| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | ACC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Arena: | Greensboro Coliseum |
| City: | Greensboro, NC |
| Champions: | NC State |
| Titlecount: | 6th |
| Coach: | Wes Moore |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Elissa Cunane |
| Mvpteam: | NC State |
| Attendance: | 6,252 |
| Television: | ESPN2, ACCN, ACCRSN |
The 2021 ACC women's basketball tournament concluded the 2020–21 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 3–7, 2021.[1] NC State defended their title to earn the ACC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
All of the ACC teams except Duke and Virginia participated in the tournament. The remaining teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 11 received single byes. The seeds were determined on February 28, 2021, after the final regular season games finished.[3]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville‡† | 14–2 | |
| 2 | NC State† | 12–2 | |
| 3 | Georgia Tech† | 12–6 | |
| 4 | Florida State† | 9–7 | 1–0 vs. Syracuse |
| 5 | Syracuse | 9–7 | 0–1 vs. Florida State |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 8–7 | |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | 8–8 | |
| 8 | North Carolina | 8–9 | |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 8–10 | 1–1 vs. Miami, 0–1 vs Louisville & NC State, 1–0 vs. Georgia Tech |
| 10 | Miami | 8–10 | 1–1 vs Wake Forest, 0–1 vs Louisville & NC State, 0–1 vs. Georgia Tech |
| 11 | Clemson | 5–12 | |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 3–12 | |
| 13 | Boston College | 2–11 | |
| ‡ – ACC regular season champions. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. |
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| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 3 | |||||||
| Opening day | 1 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 12 Pittsburgh vs No. 13 Boston College | 56–67 | ACCRSN | 156 | |
| Second round – Thursday, March 4 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | Noon | No. 8 North Carolina vs No. 9 Wake Forest | 71–82 | ACCRSN | 609 | |
| 3 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 5 Syracuse vs. No. 13 Boston College | 67–61 | ||||
| 2 | 4 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 Virginia Tech vs No. 10 Miami | 72–64 | 451 | ||
| 5 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 6 Notre Dame vs No. 11 Clemson | 63–68 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5 | |||||||
| 3 | 6 | Noon | No. 1 Louisville vs No. 9 Wake Forest | 65–53 | ACCRSN | 592 | |
| 7 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 4 Florida State vs No. 5 Syracuse | 67–68 | ||||
| 4 | 8 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 NC State vs No. 7 Virginia Tech | 68–55 | 1,259 | ||
| 9 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 Georgia Tech vs No. 11 Clemson | 60–57 | ||||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 6 | |||||||
| 5 | 10 | Noon | No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 5 Syracuse | 72–59 | ACCN | 1,122 | |
| 11 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 2 NC State vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech | 66–61 | ||||
| Championship – Sunday, March 7 | |||||||
| 6 | 12 | Noon | No. 1 Louisville vs No. 2 NC State | 56–58 | ESPN2 | 2,063 | |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed. | |||||||
| 2021 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[4] | ||
| First Team | Second Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Elissa Cunane – NC State (MVP) Kai Crutchfield – NC State Dana Evans – Louisville Kianna Smith – Louisville Hailey Van Lith – Louisville | Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech Emily Engstler – Syracuse Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech Jewel Spear – Wake Forest Cameron Swartz – Boston College | |