ACC Women's Basketball Tournament


The ACC Women's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference. 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.

Championship game results

DateWinnerRunner-upResultSiteAttendance
February 11, 1978#2 Maryland#1 NC State89–82University Hall,
Charlottesville, Virginia		1,500
February 10, 1979#1 Maryland#2 NC State75–73Reynolds Coliseum,
Raleigh, North Carolina		3,500
February 10, 1980#1 NC State#2 Maryland85–75Cole Field House,
College Park, Maryland		N/A
February 14, 1981#3 Maryland#4 NC State64–63Littlejohn Coliseum,
Clemson, South Carolina		300
February 28, 1982#3 Maryland#4 Clemson93–81Reynolds Coliseum,
Raleigh, North Carolina		500
March 6, 1983#3 Maryland#1 NC State84–81Civic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		2,134
March 4, 1984#5 North Carolina#3 NC State99–76Civic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		3,733
March 3, 1985#1 NC State#2 North Carolina81–80Civic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		3,907
March 3, 1986#5 Maryland#2 North Carolina92–74Civic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		2,632
March 2, 1987#2 NC State#1 Virginia57–56Civic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		2,987
March 7, 1988#2 Maryland#1 Virginia76–70Civic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		1,223
March 6, 1989#1 Maryland#2 NC State73–57Civic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		2,975
March 5, 1990#2 Virginia#1 NC StateCivic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		2,765
March 4, 1991#3 NC State#4 Clemson84–61Civic Center,
Fayetteville, North Carolina		4,102
March 9, 1992#1 Virginia#7 Georgia Tech70–69Winthrop Coliseum,
Rock Hill, South Carolina		4,154
March 8, 1993#1 Virginia#2 MarylandWinthrop Coliseum,
Rock Hill, South Carolina		3,716
March 7, 1994#2 North Carolina#1 Virginia77–60Winthrop Coliseum,
Rock Hill, South Carolina		4,386
March 5, 1995#2 North Carolina#4 Duke95–70Winthrop Coliseum,
Rock Hill, South Carolina		5,724
March 3, 1996#4 Clemson#2 Duke71–54Winthrop Coliseum,
Rock Hill, South Carolina		5,067
March 2, 1997#1 North Carolina#6 Clemson62–58Independence Arena,
Charlotte, North Carolina		5,543
March 1, 1998#4 North Carolina#2 Clemson81–50Independence Arena,
Charlotte, North Carolina		5,534
March 1, 1999#4 Clemson#3 North Carolina87–72Independence Arena,
Charlotte, North Carolina		6,021
March 6, 2000#2 Duke#5 North Carolina79–76Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina8,090
March 5, 2001#1 Duke#3 NC State57–45Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina8,933
March 4, 2002#1 Duke#2 North Carolina87–80Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina9,204
March 10, 2003#1 Duke#2 North Carolina77–59Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina11,127
March 8, 2004#1 Duke#2 North Carolina63–47Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina11,466
March 7, 2005#1 North Carolina#2 Duke88–67Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
March 5, 2006#1 North Carolina#3 Maryland91–80Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina10,746
March 4, 2007#2 North Carolina#4 NC State60–54Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina11,538
March 9, 2008#1 North Carolina#3 Duke86–73Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina11,132
March 8, 2009#1 Maryland#3 DukeGreensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina9,943
March 7, 2010#1 Duke#6 NC State70–60Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina9,432
March 6, 2011#1 Duke#6 North Carolina81–67Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina9,890
March 4, 2012#3 Maryland#4 Georgia Tech68–65Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina9,122
March 10, 2013#1 Duke#3 North Carolina92–73Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina8,166
March 9, 2014#1 Notre Dame#2 Duke69–53Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina8,190
March 8, 2015#1 Notre Dame#2 Florida State71–58Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina6,874
March 6, 2016#1 Notre Dame#3 Syracuse68–57Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina5,017
March 5, 2017#1 Notre Dame#3 Duke84–61HTC Center,
Conway, South Carolina		3,600
March 4, 2018#1 Louisville#2 Notre Dame74–72Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina7,424
March 10, 2019#1 Notre Dame#2 Louisville99–79Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina10,104
March 8, 2020#2 NC State#4 Florida State71–66Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina

* record attendance.

Tournament Most Valuable Players

YearPlayerSchool
1978Tara HeissMaryland
1979Kris KirchnerMaryland
1980Genia BeasleyNC State
1981Barbara KennedyClemson
1982Marcia RichardsonMaryland
1982Barbara KennedyClemson
1983Linda PageNC State
1983Jasmina PerazićMaryland
1984Tresa BrownNorth Carolina
1985Dawn RoysterNorth Carolina
1986Deanna TateMaryland
1987Donna HoltVirginia
1988Deanna TateMaryland
1989Vicky BullettMaryland
1990Andrea StinsonNC State
1991Sharon ManningNC State
1992Dawn StaleyVirginia
1993Heather BurgeVirginia
1994Charlotte SmithNorth Carolina
1995Charlotte SmithNorth Carolina
1996Laura CottrellClemson
1997Marion JonesNorth Carolina
1998Tracy ReidNorth Carolina
1999Itoro UmohClemson
2000Nikki TeasleyNorth Carolina
2001Georgia SchweitzerDuke
2002Monique CurrieDuke
2003Iciss TillisDuke
2004Iciss TillisDuke
2005Ivory LattaNorth Carolina
2006Ivory LattaNorth Carolina
2007Ivory LattaNorth Carolina
2008Erlana LarkinsNorth Carolina
2009Marissa ColemanMaryland
2010Jasmine ThomasDuke
2011Jasmine ThomasDuke
2012Alyssa ThomasMaryland
2013Alexis JonesDuke
2014Jewell LoydNotre Dame
2015Jewell LoydNotre Dame
2016Madison CableNotre Dame
2017Lindsay AllenNotre Dame
2018Myisha Hines-AllenLouisville
2019Jackie YoungNotre Dame

Performance by school

Italics indicate a school no longer in the conference.
SchoolWinnerRunner-upFirst tournament
Maryland1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012 '1980, 1993, 2006 '1978
North Carolina1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 '1985, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2013 '1978
Duke2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013 '1995, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017 '1978
Notre Dame2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 '2018 '2014
NC State1980, 1985, 1987, 1991, 2020 '1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2010 '1978
Virginia1990, 1992, 1993 '1987, 1988, 1994 '1978
Clemson1996, 1999 '1982, 1991, 1997, 1998 '1978
Louisville2018 '2019 '2015
Georgia Tech 1992, 2012 '1980
Florida State 2015, 2020 '1992
Syracuse 2016 2014
Wake Forest 1978
Miami 2005
Virginia Tech 2005
Boston College 2006
Pittsburgh 2014

Wake Forest reached the semifinals in 1986, 1988, and 2012; Boston College reached the semifinals in 2010; Miami reached the semifinals in 2011, 2016, and 2017; Virginia Tech reached the quarterfinals in 2006, 2007, 2015, and 2018; Pittsburgh reached the 2nd round in 2015 and 2016.

Tournament sites

''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.