2017 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference was held from March 1 to 5, 2017, in Conway, South Carolina, at the HTC Center.[1] It was originally scheduled to be played in Greensboro, North Carolina, but was moved due to HB2 law. Notre Dame won their 4th straight ACC tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.

2017 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams15
SiteHTC Center
Conway, South Carolina
ChampionsNotre Dame (4th title)
Winning coachMuffet McGraw (4th title)
MVPLindsay Allen (Notre Dame)
Attendance30,117
TelevisionESPN, ESPNU, ACCN, FSN
2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame151 .938  334  .892
No. 9 Duke133 .813  286  .824
No. 10 Florida State133 .813  287  .800
No. 13 Louisville124 .750  298  .784
No. 17 NC State124 .750  239  .719
No. 21 Syracuse115 .688  2211  .667
No. 16 Miami (FL)106 .625  249  .727
Virginia79 .438  2013  .606
Wake Forest610 .375  1616  .500
Georgia Tech511 .313  2214  .611
Virginia Tech412 .250  2014  .588
Pittsburgh412 .250  1317  .433
Clemson313 .188  1516  .484
North Carolina313 .188  1516  .484
Boston College214 .125  921  .300
2017 ACC Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeding

Tournament seeds are determined by teams' regular season conference record with tiebreakers determined by ACC tiebreaking rules.

2017 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Notre Dame 15–1 27–3
2 Florida State 13–3 25–5 1–0 vs. Duke
3 Duke 13–3 25–4 0–1 vs. Florida State
4 NC State 12–4 22–7 1–0 vs. Louisville
5 Louisville 12–4 25–6 0–1 vs. NC State
6 Syracuse 11–5 20–9
7 Miami 10–6 21–7
8 Virginia 7–9 18–11
9 Wake Forest 6–10 15–14
10 Georgia Tech 5–11 16–13
11 Pittsburgh 4–12 13–16 1–0 vs. Virginia Tech
12 Virginia Tech 4–12 17–12 0–1 vs. Pittsburgh
13 Clemson 3–13 14–15 1–0 vs. North Carolina
14 North Carolina 3–13 14–15 0–1 vs. Clemson
15 Boston College 2–14 9–20
‡ – 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

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 1
1
1
1:00 pm
#13 Clemson vs #12 Virginia Tech
ACC Network
FSN
2,769
2
3:30 pm
#15 Boston College vs #10 Georgia Tech
3
6:30 pm
#14 North Carolina vs #11 Pittsburgh
2,475
Second Round – Thursday, March 2
2
4
11:00 am
#13 Clemson vs #5 Louisville
ACC Network
FSN
2,613
5
2:00 pm
#9 Wake Forest vs #8 Virginia
2,466
3
6
6:00 pm
#10 Georgia Tech vs #7 Miami
3,145
7
8:00 pm
#14 North Carolina vs #6 Syracuse
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
4
8
11:00 am
#5 Louisville vs #4 NC State
ACC Network
FSN
3,004
9
2:00 pm
#8 Virginia vs #1 Notre Dame
2,845
5
10
6:00 pm
#7 Miami vs #2 Florida State
3,600
11
8:00 pm
#6 Syracuse vs #3 Duke
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
6
12
12:00 pm
#5 Louisville vs #1 Notre Dame
ESPN2
3,600
13
2:30 pm
#7 Miami vs. #3 Duke
ESPNU
Championship Game – Sunday, March 5
7
14
12:30 pm
#1 Notre Dame vs #3 Duke
ESPN2
3,600
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 1
ACCN
Second Round
Thursday, March 2
ACCN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
ACCN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPNU
Championship Game
Sunday, March 5
ESPN
                                               
1 Notre Dame 76  
    8 Virginia 59  
8 Virginia 61
9 Wake Forest 44  
  1 Notre Dame 84  
  5 Louisville 73  
4 NC State 58
    5 Louisville 59  
5 Louisville 68
    13 Clemson 46  
12 Virginia Tech 66
13 Clemson 67  
1 Notre Dame 84
3 Duke 61
2 Florida State 54  
    7 Miami 56  
7 Miami 87
    10 Georgia Tech 71  
10 Georgia Tech 71
15 Boston College 67  
  7 Miami 52
  3 Duke 57  
3 Duke 68
    6 Syracuse 46  
6 Syracuse 83
    14 North Carolina 64  
11 Pittsburgh 60
14 North Carolina 72  

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. "ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Set for Conway, SC". ACC. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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