1998 ACC men's basketball tournament

The 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 5–8 in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. North Carolina won the tournament for the second year in a row, defeating Duke in the championship game.

1998 ACC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199798
Teams9
SiteGreensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro Coliseum
ChampionsNorth Carolina (15th title)
Winning coachBill Guthridge (1st title)
MVPAntawn Jamison (North Carolina)
1997–98 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Duke151 .938324  .889
No. 1 North Carolina133 .813344  .895
No. 20 Maryland106 .6252111  .656
Wake Forest79 .4381614  .533
Clemson79 .4381814  .563
Georgia Tech610 .3751914  .576
Florida State610 .375184  .818
NC State511 .3131715  .531
Virginia313 .1881119  .367
1998 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

From 1998 to 2000, the ACC Tournament adopted a format that in which the top-seeded team played the last-place team in the first round. The winner of this game received a bye into the semifinals. A second first-round game pitted the #7 seed versus the #8 seed. The winner of that game played the #2 seed in the quarterfinals.

Antawn Jamison of North Carolina was named tournament MVP.

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