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1989 ACC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1988–89 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Atlanta, Georgia Omni Coliseum |
Champions | North Carolina (11th title) |
Winning coach | Dean Smith (10th title) |
MVP | J. R. Reid (North Carolina) |
Television | Raycom/Jefferson-Pilot (Inside the ACC Footprint) NBC (Outside the ACC Footprint) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 NC State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Duke | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 28 | – | 8 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 North Carolina † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1989 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1989 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Omni Coliseum. North Carolina won the tournament by defeating Duke, 77–74, in the championship game. J. R. Reid of North Carolina was named tournament MVP.
This was the first time the 1 seed in the ACC Tournament has failed to reach the semifinals.
Quarterfinals March 10 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship Game March 12 | ||||||||||||
1 | #17 NC State | 43 | ||||||||||||
8 | Maryland | 71 | ||||||||||||
8 | Maryland | 58 | ||||||||||||
4 | #9 North Carolina | 88 | ||||||||||||
4 | #9 North Carolina | 77 | ||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Tech | 62 | ||||||||||||
4 | #9 North Carolina | 77 | ||||||||||||
2 | #7 Duke | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | #7 Duke | 88 | ||||||||||||
7 | Wake Forest | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | #7 Duke | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Virginia | 58 | ||||||||||||
3 | Virginia | 90 | ||||||||||||
6 | Clemson | 73 |
AP rankings at time of tournament