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1976 ACC men's basketball tournament

FieldValue
Year1976
ConferenceACC
GenderMen's
Teams7
ArenaCapital Centre
CityLandover, Maryland
Champions
TitleCount1st
CoachTerry Holland
CoachCount1st
MVPWally Walker
MVPTeamVirginia

The 1976 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Landover, Maryland, at the Capital Centre from March 4–6. defeated North Carolina, 67–62, to win the championship. In doing so, Virginia became the first ACC Tournament champion to defeat three teams ranked by the AP poll on their way to the championship.

This was the first ACC Tournament to be held outside the state of North Carolina, and only the third time that a team from outside that state won the tournament (Maryland in 1958, South Carolina in 1971).

Wally Walker of Virginia was named the tournament MVP.

Bracket

March 4 March 5 March 6

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=

| RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=Clemson | RD1-score3=76 | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=63

| RD1-seed5=2 | RD1-team5=#9 Maryland | RD1-score5=80OT | RD1-seed6=7 | RD1-team6=Duke | RD1-score6=78

| RD1-seed7=3 | RD1-team7=#17 | RD1-score7=63 | RD1-seed8=6 | RD1-team8=**** | RD1-score8=75

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=#4 North Carolina | RD2-score1=82 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=Clemson | RD2-score2=74

| RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=#9 Maryland | RD2-score3=65 | RD2-seed4=6 | RD2-team4=Virginia | RD2-score4=73

| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=#4 North Carolina | RD3-score1=62 | RD3-seed2=6 | RD3-team2=Virginia | RD3-score2=67

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