2025 ACC women's basketball tournament
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| 2025 ACC women's basketball tournament | |
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 2025 ACC Tournament logo | |
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 15 |
| Site | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Champions | Duke (9th title) |
| Winning coach | Kara Lawson (1st title) |
| MVP | Oluchi Okananwa (Duke) |
| Attendance | 70,204 |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ACCN[1] |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 NC State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Notre Dame | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Duke † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Florida State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 North Carolina | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 ACC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held at the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 5 to 9, 2025.[2] It was the 25th time in 26 years that the tournament was held in Greensboro. The tournament was sponsored by Ally Financial.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were the defending tournament champions.[3] Notre Dame was the second overall seed after finishing tied for first place in the regular season rankings. However, they could not defend their title, losing to Duke in the Semifinals. Duke would go on to win the tournament over NC State 76–62.[4] This was the second year in a row that NC State was defeated in the final. This was Duke's ninth overall ACC tournament title, and the first for head coach Kara Lawson.[5] As tournament champions, Duke received the ACC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Fifteen of the eighteen ACC women's basketball teams will participate in the tournament.[6] 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 2, after the final regular season conference games.[7]
| Seed | School | Conference
Record |
Tiebreakers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NC State‡† | 16–2 | 1–0 vs. Notre Dame | ||
| 2 | Notre Dame‡† | 16–2 | 0–1 vs. NC State | ||
| 3 | Duke† | 14–4 | |||
| 4 | Florida State† | 13–5 | 1–1 vs. Louisville & North Carolina 1–1 vs. NC State & Notre Dame 1–0 vs. North Carolina | ||
| 5 | North Carolina | 13–5 | 1–1 vs. Florida State & Louisville 1–1 vs. NC State & Notre Dame 0–1 vs. Florida State | ||
| 6 | Louisville | 13–5 | 1–1 vs. Florida State & North Carolina 0–3 vs. NC State & Notre Dame | ||
| 7 | California | 12–6 | |||
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 9–9 | 1–0 vs. Georgia Tech | ||
| 9 | Georgia Tech | 9–9 | 0–1 vs. Virginia Tech | ||
| 10 | Virginia | 8–10 | 1–0 vs. Stanford | ||
| 11 | Stanford | 8–10 | 0–1 vs. Virginia | ||
| 12 | Boston College | 6–12 | 2–1 vs. Syracuse & Clemson 0–2 vs. NC State & Notre Dame 0–1 vs. Duke 0–3 vs. Florida State & North Carolina & Louisville 0–1 vs. California 1–1 vs. Virginia Tech & Georgia Tech 1–1 vs. Virginia & Stanford | ||
| 13 | Syracuse | 6–12 | 2–1 vs. Boston College & Clemson 0–2 vs. NC State & Notre Dame 0–1 vs. Duke 0–3 vs. Florida State & North Carolina & Louisville 0–1 vs. California 1–1 vs. Virginia Tech & Georgia Tech 0–2 vs. Virginia & Stanford | ||
| 14 | Clemson | 6–12 | 0–2 vs. Boston College & Syracuse | ||
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 5–13 | |||
| DNQ | Miami | 4–14 | |||
| DNQ | Wake Forest | 2–16 | 1–0 vs. SMU | ||
| DNQ | SMU | 2–16 | 0–1 vs. Wake Forest | ||
| ‡ – ACC regular season champions. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. | |||||
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 5 | ||||||
| Opening day |
1 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 12 Boston College vs. No. 13 Syracuse | 76–73 | ACCN | 6,932 |
| 2 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Virginia vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh | 64–50 | |||
| 3 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 11 Stanford vs. No. 14 Clemson | 46–63 | |||
| Second round – Thursday, March 6 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 5 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Boston College | 78–71 | ACCN | 11,203 |
| 5 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 8 Virginia Tech vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech | 57–72 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 7 California vs. No. 10 Virginia | 75–58 | 5,828 | |
| 7 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 6 Louisville vs. No. 14 Clemson | 70–68OT | |||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7 | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 5 North Carolina | 56–60 | ESPN2 | 16,416 |
| 9 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 1 NC State vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech | 73–72 | ACCN | ||
| 4 | 10 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 California | 73–64 | ESPN2 | 7,108 |
| 11 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 3 Duke vs. No. 6 Louisville | 61–48 | ACCN | ||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 8 | ||||||
| 5 | 12 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 NC State vs. No. 5 North Carolina | 66–55 | ESPN2 | 10,894 |
| 13 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Duke | 56–61 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 9 | ||||||
| 6 | 14 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 1 NC State vs. No. 3 Duke | 62–76 | ESPN | 11,823 |
| Game times in EST through the semifinals and EDT for the championship. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
Bracket
| First round Wednesday, March 5 | Second round Thursday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 | Semifinals Saturday, March 8 | Championship Sunday, March 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 NC State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 57 | 9 | Georgia Tech | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Georgia Tech | 72 | 1 | 7 NC State | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 14 North Carolina | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 22 Florida State | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 14 North Carolina | 78 | 5 | 14 North Carolina | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Boston College | 76 | 12 | Boston College | 71 | 1 | 7 NC State | 62 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Syracuse | 73 | 3 | 11 Duke | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 Notre Dame | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | California | 75 | 7 | California | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Virginia | 64 | 10 | Virginia | 58 | 2 | 6 Notre Dame | 56 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 50 | 3 | 11 Duke | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 11 Duke | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Louisville | 70* | 6 | Louisville | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Stanford | 46 | 14 | Clemson | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Clemson | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source:[8]
* denotes overtime period
Game summaries
First round
March 5 1:00 p.m. |
| No. 12 Boston College 76, No. 13 Syracuse 73 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 14–18, 28–15, 20–13 | ||
| Pts: Waggoner (32) Rebs: Sidberry (17) Asts: Daley (3) |
Pts: Burrows (23) Rebs: Wilson, Wood (5) Asts: Woolley (6) | |
ACCN |
March 5 3:30 p.m. |
| No. 10 Virginia 64, No. 15 Pittsburgh 50 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 12–10, 22–14, 16–14 | ||
| Pts: Johnson (17) Rebs: Lattimore (11) Asts: Johnson (7) |
Pts: Faye (15) Rebs: Faye (11) Asts: Miles (4) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Billy Smith Chuck Gonzalez Ashley Gloss |
ACCN |
March 5 6:30 p.m. |
| No. 11 Stanford 46, No. 14 Clemson 63 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 6–16, 14–21, 16–15 | ||
| Pts: Ogden (13) Rebs: Bosgana (9) Asts: Ogden, Stevenson (2) |
Pts: McQueen (17) Rebs: McQueen, Poole (8) Asts: McQueen (6) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 6,932 Referees: Tiffany Bird Eric Brewton Saif Esho |
Second round
ACCN |
March 6 11:00 a.m. |
| No. 5 North Carolina 78, No. 12 Boston College 71 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 18–16, 18–24, 24–17 | ||
| Pts: Donarski (20) Rebs: Gakdeng (8) Asts: Nivar (5) |
Pts: Greene (18) Rebs: Waggoner (8) Asts: Ivey (5) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Meadow Overstreet Billy Smith Fatou Cissoko-Stephens |
ACCN |
March 6 1:30 p.m. |
| No. 8 Virginia Tech 57, No. 9 Georgia Tech 72 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 19–18, 11–16, 14–24 | ||
| Pts: Micheaux (19) Rebs: Micheaux (6) Asts: Wenzel (4) |
Pts: Morgan (19) Rebs: Blackshear, Carnegie, Dunn (9) Asts: Morgan (5) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 11,203 Referees: Eric Brewton Joseph Vaszily Tiffany Bird |
ACCN |
March 6 5:00 p.m. |
| No. 7 California 75, No. 10 Virginia 58 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 17–12, 21–14, 13–19 | ||
| Pts: Onyiah, Suárez, Twidale (16) Rebs: Onyiah, Suarez (10) Asts: Krimili, Noble, Suárez, Twidale (4) |
Pts: Johnson (18) Rebs: Johnson (8) Asts: Clark (4) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Denise Brooks Rod Creech Saif Esho |
ACCN |
March 6 7:30 p.m. |
| No. 6 Louisville 70, No. 14 Clemson 68 (OT) | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 19–16, 13–18, 17–13, Overtime: 10–8 | ||
| Pts: Roberts, Williams (16) Rebs: Williams (12) Asts: Roberts (3) |
Pts: Kohn (14) Rebs: Moore (6) Asts: McQueen (6) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 5,828 Referees: Pualani Spurlock Chuck Gonzalez Teresa Stuck |
Quarterfinals
March 7 11:00 a.m. |
| No. 4 Florida State 56, No. 5 North Carolina 60 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 19–5, 11–19, 14–14 | ||
| Pts: Timpson (15) Rebs: Timpson (8) Asts: Latson (5) |
Pts: Donarski, Ustby (12) Rebs: Ustby (18) Asts: Ustby (5) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Dee Kantner Angelica Suffren Rod Creech |
ACCN |
March 7 1:30 p.m. |
| No. 1 NC State 73, No. 9 Georgia Tech 72 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–14, 15–15, 20–20 | ||
| Pts: James (16) Rebs: Brooks (9) Asts: Brooks (4) |
Pts: Dunn, Morgan (21) Rebs: Morgan (11) Asts: Morgan (5) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 16,416 Referees: Saif Esho Tiara Cruse Karen Preato |
ESPN2 |
March 7 5:00 p.m. |
| No. 2 Notre Dame 73, No. 7 California 64 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 15–18, 24–22, 18–14 | ||
| Pts: Hidalgo (25) Rebs: King, Westbeld (5) Asts: Miles (6) |
Pts: Twidale (16) Rebs: Suárez (11) Asts: Krimili (4) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Joe Vaszily Fatou Cissoko-Stephens Talisa Green |
ACCN |
March 7 7:30 p.m. |
| No. 3 Duke 61, No. 6 Louisville 48 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 16–7, 14–12, 16–18 | ||
| Pts: Okananwa (13) Rebs: Fournier (8) Asts: Mair (4) |
Pts: Randolph (13) Rebs: Cochran (11) Asts: Williams (3) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 7,108 Referees: Maj Forsberg Katie Lukanich Mark Resch |
Semifinals
ESPN2 |
March 8 12:00 p.m. |
| No. 1 NC State 66, No. 5 North Carolina 55 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–5, 17–21, 21–11, 12–18 | ||
| Pts: James (19) Rebs: James (9) Asts: 5 players (2) |
Pts: Nivar (13) Rebs: Gakdeng (10) Asts: Townsend (4) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Maj Forsberg Katie Lukanich Talisa Green |
ESPN2 |
March 8 2:30 p.m. |
| No. 2 Notre Dame 56, No. 3 Duke 59 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 14–13, 11–18, 14–14 | ||
| Pts: Hidalgo (23) Rebs: Karlen (5) Asts: Hidalgo/Miles (3) |
Pts: Okananwa (14) Rebs: Okananwa/Thomas (7) Asts: Jackson/Okananwa/Richardson (3) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 10,894 Referees: Dee Kantner Angelica Suffren Karen Preato |
Final
ESPN |
March 9 1:00 p.m. |
| No. 1 NC State 62, No. 3 Duke 76 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 17–19, 16–23, 10–24 | ||
| Pts: James (18) Rebs: Trygger (7) Asts: Rivers (4) |
Pts: Jackson/Okananwa (22) Rebs: Okananwa (10) Asts: Okananwa/Richardson (4) | |
First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 11,823 Referees: Tiara Cruse Pualani Spurlock Joe Vaszily |