2023 ACC women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:ACC
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:15
Arena:Greensboro Coliseum
City:Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions:Virginia Tech
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Kenny Brooks
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Georgia Amoore
Mvpteam:Virginia Tech
Attendance:44,391
Television:ACC Network & ESPN

The 2023 ACC women's basketball tournament concluded the 2022-23 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 1–5, 2023.[1] The 2023 edition marked the 23rd time in 24 years that the tournament was held in Greensboro. The winner received the ACC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

See main article: 2022–23 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season.

All 15 ACC teams participated in the tournament. 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 9 received single byes. Seedings were finalized on February 26, 2023, after the final day of regular season play, with Notre Dame finishing in first place and earning the top seed.[3]

SeedSchoolConference
Record
Tiebreaker
1Notre Dame‡† 15–3
2Duke14–41–1 vs. Virginia Tech
1–0 vs. Notre Dame
3Virginia Tech14–41–1 vs. Duke
0–1 vs. Notre Dame
4Louisville12–61–0 vs. Florida State
5Florida State12-60-1 vs. Louisville
6Miami11–71–0 vs. North Carolina
7North Carolina11–70–1 vs. Miami
8NC State9–91–0 vs. Syracuse
9Syracuse9–90–1 vs. NC State
10Clemson7–11
11Boston College5–131–0 vs. Wake Forest
12Wake Forest5–130–1 vs. Boston College
13Virginia4–141–0 vs. Georgia Tech
14Georgia Tech4–140–1 vs. Virginia
15Pittsburgh3–15
‡ – ACC regular season champions.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
Opening
day
11:00 p.m.No. 12 Wake Forest vs. No. 13 Virginia68–57ACCN3,859
23:30 p.m.No. 10 Clemson vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh71–53
36:30 p.m.No. 11 Boston College vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech62–573,879
Second round – Thursday, March 2
1411:00 a.m.No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 12 Wake Forest54–65ACCN4,177
52:00 p.m.No. 8 NC State vs. No. 9 Syracuse83–58
266:00 p.m.No. 7 North Carolina vs. No. 10 Clemson68–584,578
78:00 p.m.No. 6 Miami vs. No. 11 Boston College84–69
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
3811:00 a.m.No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 12 Wake Forest74–48ACCN6,151
92:00 p.m.No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 NC State66–60
4106:00 p.m.No. 2 Duke vs. No. 7 North Carolina44–407,823
118:00 p.m.No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 Miami68–42
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
512NoonNo. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 4 Louisville38–64ACCN7,122
132:30 p.m.No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech37–58
Championship – Sunday, March 5
614NoonNo. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 4 Louisville75–67ESPN6,802
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Source:[4]

* – Denotes overtime period

Game summaries

Final

All-Tournament Teams

2023 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[5]
First TeamSecond Team
Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech (MVP)

Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech

Hailey Van Lith – Louisville

Mykasa Robinson – Louisville

Chrisyln Carr – Louisville

Sonia Citron – Notre Dame

Jewel Spear – Wake Forest

Taylor Soule – Virginia Tech

Amari Robinson – Clemson

Olivia Cochran – Louisville

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 ACC Women's Basketball Championship. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 19, 2021. January 9, 2023.
  2. Web site: ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Tiebreaker and Seedings Procedure . TheACC.com . December 14, 2020 . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: ACC Women's Basketball Tournament 2023 bracket, schedule, TV info. Nick. Gray. February 26, 2023. The Fayetteville Observer. February 28, 2023.
  4. Web site: 2022 ACC women's basketball tournament. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 28, 2022.
  5. accwbb. 1632520345071636487. March 5, 2023. March 6, 2023. All-Tournament Team .