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.
Championship game results Date Champion Runner-up Score Location Attendance February 11, 1978 #2 Maryland #1 NC State 89–82 University Hall, Charlottesville, Virginia 1,500 February 10, 1979 #1 Maryland #2 NC State 75–73 Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina 3,500 February 10, 1980 #1 NC State #2 Maryland 85–75 Cole Field House, College Park, Maryland N/A February 14, 1981 #3 Maryland #4 NC State 64–63 Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, South Carolina 300 February 28, 1982 #3 Maryland #4 Clemson 93–81 Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina 500 March 6, 1983 #3 Maryland #1 NC State 84–81 Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 2,134 March 4, 1984 #5 North Carolina #3 NC State 99–76 Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 3,733 March 3, 1985 #1 NC State #2 North Carolina 81–80 Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 3,907 March 3, 1986 #5 Maryland #2 North Carolina 92–74 Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 2,632 March 2, 1987 #2 NC State #1 Virginia 57–56 Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 2,987 March 7, 1988 #2 Maryland #1 Virginia 76–70 Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 1,223 March 6, 1989 #1 Maryland #2 NC State 73–57 Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 2,975 March 5, 1990 #2 Virginia #1 NC State Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 2,765 March 4, 1991 #3 NC State #4 Clemson 84–61 Civic Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina 4,102 March 9, 1992 #1 Virginia #7 Georgia Tech 70–69 Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, South Carolina 4,154 March 8, 1993 #1 Virginia #2 Maryland Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, South Carolina 3,716 March 7, 1994 #2 North Carolina #1 Virginia 77–60 Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, South Carolina 4,386 March 5, 1995 #2 North Carolina #4 Duke 95–70 Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, South Carolina 5,724 March 3, 1996 #4 Clemson #2 Duke 71–54 Winthrop Coliseum, Rock Hill, South Carolina 5,067 March 2, 1997 #1 North Carolina #6 Clemson 62–58 Independence Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina 5,543 March 1, 1998 #4 North Carolina #2 Clemson 81–50 Independence Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina 5,534 March 1, 1999 #4 Clemson #3 North Carolina 87–72 Independence Arena,Charlotte, North Carolina 6,021 March 6, 2000 #2 Duke #5 North Carolina 79–76 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 8,090 March 5, 2001 #1 Duke #3 NC State 57–45 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 8,933 March 4, 2002 #1 Duke #2 North Carolina 87–80 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 9,204 March 10, 2003 #1 Duke #2 North Carolina 77–59 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 11,127 March 8, 2004 #1 Duke #2 North Carolina 63–47 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 11,466 March 7, 2005 #1 North Carolina #2 Duke 88–67 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina March 5, 2006 #1 North Carolina #3 Maryland 91–80 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 10,746 March 4, 2007 #2 North Carolina #4 NC State 60–54 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 11,538 March 9, 2008 #1 North Carolina #3 Duke 86–73 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 11,132 March 8, 2009 #1 Maryland #3 Duke Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 9,943 March 7, 2010 #1 Duke #6 NC State 70–60 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 9,432 March 6, 2011 #1 Duke #6 North Carolina 81–67 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 9,890 March 4, 2012 #3 Maryland #4 Georgia Tech 68–65 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 9,122 March 10, 2013 #1 Duke #3 North Carolina 92–73 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 8,166 March 9, 2014 #1 Notre Dame #2 Duke 69–53 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 8,190 March 8, 2015 #1 Notre Dame #2 Florida State 71–58 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 6,874 March 6, 2016 #1 Notre Dame #3 Syracuse 68–57 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 5,017 March 5, 2017 #1 Notre Dame #3 Duke 84–61 HTC Center,Conway, South Carolina 3,600 March 4, 2018 #1 Louisville #2 Notre Dame 74–72 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 7,424 March 10, 2019 #1 Notre Dame #2 Louisville 99–79 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 10,104 March 8, 2020 #2 NC State #4 Florida State 71–66 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 7,324 March 7, 2021 #2 NC State #1 Louisville 58–56 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 2,063 March 6, 2022 #1 NC State #7 Miami 60–47 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 9,253 March 5, 2023 #3 Virginia Tech #4 Louisville 75–67 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 6,802 March 10, 2024 #4 Notre Dame #2 NC State 55–51 Greensboro Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 9,102 March 9, 2025 #3 Duke #1 NC State 76–62 First Horizon Coliseum,Greensboro, North Carolina 11,823 March 8, 2026 #1 Duke #2 Louisville Gas South Arena, Duluth, Georgia 6,5922027Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
* record attendance.
Tournament most valuable players Year Player School 1978 Tara Heiss Maryland 1979 Kris Kirchner Maryland 1980 Genia Beasley NC State 1981 Barbara Kennedy Clemson 1982 Marcia Richardson Maryland Barbara Kennedy Clemson 1983 Linda Page NC State Jasmina Perazić Maryland 1984 Tresa Brown North Carolina 1985 Dawn Royster North Carolina 1986 Deanna Tate Maryland 1987 Donna Holt Virginia 1988 Deanna Tate Maryland 1989 Vicky Bullett Maryland 1990 Andrea Stinson NC State 1991 Sharon Manning NC State 1992 Dawn Staley Virginia 1993 Heather Burge Virginia 1994 Charlotte Smith North Carolina 1995 Charlotte Smith North Carolina 1996 Laura Cottrell Clemson 1997 Marion Jones North Carolina 1998 Tracy Reid North Carolina 1999 Itoro Umoh Clemson 2000 Nikki Teasley North Carolina 2001 Georgia Schweitzer Duke 2002 Monique Currie Duke 2003 Iciss Tillis Duke 2004 Iciss Tillis Duke 2005 Ivory Latta North Carolina 2006 Ivory Latta North Carolina 2007 Ivory Latta North Carolina 2008 Erlana Larkins North Carolina 2009 Marissa Coleman Maryland 2010 Jasmine Thomas Duke 2011 Jasmine Thomas Duke 2012 Alyssa Thomas Maryland 2013 Alexis Jones Duke 2014 Jewell Loyd Notre Dame 2015 Jewell Loyd Notre Dame 2016 Madison Cable Notre Dame 2017 Lindsay Allen Notre Dame 2018 Myisha Hines-Allen Louisville 2019 Jackie Young Notre Dame 2020 Aislinn Konig NC State 2021 Elissa Cunane NC State 2022 Elissa Cunane NC State 2023 Georgia Amoore Virginia Tech 2024 Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame 2025 Oluchi Okananwa Duke 2026 Taina Mair Duke
Performance by school Italics indicate a school no longer in the conference. School Winner Runner-up First tournament Duke 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2025, 2026 (10) 1995, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017 (7) 1978 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 NC State 1980, 1985, 1987, 1991, 2020, 2021, 2022 (7) 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2024, 2025 (12) 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, 2026 (4) 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.
Tournament sites Tenure 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, 2018–2025 (26*) First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 2017 (1) HTC Center Conway, South Carolina 2026 Gas South Arena Duluth, Georgia 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.
See also ACC men's basketball tournament
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