ACC women's basketball tournament
{{Short description|College basketball tournament}}
{{Infobox NCAA conference tournament
| name = ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
| optional_subheader = Conference basketball championship
| defunct =
| image =
| caption =
| sport = College basketball
| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference
| number_of_teams = 15
| format = Single-elimination tournament
| current_stadium = First Horizon Coliseum
| current_location = Greensboro, North Carolina
| years = 1978–present
| most_recent = 2025
| current_champion = Duke
| most_championships = Maryland (10)
| television = ACC Network, ESPN
| website = [https://theacc.com/sports/wbball theACC.com]
| sponsors = Ally Financial
| all_stadiums =
| all_locations =
}}
The ACC women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1978, several years before the first NCAA championships for women. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.
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Championship game results
* record attendance.
Tournament most valuable players
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Year ! Player ! School |
| 1978
| Maryland |
| 1979
| Kris Kirchner | Maryland |
| 1980
| Genia Beasley | NC State |
| 1981
| Clemson |
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| Marcia Richardson | Maryland |
| Barbara Kennedy
| Clemson |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| NC State |
| Jasmina Perazić
| Maryland |
| 1984
| Tresa Brown |
| 1985
| Dawn Royster |
| 1986
| Deanna Tate | Maryland |
| 1987
| Donna Holt | Virginia |
| 1988
| Deanna Tate | Maryland |
| 1989
| Maryland |
| 1990
| NC State |
| 1991
| NC State |
| 1992
| Virginia |
| 1993
| Virginia |
| 1994 |
| 1995 |
| 1996
| Laura Cottrell | Clemson |
| 1997 |
| 1998 |
| 1999
| Clemson |
| 2000 |
| 2001
| Duke |
| 2002
| Duke |
| 2003
| Duke |
| 2004
| Duke |
| 2005 |
| 2006 |
| 2007 |
| 2008 |
| 2009
| Maryland |
| 2010
| Duke |
| 2011
| Duke |
| 2012
| Maryland |
| 2013
| Duke |
| 2014 |
| 2015 |
| 2016
| Madison Cable |
| 2017 |
| 2018 |
| 2019 |
| 2020
| NC State |
| 2021
| NC State |
| 2022
| NC State |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2025
| Oluchi Okananwa | Duke |
Performance by school
Italics indicate a school no longer in the conference.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| School
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Winner ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Runner-up ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| First tournament |
|---|
| style="text-align: center;" | Maryland
| 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012 (10) | 1980, 1993, 2006 (3) | style="text-align: center;" | 1978 |
| style="text-align: center;" | North Carolina
| 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (9) | 1985, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2013 (9) | style="text-align: center;" | 1978 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Duke
| 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2025 (9) | 1995, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017 (7) | style="text-align: center;" | 1978 |
| style="text-align: center;" | NC State
| 1980, 1985, 1987, 1991, 2020, 2021, 2022 (7) | 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2024, 2025 (12) | style="text-align: center;" | 1978 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Notre Dame
| 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024 (6) | 2018 (1) | style="text-align: center;" | 2014 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Virginia
| 1990, 1992, 1993 (3) | 1987, 1988, 1994 (3) | style="text-align: center;" | 1978 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Clemson
| 1996, 1999 (2) | 1982, 1991, 1997, 1998 (4) | style="text-align: center;" | 1978 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Louisville
| 2018 (1) | 2019, 2021, 2023 (3) | style="text-align: center;" | 2015 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Virginia Tech
| 2023 (1) | | style="text-align: center;" | 2005 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Georgia Tech
| | 1992, 2012 (2) | style="text-align: center;" | 1980 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Florida State
| | 2015, 2020 (2) | style="text-align: center;" | 1992 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Syracuse
| | 2016 (1) | style="text-align: center;" | 2014 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Miami
| | 2022 (1) | style="text-align: center;" | 2005 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Wake Forest
| | | style="text-align: center;" | 1978 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Boston College
| | | style="text-align: center;" | 2006 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Pittsburgh
| | | style="text-align: center;" | 2014 |
Wake Forest reached the semifinals in 1986, 1988, and 2012; Boston College reached the semifinals in 2010 and 2020; Virginia Tech reached the semifinals in 2022; Pittsburgh reached the 2nd round in 2015, 2016, and 2020.
Tournament sites
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Tenure
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Arena ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Location |
|---|
| 1978 (1) |
| 1979, 1982 (2) |
| 1980 (1) |
| 1981 (1) |
| 1983–1991 (9)
| Civic Center |
| 1992–1996 (5) |
| 1997–1999 (3) |
| 2000–2016, 2018–present (26*) |
| 2017 (1) |
| 2026 |
| 2027 |
On May 15, 2014, it was announced that the tournament will be held in Greensboro through 2022. However, the ACC moved the 2017 tournament to the Myrtle Beach area as part of an all conference political protest against North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act.{{cite tweet|user=WFMY|author=WFMY News 2|number=466953890123251712|date=15 May 2014|title=JUST IN #Greensboro Coliseum will host @theACC Women’s Basketball Tournament through 2022.}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2016/10/12/acc-moves-womens-basketball-tournament-to-south-carolina/91940206/|title = ACC moves women's basketball tournament to South Carolina|website = USA Today}}
See also
References
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- {{Cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=8611 |title=ACC women's basketball tournament enjoys silver glow |access-date=January 10, 2009 |last=Hawes |first=Kay |date=March 18, 2002 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/0708accwbkguide.html |title=2007-08 ACC Women's Basketball Media Guide |access-date=January 10, 2009 |last=Rogers |first=Lindsey |year=2007 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223171022/http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/0708accwbkguide.html |archive-date=February 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/030808aaa.html |title=Looking Back... The First ACC Women's Basketball Tournament 30 Years Ago |access-date=January 10, 2009 |last=Sumner |first=Jim |date=March 8, 2008 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006172745/http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/030808aaa.html |archive-date=October 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051706aaa.html |title=ACC Announces Future Sites & Dates for Men's & Women's Basketball & Baseball Tournaments |access-date=January 10, 2009 |date=May 17, 2006 |publisher=Atlantic Coast Conference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231154723/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051706aaa.html |archive-date=December 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
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