ACC Tournament Predictions, Betting Odds, Favorites to Win: Duke and UNC Restocked Talent for 2024-25 Season

• N.C. State won the 2024 ACC Tournament, becoming the first double-digit seed to run the table in the conference’s history.

• The Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels will be the likely favorites to win the 2025 ACC Tournament after bringing in tons of talent through the transfer portal and the recruiting trail.

• Duke has 22 ACC Tournament Championships, leading UNC (18) by four in the ACC rankings.

The N.C. State Wolfpack shocked the nation during the 2024 ACC Tournament, winning five games in five days to punch their ticket to the “Big Dance.” Entering the conference tournament, the Wolfpack had no shot at hearing their name called on Selection Sunday unless they won it all. 

Which team will win the ACC Tournament in 2025? Could we have another unexpected winner, or will one of the two “blue bloods” (Duke and UNC) add another ACC Tournament Championship to their trophy case?

This season, the ACC expanded from 15 to 18 teams, making the ACC Tournament more competitive than ever. Look at all the ACC teams and their respective conference tournament odds below!

ACC Tournament Odds 

While there are no 2025 ACC Tournament odds, scroll a bit more to find our favorites to win and the analysis and rationale behind it!

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2024 ACC Tournament Predictions

Below, we have listed our ACC Tournament predictions, including our favorite teams to win. Without ACC Tournament odds available, we can’t determine whether there is any value in betting on a team; however, we can break down the teams we believe can win.

Duke Blue Devils

As has become the norm for the Duke Blue Devils, there will be a lot of turnover from last season to the 2024-25 campaign. In fact, the Blue Devils will lose Jaren McCain, Jeremy Roach, Mark Mitchell, and Kyle Filipowski, their top four scorers overall. 

Additionally, Sean Stewart, T.J. Power, Jaden Schutt, Jaylen Blakes, and Christian Reeves took off, hoping for greener grass elsewhere, as they did not see many minutes during the 2023-24 regular season. While Tyrese Proctor and Caleb Foster will return to form a formidable backcourt duo, Duke still had to lock down other talent.

Fortunately, head coach Jon Scheyer did just that when he got Cooper Flagg, the top recruit in the country, to commit to Duke. Flagg will be an immediate, game-changing swingman for the Blue Devils due to his versatile defense (he can switch 1-through-5) and scoring prowess on the other end of the floor.

Duke also pulled in Maliq Brown, a forward who played at Syracuse last season, and 5-star freshman center Khaman Maluach. Between Brown, Flagg, and Maluach, a 7-foot-2 interior force, the Blue Devils will be an elite team on the defensive end of the floor.

Scheyer’s effort does not stop there, though. The Blue Devils also stole stretch forward Mason Gillis from the runner-up Purdue Boilermakers and recruited Kon Knueppel (No. 18 on ESPN 100), Isaiah Evans (No. 14 on ESPN 100), Pat Ngongba (No. 25 on ESPN 100), and Darren Harris (No. 29 on ESPN 100) to join Flagg and Maluach. This team will be extraordinarily deep.

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North Carolina Tar Heels

The reigning ACC regular season champions will again enter the 2024-25 with high expectations despite losing Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram, and Cormac Ryan. Luckily, the Tar Heels will return arguably the best player in college basketball, R.J. Davis. Davis is fresh off a season in which he averaged just shy of 22 points, four rebounds, and four assists per game on a 43/40/87 shooting split. 

Elliot Cadeau and Seth Trimble will join Davis in the backcourt again. If Cadeau develops a more reliable 3-point shot, this Tar Heels backcourt will be one of the country’s three or four best units. Tremble entered the transfer portal initially, but head coach Hubert Davis prioritized retaining the 6-foot-3 sophomore.

UNC was forced to reconstruct its wing rotation with Ingram and Ryan departing; however, the Heels were able to land two 5-star commits: Ian Jackson, the seventh-ranked player, and Drake Powell, the 13th-ranked player, in the incoming 2024 class. They will fill the void that Ingram and Ryan left.

Further, Hubert Davis was able to land Cade Tyson, a highly-touted transfer from Belmont who knocked down nearly 47% of his 3-point attempts a season ago. Between Tyson, Jackson, and Powell, the Tar Heels will have enough talent to fill in gaps on the wing.

The biggest issue for North Carolina should be evident by now, with Bacot running out of eligibility and unable to return to the program for the 2024-24 regular season. The Heels desperately need to snag a top-tier center in the transfer portal. 

While Jalen Washington should provide some solid minutes for UNC, he is not a starting-on-a-contender-caliber center. If Davis and the Heels can add a strong center in the portal, they will be a consensus top-five team in the nation and the clear-cut favorite to win the ACC Tournament in 2025.

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Who Will Win the ACC Tournament - My Pick 

Duke Blue Devils

This is a two-team race this season. The ACC will be down again this season besides North Carolina and Duke, who continue to bring in highly-touted recruits and portal players. Currently, we are leaning towards Duke to be our pick to win the ACC Tournament in 2025.

Defensively, the Duke Blue Devils are going to be absolutely terrifying. Flagg can defend any position on the floor despite being 6-foot-10, while Maluach could be one of the best rim protectors in the nation due to his size, length, defensive IQ, and timing.

The losses of Jeremy Roach, Kyle Filipowski, Jared McCain, and Mark Mitchell hurt—there’s no doubt about that. However, this reconstructed Duke team will still be a force to be reckoned with.

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ACC Tournament History

The ACC Tournament has been around since 1954, when the conference was incepted. With the exception of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced an early end to the college basketball season, the ACC Tournament has been a yearly event that takes place after the ACC regular season concludes. The Duke Blue Devils have the most ACC Tournament championships with 22, while North Carolina trails by four with 18 ACC Tournament championships. N.C. State (10) is the only other team that has double-digit ACC Tournament championships.

Past ACC Tournament Winners

Below is a look at all of the past 15 ACC Tournament champions, beginning with the most recent winners. Take a look:

How to Choose the Best Sportsbook for Betting on the ACC Tournament

Choosing the best sportsbook is the second-most important thing to picking the right bet! Oftentimes, sportsbooks have varying odds for the same bet, meaning you can get better value on one sportsbook versus the other. Odds shopping is undoubtedly one of the most vital aspects of sports betting.

Additionally, choosing a sportsbook for the functionality, user interface, welcome bonus, payment and withdrawal options, and withdrawal timing are also incredibly relevant. Find our table below to see which sportsbook you would prefer to bet on for the ACC Tournament:

How to Read ACC Tournament Winner Odds

Reading odds can seem like a challenge when you first begin betting, but we can make it incredibly simple for you. First, if there is a minus in front of a number, that indicates that the team is a favorite and has implied odds of winning that are greater than 50%. For example, if the Duke Blue Devils have -150 odds to win the ACC Tournament, then they have a 60% implied probability of winning. You would need to bet $150 to win $100 in this case, as Duke is a favorite, so wagering more to win less makes sense. 

If the North Carolina Tar Heels have +300 odds to win the ACC Tournament, then their implied probability is much lower (25%), so there is a greater chance for you to make money if they win. When a team is an underdog (has a + in front of their odds), then you only need to bet $100 to win that number. In this case, you would only need to put $100 on the Tar Heels to win $300.