Year: | 2008 |
Conference: | ACC |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 12 |
Arena: | Charlotte Bobcats Arena |
City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Champions: | North Carolina |
Titlecount: | 17th |
Coach: | Roy Williams |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Mvp: | Tyler Hansbrough |
Mvpteam: | North Carolina |
The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 13 to 16, 2008, at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tournament was broadcast on the ESPN family of networks, along with Raycom Sports in the ACC footprint. Both broadcasters had the games available in HD.
and Miami (FL) won their first-round games for the second year in a row. Miami became the first #5 seed to win an ACC tournament game since the conference expanded to 12 teams. The past two seasons, the #12 seed pulled off the upset.
Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina was named tournament MVP.[1]
AP Rankings at time of tournament