| ACC Women's Basketball Tournament | |
| Optional Subheader: | Conference basketball championship |
| Sport: | College basketball |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Number Of Teams: | 15 |
| Format: | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current Stadium: | Greensboro Coliseum |
| Current Location: | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Years: | 1978–present |
| Most Recent: | 2024 |
| Current Champion: | Notre Dame |
| Most Championships: | Maryland (10) |
| Television: | ACC Network, ESPN |
| Website: | theACC.com |
| Sponsors: | Ally Financial |
The ACC women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1978, several years before the first NCAA championships for women. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.
Italics indicate a school no longer in the conference.
| School | Winner | Runner-up | First tournament | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012 (10) | 1980, 1993, 2006 (3) | 1978 | |
| North Carolina | 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (9) | 1985, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2013 (9) | 1978 | |
| Duke | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013 (8) | 1995, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017 (7) | 1978 | |
| NC State | 1980, 1985, 1987, 1991, 2020, 2021, 2022 (7) | 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2024 (11) | 1978 | |
| Notre Dame | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024 (6) | 2018 (1) | 2014 | |
| Virginia | 1990, 1992, 1993 (3) | 1987, 1988, 1994 (3) | 1978 | |
| Clemson | 1996, 1999 (2) | 1982, 1991, 1997, 1998 (4) | 1978 | |
| Louisville | 2018 (1) | 2019, 2021, 2023 (3) | 2015 | |
| Virginia Tech | 2023 (1) | 2005 | ||
| Georgia Tech | 1992, 2012 (2) | 1980 | ||
| Florida State | 2015, 2020 (2) | 1992 | ||
| Syracuse | 2016 (1) | 2014 | ||
| Miami | 2022 (1) | 2005 | ||
| Wake Forest | 1978 | |||
| Boston College | 2006 | |||
| Pittsburgh | 2014 |
Wake Forest reached the semifinals in 1986, 1988, and 2012; Boston College reached the semifinals in 2010 and 2020; Virginia Tech reached the semifinals in 2022; Pittsburgh reached the 2nd round in 2015, 2016, and 2020.
| Years | Arena | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 (1) | University Hall | Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| 1979, 1982 (2) | Reynolds Coliseum | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| 1980 (1) | Cole Field House | College Park, Maryland | |
| 1981 (1) | Littlejohn Coliseum | Clemson, South Carolina | |
| 1983–1991 (9) | Civic Center | Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| 1992–1996 (5) | Winthrop Coliseum | Rock Hill, South Carolina | |
| 1997–1999 (3) | Independence Arena | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| 2000–2016, 2018–present (26*) | Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| 2017 (1) | HTC Center | Conway, South Carolina | |
| 2027 | Spectrum Center | Charlotte, North Carolina |
On May 15, 2014, it was announced that the tournament will be held in Greensboro through 2022. However, the ACC moved the 2017 tournament to the Myrtle Beach area as part of an all conference political protest against North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act.[1] [2]