2023 ACC women's basketball tournament

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2023 ACC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams15
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsVirginia Tech (1st title)
Winning coachKenny Brooks (1st title)
MVPGeorgia Amoore (Virginia Tech)
Attendance44,391
TelevisionACC Network & ESPN
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2022–23 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10т Notre Dame 15 3   .833 27 6   .818
No. 13 Duke 14 4   .778 26 7   .788
No. 4 Virginia Tech 14 4   .778 31 4   .886
Louisville 12 6   .667 26 12   .684
Florida State 12 6   .667 23 10   .697
Miami (FL) 11 7   .611 22 13   .629
No. 20 North Carolina 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
NC State 9 9   .500 20 12   .625
Syracuse 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Clemson 7 11   .389 19 16   .543
Boston College 5 13   .278 16 17   .485
Wake Forest 5 13   .278 17 17   .500
Virginia 4 14   .222 15 15   .500
Georgia Tech 4 14   .222 13 17   .433
Pittsburgh 3 15   .167 10 20   .333
2023 ACC tournament winner
As of March 27, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

The 2023 ACC women's basketball tournament concluded the 2022-23 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 1–5, 2023.[1] The 2023 edition marked the 23rd time in 24 years that the tournament was held in Greensboro. The winner received the ACC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

Seeds[edit]

All 15 ACC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 9 received single byes. Seedings were finalized on February 26, 2023, after the final day of regular season play, with Notre Dame finishing in first place and earning the top seed.[3]

Seed School Conference
Record
Tiebreaker
1 Notre Dame‡† 15–3
2 Duke 14–4 1–1 vs. Virginia Tech
1–0 vs. Notre Dame
3 Virginia Tech 14–4 1–1 vs. Duke
0–1 vs. Notre Dame
4 Louisville 12–6 1–0 vs. Florida State
5 Florida State# 12-6 0-1 vs. Louisville
6 Miami# 11–7 1–0 vs. North Carolina
7 North Carolina# 11–7 0–1 vs. Miami
8 NC State# 9–9 1–0 vs. Syracuse
9 Syracuse# 9–9 0–1 vs. NC State
10 Clemson 7–11
11 Boston College 5–13 1–0 vs. Wake Forest
12 Wake Forest 5–13 0–1 vs. Boston College
13 Virginia 4–14 1–0 vs. Georgia Tech
14 Georgia Tech 4–14 0–1 vs. Virginia
15 Pittsburgh 3–15
‡ – ACC regular season champions.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule[edit]

Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
Opening
day
1 1:00 p.m. No. 12 Wake Forest vs. No. 13 Virginia 68–57 ACCN 3,859
2 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Clemson vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh 71–53
3 6:30 p.m. No. 11 Boston College vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech 62–57 3,879
Second round – Thursday, March 2
1 4 11:00 a.m. No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 12 Wake Forest 54–65 ACCN 4,177
5 2:00 p.m. No. 8 NC State vs. No. 9 Syracuse 83–58
2 6 6:00 p.m. No. 7 North Carolina vs. No. 10 Clemson 68–58 4,578
7 8:00 p.m. No. 6 Miami vs. No. 11 Boston College 84–69
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
3 8 11:00 a.m. No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 12 Wake Forest 74–48 ACCN 6,151
9 2:00 p.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 NC State 66–60
4 10 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Duke vs. No. 7 North Carolina 44–40 7,823
11 8:00 p.m. No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 Miami 68–42
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
5 12 Noon No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 4 Louisville 38–64 ACCN 7,122
13 2:30 p.m. No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech 37–58
Championship – Sunday, March 5
6 14 Noon No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 4 Louisville 75–67 ESPN 6,802
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket[edit]

Source:[4]

First round
Wednesday, March 1
Second round
Thursday, March 2
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
Championship
Sunday, March 5
1Notre Dame66
8NC State838NC State60
9Syracuse581Notre Dame38
4Louisville64
4Louisville74
5Florida State5412Wake Forest48
12Wake Forest6812Wake Forest654Louisville67
13Virginia573Virginia Tech75
2Duke44
7North Carolina687North Carolina40
10Clemson7110Clemson582Duke37
15Pittsburgh533Virginia Tech58
3Virginia Tech68
6Miami846Miami42
11Boston College6211Boston College69
14Georgia Tech57

* – Denotes overtime period

Game summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

March 1
1:00 p.m. EST
No. 12 Wake Forest 68, No. 13 Virginia 57
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 9–17, 28–16, 12–16
Pts: Spear (19)
Rebs: Hinds (11)
Asts: Becker/Harrison/Williams (3)
Pts: Taylor (19)
Rebs: Taylor (8)
Asts: Dale/Smith (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Bruce Morris
Karen Preato
Denise Brooks
ACCN
March 1
3:30 p.m. EST
No. 10 Clemson 71, No. 15 Pittsburgh 53
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 19–4, 17–16, 21–17
Pts: Hank (19)
Rebs: Robinson (8)
Asts: Bradford (6)
Pts: Brown (16)
Rebs: King (9)
Asts: Harris (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 3,859
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Pualani Spurlock-Welsh
Katie Lukanich
ACCN
March 1
6:30 p.m. EST
No. 11 Boston College 62, No. 14 Georgia Tech 57
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 18–6, 16–12, 19–27
Pts: Waggoner (16)
Rebs: Mair (10)
Asts: Mair (7)
Pts: Jackson (19)
Rebs: Morgan (6)
Asts: Morgan (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 3,879
Referees: Eric Brewton
Dee Kantner
Talisa Green

Second round[edit]

March 2
11:00 a.m. EST
No. 5 Florida State 54, No. 12 Wake Forest 65
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 13–2, 8–29, 12–20
Pts: Timpson (14)
Rebs: Timpson (9)
Asts: Gordon (3)
Pts: Spear (19)
Rebs: Hinds (9)/Summiel (9)
Asts: Summiel (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Carla Fountain
Rod Creech
Talisa Green
March 2
2:00 p.m. EST
No. 8 NC State 83, No. 9 Syracuse 58
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 15–14, 23–18, 28–14
Pts: Brown-Turner (16)
Rebs: Brown-Turner (7)
Asts: James (5)
Pts: Hyman (15)
Rebs: Lewis (6)
Asts: Fair (6)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 4,177
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Denise Brooks
Jeffrey Smith
ACCN
March 2
6:00 p.m. EST
No. 7 North Carolina 68, No. 10 Clemson 58
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 16–13, 13–14, 15–12
Pts: Robinson (27)
Rebs: Whitehorn (8)
Asts: Perpiganan (5)
Pts: Ustby (15)
Rebs: Poole/Ustby (6)
Asts: Ustby/Hodgson (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Eric Brewton
Dee Kantner
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
ACCN
March 2
8:00 p.m. EST
No. 6 Miami 84, No. 11 Boston College 69
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 25–22, 21–18, 24–13
Pts: Dwyer (19)
Rebs: Harden (9)
Asts: Pendande/Roberts/Cavinder/Erjavec (3)
Pts: Todd (14)
Rebs: Gakdeng/Waggoner (5)
Asts: Mair (7)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 4,578
Referees: Pualani Spurlock-Welsh
Mark Resch
Tiara Cruse

Quarterfinals[edit]

March 3
11:00 a.m. EST
No. 4 Louisville 74, No. 12 Wake Forest 48
Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 14–16, 19–11, 21–13
Pts: Van Lith (26)
Rebs: Harris (9)
Asts: Robinson (10)
Pts: Williams (16)
Rebs: Williams (10)
Asts: Andrews/Hinds/Spear (2)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Katie Lukanich
Billy Smith
Karen Preato
ACCN
March 3
2:00 p.m. EST
No. 1 Notre Dame 66, No. 8 NC State 60
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 11–4, 19–15, 22–23
Pts: Citron (28)
Rebs: Westbeld (10)
Asts: Citron (5)
Pts: Rivers/James (14)
Rebs: James/Collins (5)
Asts: Rivers (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 6,151
Referees: Talisa Green
Tiara Cruse
Rod Creech
ACCN
March 3
6:00 p.m. EST
No. 2 Duke 44, No. 7 North Carolina 40
Scoring by quarter: 9–8, 10–16, 15–12, 10–4
Pts: Balogun (11)
Rebs: Heide (8)
Asts: Day-Wilson (3)
Pts: Kelly (11)
Rebs: Poole/Todd-Williams (6)
Asts: Ustby/Kelly (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Mark Resch
Angelica Suffren
Denise Brooks
ACCN
March 3
8:00 p.m. EST
No. 3 Virginia Tech 68, No. 6 Miami 42
Scoring by quarter: 20–5, 9–10, 22–12, 17–15
Pts: Kitley (22)
Rebs: Gregg (13)
Asts: Soule (5)
Pts: Hanna Cavinder (7)
Rebs: Roberts (8)
Asts: Hanna Cavinder/Erjavec (2)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 7,823
Referees: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Carla Fountain
Joseph Vaszily

Semifinals[edit]

March 4
Noon EST
No. 1 Notre Dame 38, No. 4 Louisville 64
Scoring by quarter: 7–12, 8–17, 9–21, 14–14
Pts: Westbled (9)
Rebs: Ebo/Prosper (5)
Asts: Bransford/Citron (3)
Pts: Van Lith (15)
Rebs: Cochran/Robinson (8)
Asts: Robinson (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Carla Fountain
Joseph Vaszily
Angelica Suffren
ACCN
March 4
2:30 p.m. EST
No. 2 Duke 37, No. 3 Virginia Tech 58
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 9–23, 12–12, 7–10
Pts: Balogun (9)
Rebs: Corosdale (5)
Asts: Day-Wilson/Richardson (2)
Pts: Amoore (24)
Rebs: Kitley (11)
Asts: Amoore (7)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 7,122
Referees: Rod Creech
Karen Preato
Billy Smith

Final[edit]

March 5
1:00 p.m. EST
No. 3 Virginia Tech 75, No. 4 Louisville 67
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 17–14, 13–16, 24–23
Pts: Amoore (25)
Rebs: King (7)
Asts: Amoore/Traylor (4)
Pts: Carr (27)
Rebs: Robinson (9)
Asts: Carr (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 6,802
Referees: Dee Kantner
Maj Forsberg
Pualani Spurlock-Welsh

All-Tournament Teams[edit]

2023 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[5]
First Team Second Team
Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech (MVP)

Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech

Hailey Van Lith – Louisville

Mykasa Robinson – Louisville

Chrisyln Carr – Louisville

Sonia Citron – Notre Dame

Jewel Spear – Wake Forest

Taylor Soule – Virginia Tech

Amari Robinson – Clemson

Olivia Cochran – Louisville

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2023 ACC Women's Basketball Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 19, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Tiebreaker and Seedings Procedure". TheACC.com. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Gray, Nick (February 26, 2023). "ACC Women's Basketball Tournament 2023 bracket, schedule, TV info". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "2022 ACC women's basketball tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. ^ @accwbb (March 5, 2023). "All-Tournament Team 🤩" (Tweet). Retrieved March 6, 2023 – via Twitter.