2026 ACC women's basketball tournament

2026 ACC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams15
SiteGas South Arena
Duluth, Georgia
ChampionsDuke (10th title)
Winning coachKara Lawson (2nd title)
MVPTaina Mair (Duke)
Attendance44,686
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ACCN
2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Duke † 16 – 2   .889 24 – 8   .750
No. 13 Louisville 15 – 3   .833 27 – 7   .794
No. 15 North Carolina 14 – 4   .778 26 – 7   .788
NC State 13 – 5   .722 20 – 10   .667
No. 22 Notre Dame 12 – 6   .667 22 – 10   .688
Virginia Tech 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719
Syracuse 12 – 6   .667 23 – 8   .742
Virginia 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
Clemson 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
California 9 – 9   .500 20 – 14   .588
Georgia Tech 8 – 10   .444 14 – 19   .424
Miami (FL) 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Stanford 8 – 10   .444 20 – 13   .606
Florida State 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 14 – 18   .438
SMU 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
Pittsburgh 1 – 17   .056 8 – 23   .258
Boston College 1 – 17   .056 5 – 26   .161
† 2026 ACC tournament winner
As of March 19, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

Seeding and qualification

Main article: 2025–26 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

Fifteen of the eighteen ACC women's basketball teams will participate in the tournament.[4] 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.[5]

Seed School ACC Record Tiebreakers
1 Duke #‡ 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
DNQ SMU 2–16
DNQ Pittsburgh 1–17 1–0 vs. Boston College
DNQ 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

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

Bracket

Source:[6]

First round
Wednesday, March 4		Second round
Thursday, March 5		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6		Semifinals
Saturday, March 7		Championship
Sunday, March 8
113 Duke60
8Virginia509Clemson46
9Clemson63113 Duke65
5Notre Dame63
4NC State63
5Notre Dame695Notre Dame81
12Miami83*12Miami54113 Duke70*
13Stanford76212 Louisville65
212 Louisville87
7Syracuse707Syracuse61
10California7510California59212 Louisville65
15Wake Forest52316 North Carolina57
316 North Carolina85
6Virginia Tech626Virginia Tech68
11Georgia Tech7211Georgia Tech54
14Florida State60

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

March 4
11:00 a.m. EST
(12) Miami (FL) 83, (13) Stanford 76 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 19−10, 18−29, 28−13, 5−18, Overtime: 13−6
Pts: Kyle (25)
Rebs: Kyle (11)
Asts: Raviv (6)		 Pts: Ogden (22)
Rebs: Agara (8)
Asts: Ogden (6)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Tiara Cruse
Talisa Green
ACCN
March 4
1:40 p.m. EST
(10) California 75, (15) Wake Forest 52
Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 21–11, 29–12, 14–19
Pts: Walker (17)
Rebs: Walker (10)
Asts: Maul (4)		 Pts: Carter (13)
Rebs: Brown (9)
Asts: Oliver, Sørbye (3)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Referees: Angelica Suffren
Karen Preato
Mark Resch
ACCN
March 4
4:00 p.m. EST
(11) Georgia Tech 72, (14) Florida State 60
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 17–13, 17–19, 16–12
Pts: Foster (18)
Rebs: Turnage (9)
Asts: Walker (3)		 Pts: Bowles (16)
Rebs: Greene (8)
Asts: Williams (4)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Attendance: 5,192
Referees: Kate Lukanich
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Ed Sidlasky

Second round

ACCN
March 5
11:00 a.m. EST
(8) Virginia 50, (9) Clemson 63
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 12–13, 13–15, 11–18
Pts: Clark (15)
Rebs: Smith (11)
Asts: Johnson, Smith (3)		 Pts: Moore (19)
Rebs: Thompson (11)
Asts: Rose (5)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Denise Brooks
Mark Resch
ACCN
March 5
1:30 p.m. EST
(5) Notre Dame 69, (12) Miami (FL) 54
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 14–4, 21–17, 11–14
Pts: Hidalgo (28)
Rebs: Cowles (12)
Asts: Hidalgo (5)		 Pts: Raviv (15)
Rebs: Kyle (15)
Asts: Adams (4)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Attendance: 6,203
Referees: Angelica Suffren
Katie Lukanich
Teresa Stuck
ACCN
March 5
5:00 p.m. EST
(7) Syracuse 70, (10) California 59
Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 14–9, 13–24, 20–19
Pts: Izoje (23)
Rebs: Izoje (10)
Asts: Darius (4)		 Pts: Walker (19)
Rebs: Maul (9)
Asts: Maul, Morris, Twidale (3)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Referees: Rod Creech
Talisa Green
Tiara Cruse
ACCN
March 5
7:30 p.m. EST
(6) Virginia Tech 62, (11) Georgia Tech 54
Scoring by quarter: 7–17, 22–6, 21–23, 12–8
Pts: Wenzel (15)
Rebs: Nelson (9)
Asts: Nelson (6)		 Pts: Walker (20)
Rebs: Turnage (10)
Asts: Alben (3)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Attendance: 5,290
Referees: Karen Preato
Billy Smith
Saif Esho

Quarterfinals

March 6
11:00 a.m. EST
(1) Duke 60, (9) Clemson 46
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 18–5, 8–9, 14–18
Pts: Fournier (17)
Rebs: Fournier (10)
Asts: Jackson (4)		 Pts: Moore (17)
Rebs: Hinds (8)
Asts: Rose (5)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Referees: Eric Brewton
Tiffany Bird
Meadow Overstreet
ACCN
March 6
1:30 p.m. EST
(4) NC State 63, (5) Notre Dame 81
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 14–17, 9–22, 22–19
Pts: Pierre (17)
Rebs: Pierre (14)
Asts: Brooks (5)		 Pts: Hidalgo (25)
Rebs: Moore (9)
Asts: Hidalgo (5)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Attendance: 8,233
Referees: Joseph Vaszily
Denise Brooks
Saif Esho
ESPN2
March 6
5:00 p.m. EST
(2) Louisville 87, (7) Syracuse 61
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 20–21, 17–14, 25–14
Pts: Roberts (17)
Rebs: Randolph (10)
Asts: Berry, Scott (5)		 Pts: Izoje (22)
Rebs: Burrows, Izoje (9)
Asts: Burrows, Cooper, Potts, Schmitt (2)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Referees: Chuck Gonzalez
Karen Preato
Billy Smith
ACCN
March 6
7:30 p.m. EST
(3) North Carolina 85, (6) Virginia Tech 68
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 29–11, 24–24, 21–17
Pts: Grant (21)
Rebs: Harris (10)
Asts: Aarnisalo (6)		 Pts: Wenzel (26)
Rebs: Baker (8)
Asts: Nelson (6)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Attendance: 6,572
Referees: Pualani Spurlock-Welsh
Rod Creech
Teresa Stuck

Semifinals

ESPN2
March 7
12:00 p.m. EST
(1) Duke 65, (5) Notre Dame 63
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 21–20, 8–18, 19–14
Pts: Mair (16)
Rebs: Thomas (10)
Asts: Mair (8)		 Pts: Hidalgo (24)
Rebs: Hidalgo (8)
Asts: Hidalgo, Moore (2)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Referees: Rod Creech
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Pualani Spurlock-Welsh
ESPN2
March 7
2:30 p.m. EST
(2) Louisville 65, (3) North Carolina 57
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 12–17, 17–13, 20–17
Pts: Berry (22)
Rebs: Berry (10)
Asts: Istanbulluoglu (4)		 Pts: Aarnisalo (17)
Rebs: Harris (8)
Asts: Aarnisalo (5)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Attendance: 6,604
Referees: Joseph Vaszily
Tiffany Bird
Tiara Cruse

Final

ESPN
March 8
1:00 p.m. EDT
(1) Duke 70, (2) Louisville 65 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 14−21, 16−11, 16−17, 14−11, Overtime: 10−5
Pts: Thomas, Mair (19)
Rebs: Mair (12)
Asts: Jackson (6)		 Pts: Randolph (17)
Rebs: Randolph (11)
Asts: Randolph (6)
Gas South Arena
Duluth, GA
Attendance: 6,592
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Karen Preato
Katie Lukanich

Awards and honors

2026 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[7]
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

MVP in bold

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sites and Dates Announced for 2025-26 ACC Championships". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. July 2, 2025. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  2. ^ "ACC moving women's tourney to Atlanta area in 2026". ESPN. Associated Press. April 3, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  3. ^ "Duke rallies Louisville 70-65 in OT to win ACC tournament". ESPN. March 8, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  4. ^ Cobb, David (February 14, 2024). "ACC Tournament won't include all teams starting next season; will stay with 20-game conference schedule". CBS Sports. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  5. ^ "Bracket Set for 2026 Ally ACC Women's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 1, 2026. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
  6. ^ "2026 Ally ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 1, 2026. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
  7. ^ @accwbb (March 8, 2026). "Congratulations to the 2026 All-Tournament Team!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 8, 2026 – via X (formerly Twitter).
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