2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2017 and concluded in March with the 2018 ACC men's basketball tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Virginia Cavaliers won an outright regular season championship, their third in five years under the guidance of Tony Bennett, who also received his third ACC Coach of the Year Award. He also became the only living three-time winner of the Henry Iba Award for national coach of the year.

2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACCN, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks, CBS
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
First placeVirginia
  Runners-upDuke
Season MVPMarvin Bagley III – Duke
Top scorerMarvin Bagley III – Duke
ACC tournament
ChampionsVirginia
Finals MVPKyle Guy – Virginia
2017–18 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Virginia171 .944313  .912
No. 9 Duke135 .722298  .784
No. 22 Miami (FL)117 .6112210  .688
No. 20 Clemson117 .6112510  .714
NC State117 .6112112  .636
No. 10 North Carolina117 .6112611  .703
Virginia Tech108 .5562112  .636
Florida State99 .5002312  .657
Louisville99 .5002214  .611
Notre Dame810 .4442115  .583
Syracuse810 .4442314  .622
Boston College711 .3891916  .543
Georgia Tech612 .3331319  .406
Wake Forest414 .2221120  .355
Pittsburgh018 .000824  .250
2018 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The Cavaliers finished 17–1 in the conference, finishing four games above second-place Duke. Virginia went on to win the tournament by handily defeating Louisville 75–58, Clemson 64–58, and North Carolina 71–63 in the championship game. Sophomore guard Kyle Guy was named Tournament MVP as well as First-Team All-ACC. Both the Virginia–North Carolina title game and Duke–North Carolina semifinal game set the Barclays Center attendance record for college basketball games, and conference leadership vowed to return the ACC tournament to New York again in the near future.

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