2018 ACC women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2018
Conference:	ACC
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	15
Arena:	Greensboro Coliseum
City:	Greensboro, NC
Champions:	Louisville
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Jeff Walz
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Myisha Hines-Allen
Mvpteam:	Louisville
Television:	ESPN2, ESPNU, ACCRSN

The 2018 ACC women's basketball tournament, which ended the 2017–18 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from February 28–March 4, 2018. Louisville, which finished atop the ACC regular-season table along with Notre Dame, won the tournament and with it the ACC's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

Seed^[1]	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Louisville^‡†	15–1	29–2	1–0 vs. Notre Dame^[2]
2	Notre Dame^‡†	15–1	27–2	0–1 vs. Louisville
3	Florida State^†	12–4	24–5
4	Duke^†	11–5	22–7	1-0 vs. NC State^[3]
5	NC State	11–5	22–7	0–1 vs. Duke
6	Miami	10–6	20–9	1–0 vs. Virginia^[4] and 1–0 vs. Syracuse^[5]
7	Virginia	10–6	17–12	0–1 vs. Miami and 1–0 vs. Syracuse^[6]
8	Syracuse	10–6	22–7	0–1 vs. Miami and 0-1 vs. Virginia
9	Virginia Tech	6–10	17–12	1–0 vs. Georgia Tech^[7]
10	Georgia Tech	6–10	17–12	0–1 vs. Georgia Tech
11	Wake Forest	5–11	13–16
12	North Carolina	4–12	14–15
13	Boston College	2–14	10–19	1–0 vs. Pittsburgh^[8]
14	Pittsburgh	2–14	7–22	0–1 vs. Boston College
15	Clemson	1–15	11–18
‡ – 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

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, February 28
1	1:00 pm	12 North Carolina vs. #13 Boston College	ACCRSN	3,134
2	3:30 pm	10 Georgia Tech vs. #15 Clemson
3	6:30 pm	11 Wake Forest vs. #14 Pittsburgh		2,810
Second round – Thursday, March 1
4	11:00 am	5 NC State vs. #12 North Carolina	ACCRSN	6,168
5	2:00 pm	8 Syracuse vs. #9 Virginia Tech		2,886
6	6:00 pm	7 Virginia vs. #10 Georgia Tech		4,008
7	8:00 pm	6 Miami vs. #11 Wake Forest
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
8	11:00 am	4 Duke vs. #5 NC State	ACCRSN	5,613
9	2:00 pm	1 Louisville vs. #9 Virginia Tech		3,297
10	6:00 pm	2 Notre Dame vs. #7 Virginia		4,316
11	8:00 pm	3 Florida State vs. #6 Miami
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
12	Noon	5 NC State vs. #1 Louisville	ESPNU	6,160
13	2:30 pm	2 Notre Dame vs #3 Florida State
Championship – Sunday, March 4
14	2:00 pm	1 Louisville vs #2 Notre Dame	ESPN2	7,424
Game times in ET. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:^[9]

Bracket

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See also

• 2018 ACC men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atlantic Coast Conference Standings - Women's College Basketball - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-02-25.
2. Web site: Notre Dame vs. Louisville - Game Summary - January 11, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-02-25.
3. Web site: NC State vs. Duke - Game Summary - January 7, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-02-25.
4. Web site: Miami vs. Virginia - Game Summary - February 18, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-02-25.
5. Web site: Syracuse vs. Miami - Game Summary - January 18, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-02-25.
6. Web site: Syracuse vs. Virginia - Game Summary - December 31, 2017 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-02-25.
7. Web site: Georgia Tech vs. Virginia Tech - Game Summary - January 25, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-02-25.
8. Web site: Pittsburgh vs. Boston College - Game Summary - February 11, 2018 - ESPN. ESPN.com. 2018-02-25.
9. http://theacc.com/tournaments/?id=14&path=wbball 2018 ACC Women's Bracket
10. Web site: Pairings Set For 41st Annual ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament . The Atlantic Coast Conference . February 25, 2018 . February 26, 2018.