2019 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, concluded the 2018–19 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 6–10, 2019.[1] Notre Dame, which finished atop the ACC regular-season table along with Louisville, won the tournament and with it the ACC's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.[2]

2019 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	15
Site	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
Champions	Notre Dame (5th title)
Winning coach	Muffet McGraw (5th title)
MVP	Jackie Young (Notre Dame)
Attendance	55,242
Television	ESPN2, ESPNU, Raycom
ACC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2018–19 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Notre Dame†	14	–	2		.875			35	–	4		.897
No. 5 Louisville	14	–	2		.875			32	–	4		.889
No. 10 NC State	12	–	4		.750			28	–	6		.824
No. 19 Miami (FL)	12	–	4		.750			25	–	9		.735
No. 12 Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
No. 25 Florida State	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
Clemson	9	–	7		.563			20	–	13		.606
North Carolina	8	–	8		.500			18	–	15		.545
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			17	–	13		.567
Virginia Tech	6	–	10		.375			22	–	12		.647
Duke	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Virginia	5	–	11		.313			12	–	19		.387
Boston College	3	–	13		.188			14	–	16		.467
Pittsburgh	2	–	14		.125			11	–	20		.355
Wake Forest	1	–	15		.063			10	–	20		.333
† 2019 ACC Tournament winner As of March 7, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seeding was determine based on the regular season. Each team played 16 regular season games, at least one versus each other team in the ACC.[3]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Overall Record	Tiebreaker
1	Notre Dame^‡†	14–2	27–3	1–0 vs. U of L
2	Louisville^‡†	14–2	27–2	0–1 vs. ND
3	NC State^†	12–4	25–4	1–0 vs. UM
4	Miami^†	12–4	24–7	0–1 vs. NCSU
5	Syracuse^#	11–5	22–7
6	Florida State^#	10–6	22–7
7	Clemson^#	9–7	18–11
8	North Carolina^#	8–8	17–13
9	Georgia Tech^#	7–9	17–12
10	Virginia Tech	6–10	19–10	1–0 vs. Duke
11	Duke	6–10	14–14	0–1 vs. VT
12	Virginia	5–11	11–18
13	Boston College	3–13	14–15
14	Pittsburgh	2–14	11–19
15	Wake Forest	1–15	10–19
‡ – ACC regular season co-champions. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the ACC Tournament.

Schedule

All games will be televised on the Raycom network within the ACC footprint and simulcast nationally on the ESPN networks denoted below.

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 6
Opening day	1	1:00 pm	#12 Virginia vs #13 Boston College	77–61	Raycom	3,172
	2	3:30 pm	#10 Virginia Tech vs #15 Wake Forest	85–63
	3	6:30 pm	#11 Duke vs #14 Pittsburgh	86–64		3,233
Second round – Thursday, March 7
1	4	11:00 am	#5 Syracuse vs #12 Virginia	67–57	Raycom	6,562
	5	2:00 pm	#8 North Carolina vs #9 Georgia Tech	80–73		3,413
2	6	6:00 pm	#7 Clemson vs #10 Virginia Tech	80–79, OT		4,024
	7	8:00 pm	#6 Florida State vs #11 Duke	51–41
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
3	8	11:00 am	#4 Miami vs #5 Syracuse	85–92	Raycom	8,121
	9	2:00 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #8 North Carolina	95–77		4,024
4	10	6:00 pm	#2 Louisville vs #7 Clemson	75–67		5,646
	11	8:00 pm	#3 NC State vs #6 Florida State	69–62
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
5	12	12:00 pm	#5 Syracuse vs #1 Notre Dame	66–91	ESPNU	6,943
	13	2:30 pm	#2 Louisville vs #3 NC State	78–68
Championship – Sunday, March 10
6	14	12:00 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #2 Louisville	99–79	ESPN2	10,104
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

[4]

	First round Wednesday, March 6 Raycom					Second round Thursday, March 7 Raycom					Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 Raycom					Semifinals Saturday, March 9 ESPNU					Championship Sunday, March 10 ESPN2
											1	Notre Dame	95
											8	North Carolina	77
						8	North Carolina	80
						9	Georgia Tech	73
																1	Notre Dame	91
																5	Syracuse	66
											4	Miami	85
											5	Syracuse	92
						5	Syracuse	67
						12	Virginia	57
	12	Virginia	77
	13	Boston College	61
																					1	Notre Dame	99
																					2	Louisville	79
											2	Louisville	75
											7	Clemson	67
						7	Clemson	80 OT
						10	Virginia Tech	79
	10	Virginia Tech	85
	15	Wake Forest	63
																2	Louisville	78
																3	NC State	68
											3	NC State	69
											6	Florida State	62
						6	Florida State	51
						11	Duke	41
	11	Duke	86
	14	Pittsburgh	64

All-Tournament Teams

2019 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[5]
First Team	Second Team
Jackie Young - Notre Dame (MVP) Asia Durr - Louisville Jessica Shepard - Notre Dame Tiana Magakahia - Syracuse Elissa Cunane - NC State	Taylor Emery - Virginia Tech Arike Ogunbowale - Notre Dame Aliyah Collier - Clemson Paris Kea - North Carolina Sam Fuehring - Louisville

See also

• 2019 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "Notre Dame Again Named ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 23, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
2. McCreary, Joedy (March 10, 2019). "No. 4 Irish women beat No. 3 Louisville to win ACC tourney". Associated Press. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
3. "PAIRINGS SET FOR 2019 ACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
4. "2019 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament" (PDF). The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 31, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
5. "Notre Dame Tops Louisville 99-79 for 5th ACC Tournament Title". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.