2020 ACC women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2020
Conference:ACC
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:15
Arena:Greensboro Coliseum
City:Greensboro, NC
Champions:NC State
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Wes Moore
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Aislinn Konig
Mvpteam:NC State
Attendance:48,979
Television:ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network Extra, ACCRSN

The 2020 ACC women's basketball tournament, which concluded the 2019–20 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 4–8, 2020.[1] NC State won the tournament and with it the ACC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

Source:[2]

SeedSchoolConference
Record
Tiebreaker
1Louisville‡†16–2
2NC State14–4
3Duke12–6
4Florida State11–71–0 vs. Lou
5Virginia Tech11–70–1 vs. Lou, 1–0 vs. BC
6Boston College11–70–2 vs. Lou, 0–1 vs. VT
7Georgia Tech10–8
8Syracuse9–9
9Virginia8–101–0 vs. Notre Dame
10Notre Dame8–100–1 vs. Virginia
11Miami7–112–1 vs. UNC & WF
12North Carolina7–111–1 vs. WF & Miami
13Wake Forest7–111–2 vs. UNC & Miami
14Clemson3–15
15Pittsburgh1–17
‡ – ACC regular season 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

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 4
Opening
day
11:00 pmNo. 12 North Carolina vs No. 13 Wake Forest73–83ACCRSN2,795
23:30 pmNo. 10 Notre Dame vs No. 15 Pittsburgh65–67
36:30 pmNo. 11 Miami vs No. 14 Clemson56–71
Second round – Thursday, March 5
1411:00 amNo. 5 Virginia Tech vs No. 13 Wake Forest55–58ACCRSN6,357
52:00 pmNo. 8 Syracuse vs No. 9 Virginia67–502,781
266:00 pmNo. 7 Georgia Tech vs No. 15 Pittsburgh68–583,638
78:00 pmNo. 6 Boston College vs No. 14 Clemson85–73
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
3811:00 amNo. 4 Florida State vs No. 13 Wake Forest76–47ACCRSN10,030
92:00 pmNo. 1 Louisville vs No. 8 Syracuse71–463,811
4106:00 pmNo. 2 NC State vs No. 7 Georgia Tech57–485,492
118:00 pmNo. 3 Duke vs No. 6 Boston College77–84
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
51212:00 pmNo. 1 Louisville vs No. 4 Florida State60–62ESPNU6,751
132:30 pmNo. 2 NC State vs No. 6 Boston College82–75
Championship – Sunday, March 8
61412:00 pmNo. 2 NC State vs No. 4 Florida State71–66ESPN27,324
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Source:[3]

Game summaries

Final

All-Tournament Teams

2020 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[4]
First TeamSecond Team
Aislinn Konig – NC State - MVP
Kiah Gillespie – Florida State
Nausia Woolfolk – Florida State
Dana Evans – Louisville
Ivana Raca – Wake Forest
Soule – Boston College
Nicki Ekhomu – Florida State
Francesca Pan – Georgia Tech
Jazmine Jones – Louisville
Elissa Cunane – NC State

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-20 ACC Women's Basketball Schedule Announced . September 24, 2019 . ACC . October 6, 2019.
  2. Web site: Bracket Announced for 2020 ACC women's basketball tournament. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. March 1, 2020. March 2, 2020.
  3. Web site: 2020 ACC women's basketball tournament. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. March 1, 2020. March 2, 2020.
  4. Web site: No. 10 NC State Women Win 2020 ACC Tournament Title. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 8, 2020. March 9, 2020.