Conference play started in late December 2017 and concluded in March with the 2018 ACC men's basketball tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

[1][2] On February 16, 2017, NC State head coach Mark Gottfried was fired, but the school allowed him to finish out the season.

[4] On September 26, 2017, federal prosecutors in New York announced that Louisville was under investigation for an alleged "pay for play" scheme involving recruits.

[5][7] The criminal complaint does not name Louisville specifically but appears to involve the recruitment of Brian Bowen, a late, surprise commit to the school.

[8][9] On September 27, head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich were placed on administrative leave.

Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame (64) Grayson Allen, Duke (60) Joel Berry II, North Carolina (58) Marvin Bagley III, Duke (26) Ben Lammers, Georgia Tech (25) Bruce Brown Jr., Miami (22) Quentin Snider, Louisville (12) Deng Adel, Louisville (12) Josh Okogie, Georgia Tech (11) Jerome Robinson, Boston College (11) Notes: The week 2 Coaches Poll did not release at the same time as the week 2 AP poll.

* Denotes Overtime Game AP Rankings at time of tournament To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams.