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 March 1 to 5 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
Season2016–17
Teams15
SiteHTC Center
Conway, South Carolina
ChampionsNotre Dame (4th title)
Winning coachMuffet McGraw (4th title)
MVPLindsay Allen (Notre Dame)
Attendance30,117
TelevisionESPN, ESPNU, ACCRSN
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2018 →
2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame 15 1   .938 33 4   .892
No. 9 Duke 13 3   .813 28 6   .824
No. 10 Florida State 13 3   .813 28 7   .800
No. 13 Louisville 12 4   .750 29 8   .784
No. 17 NC State 12 4   .750 23 9   .719
No. 21 Syracuse 11 5   .688 22 11   .667
No. 16 Miami (FL) 10 6   .625 24 9   .727
Virginia 7 9   .438 20 13   .606
Wake Forest 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Georgia Tech 5 11   .313 22 14   .611
Virginia Tech 4 12   .250 20 14   .588
Pittsburgh 4 12   .250 13 17   .433
Clemson 3 13   .188 15 16   .484
North Carolina 3 13   .188 15 16   .484
Boston College 2 14   .125 9 21   .300
2017 ACC tournament winner
As of March 29, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Seeding

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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

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Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 1
1 1 1:00 pm #13 Clemson vs #12 Virginia Tech ACCRSN 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 ACCRSN 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 1:00 pm #1 Notre Dame vs #3 Duke ESPN2 3,600
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 1
ACCRSN
Second round
Thursday, March 2
ACCRSN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
ACCRSN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPNU
Championship game
Sunday, March 5
ESPN2
1Notre Dame76
8Virginia618Virginia59
9Wake Forest441Notre Dame84
5Louisville73
4NC State58
5Louisville685Louisville59
12Virginia Tech6613Clemson461Notre Dame84
13Clemson673Duke61
2Florida State54
7Miami877Miami56
10Georgia Tech7110Georgia Tech717Miami52
15Boston College673Duke57
3Duke68
6Syracuse836Syracuse46
11Pittsburgh6014North Carolina64
14North Carolina72

Awards and honors

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See also

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References

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