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The 2012 ACC Tournament will be held in the Philips Arena in Atlanta Georgia. This will be the sixth time that Atlanta has served as the host for the ACC Tournament with it being played at The Omni in 1983, 1985, and 1989, and in the Georgia Dome in 2001 and 2009. The 2001 ACC basketball tournament was the most-attended conference basketball tournament in NCAA history to date with a total of 182,525 fans attending all sessions. The 2012 ACC tournament will be held from March 8th-March 11^th, 2012. The winner of the 2012 ACC tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA basketball tournament.

2012 ACC Tournament Venue

The 2012 ACC Tournament is being held in Phillips Arena vice the Georgia Dome to ensure the league has a full stadium for all games. The arena serves as the regular home of the NBA, Atlanta Hawks and has a capacity of more than 18,000 for basketball. There are more than 2,800 club seats and 96 luxury boxes at the arena. The facility first opened on September 18^th, 1999 and is located at One CNN Center – 13 South, Atlanta, GA 30303.

Past ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament Champions (By School)

School, Number, Last Year Won

Duke   19        2011

North Carolina            17 2008

NC State         10        1987

Wake Forest    4          1996

Georgia Tech   3          1993

Maryland         3          2004

South Carolina (No Longer in the ACC)        1          1971

Virginia           1          1976

Boston College           0

Clemson          0

Florida State   0

Miami  0

Virginia Tech  0

2012 ACC Basketball Tournament Schedule

Last Updated: March 11th, 2012

Open Practice Day: Wednesday, March 7
Optional for all 12 teams     9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

*Note times and networks are based on 2011 until the ACC confirms the 2012 ACC Tournament bracket

2012 ACC Tournament – First Round – March 8, 2012

#8 Maryland 82, #9 Wake Forest 60
#5 NC State 78, #12 Boston College 57
#10 Virginia Tech 68, #7 Clemson 63
#6 Miami 54, #11 Georgia Tech 36

2012 ACC Tournament – Quarter Finals – March 9, 2012

#1 North Carolina 85 vs. #8 Maryland 69, Noon (ESPN2/ACC Network/ESPN3)
#4 Virginia 64 vs. #5 NC State 67, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN2/ACC Network/ESPN3)
#2 Duke 60 vs. #10 Virginia Tech 56, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2/ACC Network/ESPN3)
#3 Florida State 82 vs. #6 Miami 71, 9:00 p.m. (ESPN2/ACC Network/ESPN3)

2012 ACC Tournament – Semi Finals – March 10, 2012

#1 North Carolina 69 vs #5 NC State  67    1:00 p.m.     RAYCOM/ESPN

#2 Duke 59  vs #3 Florida State  62   3:00 p.m.     RAYCOM/ESPN

2012 ACC Tournament 2012 – Championship – March 11, 2012

#1 North Carolina vs #3 Florida StateChampionship Game     1 p.m.     RAYCOM/ESPN
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2012 ACC Basketball Tournament Schedule and Bracket