2019 ACC women's basketball tournament

2019 ACC women's basketball tournament
2019 ACC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	15
Site	Greensboro Coliseum; Greensboro, NC
Champions	Notre Dame (5th title)
Winning coach	Muffet McGraw (5th title)
MVP	Jackie Young (Notre Dame)
Attendance	55,242
Television	ESPN2, ESPNU, Raycom
	ACC women's basketball tournaments ← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 ACC women's basketball tournament, concluded the 2018–19 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 6–10, 2019.^[1] Notre Dame, which finished atop the ACC regular-season table along with Louisville, won the tournament and with it the ACC's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.^[2]

2018–19 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Notre Dame†	14	–	2	.875	35	–	4	.897
No. 5 Louisville	14	–	2	.875	32	–	4	.889
No. 10 NC State	12	–	4	.750	28	–	6	.824
No. 19 Miami (FL)	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
No. 12 Syracuse	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
No. 25 Florida State	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
Clemson	9	–	7	.563	20	–	13	.606
North Carolina	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	17	–	13	.567
Virginia Tech	6	–	10	.375	22	–	12	.647
Duke	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
Virginia	5	–	11	.313	12	–	19	.387
Boston College	3	–	13	.188	14	–	16	.467
Pittsburgh	2	–	14	.125	11	–	20	.355
Wake Forest	1	–	15	.063	10	–	20	.333


† 2019 ACC tournament winner As of March 7, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seeding was determine based on the regular season. Each team played 16 regular season games, at least one versus each other team in the ACC.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Notre Dame^‡†	14–2	27–3	1–0 vs. U of L
2	Louisville^‡†	14–2	27–2	0–1 vs. ND
3	NC State^†	12–4	25–4	1–0 vs. UM
4	Miami^†	12–4	24–7	0–1 vs. NCSU
5	Syracuse^#	11–5	22–7
6	Florida State^#	10–6	22–7
7	Clemson^#	9–7	18–11
8	North Carolina^#	8–8	17–13
9	Georgia Tech^#	7–9	17–12
10	Virginia Tech	6–10	19–10	1–0 vs. Duke
11	Duke	6–10	14–14	0–1 vs. VT
12	Virginia	5–11	11–18
13	Boston College	3–13	14–15
14	Pittsburgh	2–14	11–19
15	Wake Forest	1–15	10–19
‡ – ACC regular season co-champions. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the ACC Tournament.

All games will be televised on the Raycom network within the ACC footprint and simulcast nationally on the ESPN networks denoted below.

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 6
Opening day	1	1:00 pm	#12 Virginia vs #13 Boston College	77–61	Raycom	3,172
	2	3:30 pm	#10 Virginia Tech vs #15 Wake Forest	85–63		3,172
	3	6:30 pm	#11 Duke vs #14 Pittsburgh	86–64		3,233
Second round – Thursday, March 7
1	4	11:00 am	#5 Syracuse vs #12 Virginia	67–57	Raycom	6,562
1	5	2:00 pm	#8 North Carolina vs #9 Georgia Tech	80–73		3,413
2	6	6:00 pm	#7 Clemson vs #10 Virginia Tech	80–79, OT		4,024
2	7	8:00 pm	#6 Florida State vs #11 Duke	51–41		4,024
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
3	8	11:00 am	#4 Miami vs #5 Syracuse	85–92	Raycom	8,121
3	9	2:00 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #8 North Carolina	95–77		4,024
4	10	6:00 pm	#2 Louisville vs #7 Clemson	75–67		5,646
4	11	8:00 pm	#3 NC State vs #6 Florida State	69–62		5,646
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
5	12	12:00 pm	#5 Syracuse vs #1 Notre Dame	66–91	ESPNU	6,943
5	13	2:30 pm	#2 Louisville vs #3 NC State	78–68	ESPNU	6,943
Championship – Sunday, March 10
6	14	12:00 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #2 Louisville	99–79	ESPN2	10,104
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.


First round Wednesday, March 6 Raycom			Second round Thursday, March 7 Raycom			Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 Raycom			Semifinals Saturday, March 9 ESPNU			Championship Sunday, March 10 ESPN2



						1	Notre Dame	95

			8	North Carolina	80	8	North Carolina	77

			9	Georgia Tech	73				1	Notre Dame	91

									5	Syracuse	66

						4	Miami	85

			5	Syracuse	67	5	Syracuse	92

12	Virginia	77	12	Virginia	57							1	Notre Dame	99

13	Boston College	61										2	Louisville	79

						2	Louisville	75

			7	Clemson	80 OT	7	Clemson	67

10	Virginia Tech	85	10	Virginia Tech	79				2	Louisville	78

15	Wake Forest	63							3	NC State	68

						3	NC State	69

			6	Florida State	51	6	Florida State	62

11	Duke	86	11	Duke	41

14	Pittsburgh	64

First Team	Second Team
2019 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams^[5]
Jackie Young - Notre Dame (MVP) Asia Durr - Louisville Jessica Shepard - Notre Dame Tiana Mangakahia - Syracuse Elissa Cunane - NC State	Taylor Emery - Virginia Tech Arike Ogunbowale - Notre Dame Aliyah Collier - Clemson Paris Kea - North Carolina Sam Fuehring - Louisville

^ "Notre Dame Again Named ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 23, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
^ McCreary, Joedy (March 10, 2019). "No. 4 Irish women beat No. 3 Louisville to win ACC tourney". Associated Press. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ "PAIRINGS SET FOR 2019 ACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "2019 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament" (PDF). The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 31, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
^ "Notre Dame Tops Louisville 99-79 for 5th ACC Tournament Title". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.