2009 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament - Seeding

Seeding

2008–09 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W L PCT W L PCT
#2 North Carolina 13 3 .813 34 4 .895
#6 Duke† 11 5 .688 30 7 .811
#12 Wake Forest 11 5 .688 24 7 .774
#16 Florida State 10 6 .625 25 10 .714
#24 Clemson 9 7 .563 23 9 .719
Boston College 9 7 .563 22 12 .647
Maryland 7 9 .438 21 14 .600
Virginia Tech 7 9 .438 19 15 .559
Miami 7 9 .438 19 13 .594
North Carolina St 6 10 .375 16 14 .533
Virginia 4 12 .250 10 18 .357
Georgia Tech 2 14 .125 12 19 .387
† ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Teams were seeded based on the final regular-season standings, with ties broken under an ACC policy.

Wake Forest and Duke split their regular-season games, each winning one. Wake Forest was awarded the second seed for its better record against top-seeded North Carolina: Wake won its only game, while Duke lost both games.

By finishing fourth in the conference, Florida State joined North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest as teams that received a first-round bye in the tournament. It was the first time that the Seminoles had earned a bye since joining the conference in time for the 1991-92 season.

Clemson received the fifth seed because it beat Boston College in their only meeting.

The three-way tie among Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Miami was broken based on the record of games played among the three teams. Maryland received the seventh seed for having the best winning percentage (2–1), Virginia Tech received the eighth seed (1–1), and Miami received the ninth seed (1–2).

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