 18 1:00 pm yes 20 NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina ACC Network 76–62 10–2 (19–7) February 23 7:00 pm 15 Duke 5 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPN/ESPN2 66–74 10–3 (19–8) February 26 6:00 pm yes 15 Miami BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida ESPNU 62–78 10–4 (19–9) March 1 6:00 pm yes 22 Virginia 24 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPN/ESPN2 63–60 11–4 (20–9) March 4 12:00 pm 22 Clemson Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPN2 80–72 12–4 (21–9) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#540115"|2012 ACC tournament March 9 7:00 pm yes 17 Miami Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal ESPN2 82–71 22–9 March 10 3:00 pm yes 17 Duke 6 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Semifinal ESPN 62–59 23–9 March 11 1:00 pm yes 17 North Carolina 4 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Final ESPN 85–82 24–9 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#540115"|2012 NCAA tournament March 16 2:45 pm yes (3) St. Bonaventure (14) Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee 2012 NCAA tournament second round CBS 66–63 25–9 March 18 9:40 pm yes (3) Cincinnati (6) Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee 2012 NCAA tournament Third Round TBS 52-56 25–10 AP Poll Georgia Tech |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CFB53B; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 12:00 pm Duke 5 Philips Arena Atlanta ESPNU 74–81 0–1 (7–8) January 11 9:00 pm yes NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina RSN 82–71 1–1 (8–8) January 15 4:00 pm yes Maryland Comcast Center Raleigh, North Carolina Raycom 50–61 1–2 (8–9) January 19 8:00 pm Virginia 15 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia Raycom 38–70 1–3 (8–10) January 21 2:30 pm yes Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina Raycom 62–64 1–4 (8–11) January 24 9:00 pm Miami (FL) Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia ESPNU 49–64 1–5 (8–12) January 29 6:00 pm yes North Carolina 7 Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPNU 81–93 1–6 (8–13) February 1 7:00 pm yes Florida State 21 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida RSN 54–68 1–7 (8–14) February 4 1:00 pm Boston College Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia ESPNU 51–47 2–7 (9–14) February 9 7:00 pm NC State Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia ESPNU 52–61 2–8 (9–15) February 15 7:30 pm yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina RSN 50–59 2–9 (9–16) February 18 3:00 pm yes Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia RSN 73–74 OT 2–10 (9–17) February 21 7:00 pm Clemson Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia RSN 37–56 2–11 (9–18) February 25 2:30 pm Maryland Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia Raycom 63–61 3–11 (10–18) February 29 7:00 pm yes Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts RSN 52–56 3–12 (10–19) March 3 12:00 pm Wake Forest Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia Raycom 69–62 4–12 (11–19) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#CFB53B"|2012 ACC tournament March 8 9:00 pm yes Miami Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament first round ESPNU 36–54 11–20 AP Poll Maryland |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CE1126; color:#FCD116;"| ACC Regular Season January 8 6:00 pm no yes NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina ESPNU 74–79 0–1 (10–4) January 11 7:00 pm no Wake Forest Comcast Center College Park, Maryland RSN 70–64 1–1 (11–4) January 15 4:00 pm no Georgia Tech Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 61–50 2–1 (12–4) January 17 9:00 pm no yes Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPNU 70–84 2–2 (13–4) January 25 9:00 pm no Duke 8 Comcast Center College Park, Maryland ESPN 61–74 2–3 (13–5) January 28 2:30 pm no Virginia Tech Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 73–69 3–3 (14–5) February 1 8:00 pm no yes Miami BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida Raycom 86–90 2OT 3–4 (14–6) February 4 4:00 pm North Carolina 5 Comcast Center College Park, Maryland ESPN/ESPN2 74–83 3–5 (14–7) February 7 7:00 pm no yes Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPNU 64–62 4–5 (15–7) February 11 4:00 pm no yes Duke 10 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN 55–73 4–6 (15–8) February 16 9:00 pm Boston College Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 81–65 5–6 (16–8) February 18 1:00 pm no yes Virginia 22 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia Raycom 44–71 5–7 (16–9) February 21 8:00 pm Miami Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 75–70 6–7 (17–9) February 25 1:00 pm no yes Georgia Tech Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia Raycom 61–63 6–8 (17–10) February 29 7:00 pm no yes North Carolina 6 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN/ESPN2 64–88 6–9 (17–11) March 4 2:00 pm Virginia 24 Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 72–75 OT 6–10 (17–12) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#CE1126"|2012 ACC tournament March 8 12:00 pm yes Wake Forest Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament first round ESPNU 82–60 18–12 March 9 12:00 pm yes North Carolina 4 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal ESPN2 69–85 18–13 AP Poll Miami |- !colspan=9 style="background:#005030; color:#f47321;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 6:00 pm yes Virginia 21 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPNU 51–52 0–1 (9–5) January 10 9:00 pm yes North Carolina 3 Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 56–73 0–2 (9–6) January 18 7:00 pm Clemson BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida RSN 73–76 1–2 (10–6) January 22 12:00 pm NC State BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida ESPNU 73–78 1–3 (10–7) January 24 9:00 pm yes Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta ESPNU 64–49 2–3 (11–7) January 29 1:00 pm yes Boston College John Paul Jones Arena Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Raycom 76–54 3–3 (12–7) February 1 8:00 pm Maryland BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida Raycom 90–86 2OT 4–3 (13–7) February 5 3:00 pm yes Duke 7 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPNU 78–74 OT 5–3 (14–7) February 9 9:00 pm Virginia Tech BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida ESPN3 65–49 6–3 (15–7) February 11 1:00 pm yes Florida State 15 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida Raycom 59–64 6–4 (15–8) February 15 8:00 pm North Carolina 8 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida ESPN 74–63 6–5 (15–9) February 18 1:00 pm Wake Forest BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida RSN 74–56 7–5 (16–9) February 21 8:00 pm yes Maryland Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 70–75 7–6 (16–10) February 26 6:00 pm Florida State 15 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida ESPNU 78–62 8–6 (17–10) February 29 9:00 pm yes NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Raycom 73–77 8–7 (17–11) March 3 2:30 pm Boston College BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida Raycom 77–56 9–7 (18–11) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#005030"|2012 ACC tournament March 8 9:00 pm yes Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament first round ESPNU 54–36 19–11 March 9 9:00 pm yes Florida State 17 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal ESPN2 71–82 19–12 AP Poll North Carolina |- !colspan=9 style="background:#56A0D3; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 2:30 pm 3 Boston College Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 83–60 1–0 (14–2) January 10 9:00 pm 3 Miami (FL) Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 73–56 2–0 (15–2) January 14 2:00 pm yes 3 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPN 57–90 2–1 (15–3) January 19 9:00 pm yes 8 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPN 82–68 3–1 (16–3) January 26 7:00 7 NC State Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN 74–55 4–1 (17–3) January 29 6:00 7 Georgia Tech Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPNU 93–81 5–1 (18–3) January 31 9:00 pm yes 5 Wake Forest LVJM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina ESPNU 68–53 6–1 (19–3) February 4 4:00 pm yes 5 Maryland Comcast Center College Park, Maryland ESPN 83–74 7–1 (20–3) February 8 9:00 pm 5 Duke 10 Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Carolina–Duke rivalry ESPN/Raycom 84–85 7–2 (20–4) February 11 1:00 pm 5 Virginia 19 Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 70–52 8–2 (21–4) February 15 7:00 pm y 8 Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida ESPN/ESPN2 73–64 9–2 (22–4) February 18 4:00 pm 8 Clemson Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN/ESPN2 74–52 10–2 (23–4) February 21 8:00 pm y 7 NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Raycom 86–74 11–2 (24–4) February 25 4:00 pm y 7 Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPN/ESPN2 54–51 12–2 (25–4) February 29 7:00 pm 6 Maryland Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN/ESPN2 88–64 13–2 (26–4) March 3 7:00 pm yes 6 Duke 4 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN College GameDay ESPN 88–70 14–2 (27–4) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#56A0D3"|2012 ACC tournament March 9 12:00 pm yes 4 Maryland Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal ESPN2 85–69 28–4 March 10 1:00 pm yes 4 NC State Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Semifinal ESPN 69–67 29–4 March 11 1:00 pm yes 4 Florida State 17 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Final ESPN 82–85 29–5 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#56A0D3"|2012 NCAA tournament March 16 4:10 pm yes (1) Vermont (16) Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 2012 NCAA tournament second round TBS 77–58 30–5 March 18 4:10 pm yes (1) Creighton (8) Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 2012 NCAA tournament Third Round CBS 87–73 31–5 March 23 7:47 pm yes (1) Ohio (13) Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri 2012 NCAA tournament Sweet 16 TBS 73–65 OT 32–5 March 25 5:05 pm yes (1) Kansas (2) Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri 2012 NCAA tournament Elite 8 CBS 67–80 32–6 AP Poll NC State |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E00000; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season January 8 6:00 pm Maryland RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina ESPNU 79–74 1–0 (12–4) January 11 9:00 pm Georgia Tech RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Raycom 71–80 1–1 (12–5) January 14 1:00 pm yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina RSN 76–40 2–1 (13–5) January 19 8:00 pm Boston College RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Raycom 76–62 3–1 (14–5) January 22 12:00 pm yes Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida Raycom 78–73 4–1 (15–5) January 26 7:00 pm yes North Carolina 7 Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 55–74 4–2 (15–6) January 28 8:00 pm Virginia 19 RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina 60–61 4–3 (15–7) February 1 8:00 pm yes Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 56–51 5–3 (16–7) February 4 1:00 pm Wake Forest RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina 87–76 6–3 (17–7) February 9 7:00 pm yes Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 61–52 7–3 (18–7) February 16 9:00 pm yes Duke 5 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina 73–78 7–4 (18–8) February 18 1:00 pm Florida State 20 RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina 62–76 7–5 (18–9) February 21 8:00 pm North Carolina 7 RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina 74–86 7–6 (18–10) February 25 2:30 pm yes Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina 69–72 OT 7–7 (18–11) February 29 9:00 pm Miami (FL) RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina 77–73 8–7 (19–11) March 4 6:00 pm yes Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia 70–58 9–7 (20–11) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#E00000"|2012 ACC tournament March 8 2:00 pm yes Boston College Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament first round ESPNU 78–57 21–11 March 9 2:00 pm yes Virginia Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal ESPN2 67–64 22–11 March 10 1:00 pm yes North Carolina 4 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Semifinal ESPN 67-69 22-12 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#E00000"|2012 NCAA tournament March 16 12:40 pm yes (11) San Diego State (6) Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio 2012 NCAA tournament second round truTV 79-65 23-12 March 18 12:15 pm yes (11) Georgetown (3) Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio 2012 NCAA tournament Third Round CBS 66-63 24-12 March 23 10:17 pm yes (11) Kansas (2) Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri 2012 NCAA tournament Sweet 16 TBS 57-60 24-13 AP Poll Virginia |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0D3268; color:#FF7C00;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 6:00 pm 21 Miami (FL) John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPNU 52–51 1–0 (14–1) January 12 9:00 pm yes 17 Duke 8 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN 61–64 1–1 (14–2) January 19 8:00 pm yes 15 Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta Raycom 70–38 2–1 (15–2) January 22 6:00 pm 15 Virginia Tech John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPNU 45–47 2–2 (15–3) January 26 9:00 pm 19 Boston College John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPNU 66–49 3–2 (16–3) January 28 8:00 pm yes 19 NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina ESPN2 61–60 4–2 (17–3) January 31 7:00 pm 16 Clemson John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPN2 65–61 5–2 (18–3) February 4 1:00 pm yes 16 Florida State 21 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida Raycom 55–58 5–3 (18–4) February 8 7:30 pm Wake Forest John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia Raycom 68–44 6–3 (19–4) February 11 1:00 pm yes North Carolina 5 Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina Raycom 52–70 6–4 (19–5) February 14 7:00 pm yes 22 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina ESPNU 48–60 6–5 (19–6) February 18 1:00 pm 22 Maryland John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia Raycom 71–44 7–5 (20–6) February 21 9:00 pm yes Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPNU 61–59 8–5 (21–6) February 25 4:00 pm North Carolina 7 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPN/ESPN2 54–51 8–6 (21–7) March 1 7:00 pm 24 Florida State 22 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPN/ESPN2 60–63 8–7 (21–8) March 4 9:00 pm yes 24 Maryland Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 75–72 OT 9–7 (22–8) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0D3268; color:#FF7C00;"| 2012 ACC Tournament March 9 2:00 pm yes NC State Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal ESPN2 64–67 22–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0D3268; color:#FF7C00;"| 2012 NCAA Tournament 03/16/2012 2:10 pm yes yes (10) Florida (7) CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 2012 NCAA tournament second round TNT 45–71 22–10 AP Poll Virginia Tech |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#CC5500;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 12:00 pm yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina Raycom 55–58 0–1 (11–4) January 10 7:00 pm Florida State Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPNU 59–63 0–2 (11–5) January 14 3:00 pm yes Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts RSN 59–61 0–3 (11–6) January 19 9:00 pm North Carolina 8 Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPN 68–82 0–4 (11–7) January 22 6:00 pm yes Virginia 15 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia ESPNU 47–45 1–4 (12–7) January 28 2:30 pm yes Maryland Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Raycom 69–73 1–5 (12–9) February 2 7:00 pm Duke 7 Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPN/ESPN2 60–75 1–6 (12–10) February 4 4:00 pm Clemson Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia RSN 67–65 2–6 (13–10) February 9 9:00 pm yes Miami (FL) BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida ESPN/ESPN2 49–65 2–7 (13–11) February 12 6:00 pm Boston College Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPNU 67–66 3–7 (14–11) February 16 7:00 pm yes 20 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida ESPN/ESPN2 47–48 3–8 (14–12) February 18 3:00 pm Georgia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia RSN 74–73 4–8 (15–12) February 21 9:00 pm Virginia Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPNU 59–61 4–9 (15–13) February 25 12:00 pm yes Duke 5 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina Raycom 65–70 OT 4–10 (15–14) March 1 9:00 pm yes Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina Raycom 56–58 4–11 (15–15) March 4 6:00 pm NC State Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia ESPNU 58–70 4–12 (15–16) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#660000"|2012 ACC tournament March 8 7:00 pm yes Clemson Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament first round ESPNU 68–63 16–16 March 9 7:00 pm yes Duke 6 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal ESPN2 56–60 16–17 AP Poll Wake Forest |- !colspan=9 style="background:#CFB53B; color:#000000;"| ACC Regular Season January 7 12:00 pm Virginia Tech LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina Raycom 58–55 1–0 (10–5) January 11 7:00 pm yes Maryland Comcast Center College Park, Maryland RSN 64–70 1–1 (10–6) January 14 1:00 pm NC State LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina Raycom 40–76 1–2 (10–7) January 19 7:00 pm yes Duke 4 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina ESPN 73–91 1–3 (10–8) January 21 12:00 pm yes Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Raycom 71–56 2–3 (11–8) January 25 7:00 pm Florida State 23 LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina RSN 52–75 2–4 (11–9) January 28 12:00 pm yes Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina Raycom 60–71 2–5 (11–10) January 31 9:00 pm North Carolina 5 LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina ESPNU 53–68 2–6 (11–11) February 4 1:00 pm yes NC State RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Raycom 76–87 2–7 (11–12) February 8 7:30 pm yes Virginia 19 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia RSN 44–68 2–8 (11–13) February 11 4:00 pm Clemson LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina RSN 58–78 2–9 (11–14) February 15 7:30 pm Georgia Tech LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina RSN 59–50 3–9 (12–14) February 18 1:00 pm yes Miami BankUnited Center Coral Gables, Florida RSN 56–74 3–10 (12–15) February 25 1:00 pm Boston College LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina RSN 85–56 4–10 (13–15) February 28 9:00 pm Duke 4 LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina ESPNU 72–79 4–11 (13–16) March 3 1:00 pm yes Georgia Tech Philips Arena Atlanta Raycom 62–69 4–12 (13–17) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#CFB53B"|2012 ACC tournament March 8 12:00 pm yes Maryland Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2012 ACC tournament first round ESPNU 60–82 13–18 AP Poll Postseason February 2013 Season awards Player of the Yearhttp://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030612aaa.html North Carolina's Zeller Secures ACC Player of the Year theacc.com March 6, 2012 March 6, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121208004733/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030612aaa.html December 8, 2012 dead ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tyler Zeller Rookie of the Yearhttp://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030612aab.htm dead Duke's Rivers Is ACC's Rookie of the Year theacc.com March 6, 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year Austin Rivers Coach of the Yearhttp://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030612aac.html Turnaround Architect Hamilton Named ACC Coach of the Year theacc.com March 6, 2012 2012-03-06 dead Leonard Hamilton Defensive Player of the Yearhttp://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030612aad.html UNC's Henson Repeats As Top Defensive Player theacc.com March 6, 2012 2012-03-06 dead John Henson All-Atlantic Coast Conferencehttp://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030512aai.html 2011-12 All-ACC Men's Basketball Teams Announced by ACSMA theacc.com March 5, 2012 March 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121208034340/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030512aai.html December 8, 2012 dead First Team Tyler Zeller1 – North Carolina Mike Scott – Virginia John Henson – North Carolina Austin Rivers – Duke Harrison Barnes – North Carolina 1 – Denotes unanimous selection Second Team Kendall Marshall – North Carolina Terrell Stoglin – Maryland Michael Snaer – Florida State C. J. Leslie – North Carolina State Erick Green – Virginia Tech Third Team Seth Curry – Duke C. J. Harris – Wake Forest Lorenzo Brown – North Carolina State Kenny Kadji – Miami Mason Plumlee – Duke All-ACC Freshman team Austin Rivers1 – Duke Ryan Anderson 1– Boston College Dorian Finney-Smith – Virginia Tech Shane Larkin – Miami Nick Faust – Maryland 1 – Denotes unanimous selection All-ACC Defensive team John Henson1 – North Carolina Bernard James – Florida State Jontel Evans – Virginia Michael Snaer – Florida State Andre Young – Clemson 1 – Denotes unanimous selection 2012 NBA draft 2012 NBA draft The following 1st, 2nd & 3rd team All-ACC performers were listed as seniors: Tyler Zeller, Mike Scott. The deadline for entering the NBA draft is April 29, but once one has declared, the deadline for withdrawing the declaration and retaining NCAA eligibility is April 10.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/story/2012-03-21/trey-burke-nba-michigan/53691584/1 Michigan's Trey Burke inquiring about NBA draft status 2012-03-23 2012-03-21 USA Today Snyder, Mark The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3.http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/nba-draft-analyst-assesses-early-entry-prospects-for-michigan-basketball-pg-trey-burke/ Michigan point guard Trey Burke 'has nothing to lose' by seeking advisory y committe's committee's opinion, NBA draft analyst says 2012-03-23 2012-03-22 AnnArbor.com Baumgardner, Nick The following ACC underclassmen have sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects: The following ACC underclassmen declared early for the 2012 draft: Austin Rivers,https://www.espn.com/nba/draft2012/story/_/id/7740604/2012-nba-draft-austin-rivers-duke-blue-devils-enters-nba-draft-early-hiring-agent Austin Rivers heads to NBA draft 2012-03-26 2012-03-24 ESPN Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, John Henson,https://www.espn.com/nba/draft2012/story/_/id/7752253/north-carolina-tar-heels-john-henson-harrison-barnes-kendall-marshall-enter-draft Three UNC stars to enter NBA draft 2012-03-30 2012-03-29 ESPN Pickeral, Robbi Terrell Stoglinhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7872125/terrell-stoglin-mychal-parker-maryland-terrapins-suspended Maryland suspends two from program April 30, 2012 April 30, 2012 ESPN Andy Katz The following ACC underclassmen entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college: Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team 1 7 Harrison Barnes SF United States Golden State Warriors North Carolina (So.) 1 10 Austin Rivers SG United States New Orleans Hornets Duke (Fr.) 1 13 Kendall Marshall PG United States Phoenix Suns North Carolina (So.) 1 14 John Henson basketball PF United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston) North Carolina (Jr.) 1 17 Tyler Zeller C United States Dallas Mavericks North Carolina (Sr.) 1 26 Miles Plumlee PF United States Indiana Pacers Duke (Sr.) 2 33 Bernard James PF United States Cleveland Cavaliers (traded to Dallas) Florida St. (Sr.) 2 43 Mike Scott basketball, born 1988 PF United States Atlanta Hawks (from Phoenix) Virginia (Sr.) References