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.
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]
Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Notre Dame‡† | 15–3 | |
2 | Duke† | 14–4 | 1–1 vs. Virginia Tech 1–0 vs. Notre Dame |
3 | Virginia Tech† | 14–4 | 1–1 vs. Duke 0–1 vs. Notre Dame |
4 | Louisville† | 12–6 | 1–0 vs. Florida State |
5 | Florida State | 12-6 | 0-1 vs. Louisville |
6 | Miami | 11–7 | 1–0 vs. North Carolina |
7 | North Carolina | 11–7 | 0–1 vs. Miami |
8 | NC State | 9–9 | 1–0 vs. Syracuse |
9 | Syracuse | 9–9 | 0–1 vs. NC State |
10 | Clemson | 7–11 | |
11 | Boston College | 5–13 | 1–0 vs. Wake Forest |
12 | Wake Forest | 5–13 | 0–1 vs. Boston College |
13 | Virginia | 4–14 | 1–0 vs. Georgia Tech |
14 | Georgia Tech | 4–14 | 0–1 vs. Virginia |
15 | Pittsburgh | 3–15 | |
‡ – ACC regular season champions. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. |
Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
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First round – Wednesday, March 1 | |||||||
Opening day | 1 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 12 Wake Forest vs. No. 13 Virginia | 68–57 | ACCN | 3,859 | |
2 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Clemson vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh | 71–53 | ||||
3 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 11 Boston College vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech | 62–57 | 3,879 | |||
Second round – Thursday, March 2 | |||||||
1 | 4 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 12 Wake Forest | 54–65 | ACCN | 4,177 | |
5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 NC State vs. No. 9 Syracuse | 83–58 | ||||
2 | 6 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 North Carolina vs. No. 10 Clemson | 68–58 | 4,578 | ||
7 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 6 Miami vs. No. 11 Boston College | 84–69 | ||||
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3 | |||||||
3 | 8 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 12 Wake Forest | 74–48 | ACCN | 6,151 | |
9 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 NC State | 66–60 | ||||
4 | 10 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 Duke vs. No. 7 North Carolina | 44–40 | 7,823 | ||
11 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 Miami | 68–42 | ||||
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4 | |||||||
5 | 12 | Noon | No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 4 Louisville | 38–64 | ACCN | 7,122 | |
13 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech | 37–58 | ||||
Championship – Sunday, March 5 | |||||||
6 | 14 | Noon | No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 4 Louisville | 75–67 | ESPN | 6,802 | |
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed. |
Source:[4]
* – Denotes overtime period
2023 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[5] | ||
First Team | Second Team | |
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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 |