2019 ACC women's basketball tournament

2019 ACC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams15
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ChampionsNotre Dame (5th title)
Winning coachMuffet McGraw (5th title)
MVPJackie Young (Notre Dame)
Attendance55,242
TelevisionESPN2, ESPNU, Raycom
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2018–19 ACC women's basketball standings
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

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]

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.

Schedule

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 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
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
7 8:00 pm #6 Florida State vs #11 Duke 51–41
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
3 8 11:00 am #4 Miami vs #5 Syracuse 85–92 Raycom 8,121
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
11 8:00 pm #3 NC State vs #6 Florida State 69–62
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
5 12 12:00 pm #5 Syracuse vs #1 Notre Dame 66–91 ESPNU 6,943
13 2:30 pm #2 Louisville vs #3 NC State 78–68
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.

Bracket

[4]

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
1Notre Dame95
8North Carolina808North Carolina77
9Georgia Tech731Notre Dame91
5Syracuse66
4Miami85
5Syracuse675Syracuse92
12Virginia7712Virginia571Notre Dame99
13Boston College612Louisville79
2Louisville75
7Clemson80 OT7Clemson67
10Virginia Tech8510Virginia Tech792Louisville78
15Wake Forest633NC State68
3NC State69
6Florida State516Florida State62
11Duke8611Duke41
14Pittsburgh64

All-Tournament Teams

2019 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[5]
First Team Second Team

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

See also

References

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