The 2026 ACC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia, from March 4 to 8, 2026. It was the first time in the tournament's 27 year history that the tournament was held in Georgia. The tournament was sponsored by Ally Financial, and was officially known as the 2026 Ally ACC women's basketball tournament.

Defending champions No. 1 Duke defeated No. 2 Louisville in overtime 70–65 in the championship game, successfully defending their title after entering the tournament as the top-seed. They defeated No. 9 Clemson, No. 5 and Notre Dame before the Cardinals on their way to their tenth overall tournament title.

Seeding and qualification

Fifteen of the eighteen ACC women's basketball teams will participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The seeds were determined on March 1, after the final regular season conference games.

Seed School ACC Record Tiebreakers 1Duke #‡ 16–2 2 Louisville ‡ 15–3 3 North Carolina ‡ 14–4 4 NC State ‡ 13–5 5 Notre Dame † 12–6 2–0 vs. Virginia Tech/Syracuse 6 Virginia Tech † 12–6 1–1 vs. Notre Dame/Syracuse 7 Syracuse † 12–6 0–2 vs. Notre Dame/Virginia Tech 8 Virginia † 11–7 1–0 vs. Clemson 9 Clemson † 11–7 0–1 vs. Virginia 10 California 9–9 11 Georgia Tech 8–10 2–0 vs. Miami/Stanford 12 Miami 8–10 1–1 vs. Georgia Tech/Stanford 13 Stanford 8–10 0–2 vs. Georgia Tech/Miami 14 Florida State 5–13 15 Wake Forest 4–14 SMU 2–16 Pittsburgh 1–17 1–0 vs. Boston College Boston College 1–17 0–1 vs. Pittsburgh# – ACC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.‡ – 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

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 4 Openingday 1 11:00a.m. No. 12 Miami vs. No. 13 Stanford 83−76 ACCN 5,192 2 1:40p.m. No. 10 California vs. No. 15 Wake Forest 75−52 3 4:00p.m. No. 11 Georgia Tech vs. No. 14 Florida State 72−60Second round – Thursday, March 5 1 4 11:00a.m. No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 9 Clemson 50−63 ACCN 6,203 5 1:30p.m. No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Miami 69−54 2 6 5:00p.m. No. 7 Syracuse vs. No. 10 California 70–59 5,290 7 7:30p.m. No. 6 Virginia Tech vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech 62–54Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6 3 8 11:00a.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 9 Clemson 60−46 ESPN2 8,233 9 1:30p.m. No. 4 NC State vs. No. 5 Notre Dame 63−81 ACCN 4 10 5:00p.m. No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 7 Syracuse 87−61 ESPN2 6,572 11 7:30p.m. No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech 85−68 ACCNSemifinals – Saturday, March 7 5 12 12:00p.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 Notre Dame 65−63 ESPN2 6,604 13 2:30p.m. No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 3 North Carolina 65–57Championship – Sunday, March 8 6 14 1:00p.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 Louisville 70−65 ESPN 6,592Game times in EST through the semifinals and EDT for the championship. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

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* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Awards and honors 2026 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams First Team Second Team Taina Mair – Duke Riley Nelson – Duke Imari Berry – Louisville Mackenly Randolph – Louisville Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame Toby Fournier – Duke Delaney Thomas – Duke Ashlon Jackson – Duke Laura Ziegler – Louisville Uche Izoje – Syracuse

See also 2026 ACC men's basketball tournament

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