1974 ACC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1974 ACC Men's 7 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina NC State 8th Norm Sloan 3rd Tommy Burleson NC State The 1974 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum from March 7–9. NC State defeated Maryland in overtime, 103–100, to win the championship. Tommy Burleson of NC State was named the tournament MVP. The final has been described by the players involved as the most exciting ACC game they ever played. The game was instrumental in forcing the expansion of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament to 32 teams, thus allowing more than one bid from a conference. Bill Free of the Baltimore Sun newspaper regards this seasons Maryland team as the greatest team that did not participate in the NCAA tournament, citing their 6 NBA draft picks.Bill Free - This Overtime Lasts 25 Years Baltimore Sun Many considered it the all-time greatest college basketball game until Duke pulled off a last-second overtime finish in the 1992 NCAA Division I East Regional final for a 104–103 win over Kentucky. "I know they call the Duke–Kentucky game the greatest now," said Burleson in 1999 at a 25-year commemoration of the 1974 game, "but we're still the greatest ACC game ever." NC State won the 1974 NCAA tournament, dethroning Bill Walton and seven-time defending national champion UCLA in the semifinals in another classic, before defeating Marquette in the final. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 7 SemifinalsMarch 8 Championship GameMarch 9 1 4 1973 Virginia Cavaliers Virginia 68 5 Clemson 63 2 #4 Maryland 85 7 Duke 66 3 #6 North Carolina 76 6 1973 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest 62 1 #1 NC State 87 4 Virginia 66 2 #4 Maryland 105 3 #6 North Carolina 85 1 #1 NC State 103OT 2 #4 Maryland 100 References Tournament Category:ACC men's basketball tournament Category:NC State Wolfpack men's basketball Category:College basketball tournaments in North Carolina Category:College basketball tournaments in Greensboro, North Carolina ACC men's basketball tournament ACC men's basketball tournament