The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. from March 8 to 12, 2016. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. The tournament included 14 of the 15 ACC teams due to Louisville's self-imposed postseason ban. This was the 20th consecutive ACC Tournament that featured Duke or UNC in the championship game.
The top 10 teams received first round byes and the top 4 teams received double byes to the Quarterfinals.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Tournament MVP: Joel Berry II, North Carolina
All-Tournament Teams: