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1977-78 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
Record: 140-68, .673 W-L% (2nd of 24)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: North Carolina
Tournament Champion: Duke
NCAA Tournament: 2 (Duke and North Carolina)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Maryland, North Carolina and Wake Forest)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Duke and North Carolina)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 1 | North Carolina* R | 9 | 3 | .750 | 23 | 8 | .742 |
| 2 | Duke* TF | 8 | 4 | .667 | 27 | 7 | .794 |
| 3 | North Carolina State | 7 | 5 | .583 | 21 | 10 | .677 |
| 4 | Virginia | 6 | 6 | .500 | 20 | 8 | .714 |
| 5 | Wake Forest | 6 | 6 | .500 | 19 | 10 | .655 |
| 6 | Maryland | 3 | 9 | .250 | 15 | 13 | .536 |
| 7 | Clemson | 3 | 9 | .250 | 15 | 12 | .556 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/29 | 12/6 | 12/13 | 12/20 | 12/27 | 1/3 | 1/10 | 1/17 | 1/24 | 1/31 | 2/7 | 2/14 | 2/21 | 2/28 | 3/6 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 16 |
| Maryland | 14 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||
| North Carolina State | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 19 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 17 | ||||||||
| Wake Forest | 17 | 18 | 14 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Duke won (63-62) versus Rhode Island (East Regional)
North Carolina lost (68-64) versus San Francisco (West Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Duke won (84-80) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)
Regional Final
Duke won (90-72) versus Villanova (East Regional)
National Semifinal
Duke won (90-86) versus Notre Dame
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