2017 ACC women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:ACC
Division:Division I
Gender:Women's
Teams:15
Arena:HTC Center
City:Conway, South Carolina
Champions:Notre Dame
Titlecount:4th
Coach:Muffet McGraw
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:Lindsay Allen
Mvpteam:Notre Dame
Attendance:30,117
Television:ESPN, ESPNU, ACCRSN

The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference was held March 1 to 5 in Conway, South Carolina, at the HTC Center.[1] It was originally scheduled to be played in Greensboro, North Carolina, but was moved due to HB2 law. Notre Dame won their 4th straight ACC tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeding

Tournament seeds are determined by teams' regular season conference record with tiebreakers determined by ACC tiebreaking rules.

2017 ACC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
1Notre Dame15–127–3
2Florida State13–325–51–0 vs. Duke
3Duke13–325–40–1 vs. Florida State
4NC State12–422–71–0 vs. Louisville
5Louisville12–425–60–1 vs. NC State
6Syracuse11–520–9
7Miami10–621–7
8 Virginia7–918–11
9Wake Forest6–1015–14
10Georgia Tech5–1116–13
11Pittsburgh4–1213–161–0 vs. Virginia Tech
12Virginia Tech4–1217–120–1 vs. Pittsburgh
13Clemson3–1314–151–0 vs. North Carolina
14North Carolina3–1314–150–1 vs. Clemson
15Boston College2–149–20
‡ – ACC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – 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

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
111:00 pm
  1. 13 Clemson vs #12 Virginia Tech
ACCRSN2,769
23:30 pm
  1. 15 Boston College vs #10 Georgia Tech
36:30 pm
  1. 14 North Carolina vs #11 Pittsburgh
2,475
Second round – Thursday, March 2
2411:00 am
  1. 13 Clemson vs #5 Louisville
ACC Network
FSN
2,613
52:00 pm
  1. 9 Wake Forest vs #8 Virginia
2,466
366:00 pm
  1. 10 Georgia Tech vs #7 Miami
3,145
78:00 pm
  1. 14 North Carolina vs #6 Syracuse
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
4811:00 am
  1. 5 Louisville vs #4 NC State
ACCRSN3,004
92:00 pm
  1. 8 Virginia vs #1 Notre Dame
2,845
5106:00 pm
  1. 7 Miami vs #2 Florida State
3,600
118:00 pm
  1. 6 Syracuse vs #3 Duke
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
61212:00 pm
  1. 5 Louisville vs #1 Notre Dame
ESPN23,600
132:30 pm
  1. 7 Miami vs. #3 Duke
ESPNU
Championship Game – Sunday, March 5
7141:00 pm
  1. 1 Notre Dame vs #3 Duke
ESPN23,600
  • Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Set for Conway, SC. ACC. October 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106232249/http://www.theacc.com/news/acc-women-basketball-tournament-site-for-2017-10-12-2016. November 6, 2016. dead. mdy-all.