The idea has been tossed around since I created the game simulator and I think its time to do it, an ACC Basketball All-Time Team Tournament using our Game Simulator. I've seeded the teams, 1 to 24 with the process as the following...
- Teams that have won a National Championship were given priority seeding.
- The farther the team made it into the NCAA tournament, the higher the seed.
- in cases of two similar teams, my judgement was used to rank the teams.
A couple of restrictions were placed upon this...
- only teams from the 1975-76 season going forward are available (this is due to the lack of data needed for our game simulator)
- only teams that were part of the ACC are eligible
- in a few cases, I placed the top team from another school over another Duke/UNC team since those schools had more selections
- the 3 point shot is only available in simulations when both teams played by that rule during their season (specifically the 3 point shot was in play for the 1983 season and 1987 to present)
Here are the seeds...
- Duke 1991-1992 - National Champions *
- UNC 2008-2009 - National Champions *
- UNC 1981-1982 - National Champions *
- UNC 1992-1993 - National Champions *
- Duke 2000-2001 - National Champions *
- Maryland 2001-2002 - National Champions *
- UNC 2004-2005 - National Champions *
- Duke 1990-1991 - National Champions *
- Duke 2009-2010 - National Champions
- NC State 1982-1983 - National Champions
- Duke 1985-1986 - Runner Up
- UNC 1980-1981 - Runner Up
- Duke 1998-1999 - Runner Up
- Duke 1977-1978 - Runner Up
- Georgia Tech 2003-2004 - Runner Up
- UNC 1976-1977 - Runner Up
- Virginia 1980-1981 - Final 4
- Virginia 1983-1984 - Final 4
- Georgia Tech 1989-1990 - Final 4
- Maryland 2000-2001 - Final 4
- Wake Forest 1995-1996 - Final 8
- Clemson 1979-1980 - Final 8
- Florida State 1992-1993 - Final 8
- Boston College 2005-2006 - Sweet 16
* The top 8 seeds get a bye for the first round
The seeding was done completely by me, and please understand arguing these rankings could be done until the end of time. That said, if you think I'm wrong, please give me your seeding.
Over the next few weeks I will be completing this tournament, taking on a matchup every weekday with every matchup being a BEST OF 5 series. Our first matchup will be #16 seed UNC 76-77 vs #17 seed Virginia 80-81.
Click here to view the bracket online and even make picks on who you think will win the matchups by selecting the "Predict It" link at the top.
Results
- Virginia 80-81 defeats UNC 76-77 3-1
- Duke 09-10 defeats BC 05-06 3-0
- UNC 80-81 defeats Wake Forest 95-96 3-0
- Duke 98-99 defeats Maryland 00-01 3-1
- Georgia Tech 03-04 defeats Virginia 83-84 3-2
- NC State 82-83 defeats FSU 92-93 3-2
- Duke 85-86 defeats Clemson 79-80 3-0
- Duke 77-78 defeats Georgia Tech 89-90 3-0
- Duke 91-92 defeats Virginia 80-81 3-1
- Duke 09-10 defeats Duke 90-91 3-0
- UNC 80-81 defeats Duke 00-01 3-2
- Duke 98-99 defeats UNC 92-93 3-0
- UNC 08-09 defeats Georgia Tech 03-04 3-0
- NC State 82-83 defeats UNC 04-05 3-0
- Duke 85-86 defeats Maryland 01-02 3-1
- UNC 81-82 defeats Duke 77-78 3-2
- Duke 91-92 defeats Duke 09-10 3-2
- Duke 98-99 defeats UNC 80-81 3-2
- UNC 08-09 defeats NC State 82-83 3-1
- UNC 81-82 defeats Duke 85-86 3-2
- Duke 98-99 defeats Duke 91-92 3-2
- UNC 08-09 defeats UNC 81-82 3-1
- CHAMPIONSHIP - UNC 08-09 defeats Duke 98-99 3-2