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Tracking the ACC basketball tournament’s movement since it left Raleigh in 1967

Matt L. Stephens

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From the Old Barn to Brooklyn

The ACC men’s basketball tournament once was the jewel of North Carolina’s favorite pastime. What is its place now in the rapidly evolving, football-first world of college athletics? And how did the tournament become a shadow of what it once was? This is the N&O’s special report.

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The ACC men’s basketball tournament has been held in eight different cities and 12 arenas, beginning with its original home at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh in 1954.

Below is a look at the tournament’s movement since it left Raleigh in 1967.

The tournament will return to Greensboro in 2023 before moving to Washington, D.C., the following year.

This story was originally published March 6, 2022 at 5:30 AM with the headline "Tracking the ACC basketball tournament’s movement since it left Raleigh in 1967."

Matt L. Stephens
The Charlotte Observer
Matt L. Stephens is the Senior Sports Editor for The Charlotte Observer and oversees sports coverage for the Raleigh News & Observer, The State in Columbia, S.C., and McClatchy’s other properties across the Southeast. Before coming to Charlotte in July 2019, Matt was an award-winning editor, columnist and investigative reporter at The Denver Post and Fort Collins Coloradoan.
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From the Old Barn to Brooklyn

The ACC men’s basketball tournament once was the jewel of North Carolina’s favorite pastime. What is its place now in the rapidly evolving, football-first world of college athletics? And how did the tournament become a shadow of what it once was? This is the N&O’s special report.