ACC Women's Basketball Tournament

ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
2009 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament logo
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Number of teams	12
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Greensboro Coliseum
Current location	Greensboro, North Carolina
Played	1978–present
Current champion	Maryland
Most championships	Maryland (10)
TV partner(s)	CSN, FS Florida, FS South, NESN
Official website	theACC.com

The ACC Women's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1978, several years before the first NCAA championships for women. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

Championship game results

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Result	Site	Attendance
February 11, 1978	#2 Maryland	#1 NC State	89–82	Charlottesville, Virginia	1,500
February 10, 1979	#1 Maryland	#2 NC State	75–73	Raleigh, North Carolina	3,500
February 10, 1980	#1 NC State	#2 Maryland	85–75	College Park, Maryland	N/A
February 14, 1981	#3 Maryland	#4 NC State	64–63	Clemson, South Carolina	300
February 28, 1982	#3 Maryland	#4 Clemson	93–81	Raleigh, North Carolina	500
March 6, 1983	#3 Maryland	#1 NC State	84–81	Fayetteville, North Carolina	2,134
March 4, 1984	#5 North Carolina	#3 NC State	99–76	Fayetteville, North Carolina	3,733
March 3, 1985	#1 NC State	#2 North Carolina	81–80	Fayetteville, North Carolina	3,907
March 3, 1986	#5 Maryland	#2 North Carolina	92–74	Fayetteville, North Carolina	2,632
March 2, 1987	#2 NC State	#1 Virginia	57–56	Fayetteville, North Carolina	2,987
March 7, 1988	#2 Maryland	#1 Virginia	76–70	Fayetteville, North Carolina	1,223
March 6, 1989	#1 Maryland	#2 NC State	73–57	Fayetteville, North Carolina	2,975
March 5, 1990	#2 Virginia	#1 NC State	67–64 OT	Fayetteville, North Carolina	2,765
March 4, 1991	#3 NC State	#4 Clemson	84–61	Fayetteville, North Carolina	4,102
March 9, 1992	#1 Virginia	#7 Georgia Tech	70–69	Rock Hill, South Carolina	4,154
March 8, 1993	#1 Virginia	#2 Maryland	106–103 3OT	Rock Hill, South Carolina	3,716
March 7, 1994	#2 North Carolina	#1 Virginia	77–60	Rock Hill, South Carolina	4,386
March 5, 1995	#2 North Carolina	#4 Duke	95–70	Rock Hill, South Carolina	5,724
March 3, 1996	#4 Clemson	#2 Duke	71–54	Rock Hill, South Carolina	5,067
March 2, 1997	#1 North Carolina	#6 Clemson	62–58	Charlotte, North Carolina	5,543
March 1, 1998	#4 North Carolina	#2 Clemson	81–50	Charlotte, North Carolina	5,534
March 1, 1999	#4 Clemson	#3 North Carolina	87–72	Charlotte, North Carolina	6,021
March 6, 2000	#2 Duke	#5 North Carolina	79–76	Greensboro, North Carolina	8,090
March 5, 2001	#1 Duke	#3 NC State	57–45	Greensboro, North Carolina	8,933
March 4, 2002	#1 Duke	#2 North Carolina	87–80	Greensboro, North Carolina	9,204
March 10, 2003	#1 Duke	#2 North Carolina	77–59	Greensboro, North Carolina	11,127
March 8, 2004	#1 Duke	#2 North Carolina	63–47	Greensboro, North Carolina	11,466
March 7, 2005	#1 North Carolina	#2 Duke	88–67	Greensboro, North Carolina	11,578 *
March 5, 2006	#1 North Carolina	#3 Maryland	91–80	Greensboro, North Carolina	10,746
March 4, 2007	#2 North Carolina	#4 NC State	60–54	Greensboro, North Carolina	11,538
March 9, 2008	#1 North Carolina	#3 Duke	86–73	Greensboro, North Carolina	11,132
March 8, 2009	#1 Maryland	#3 Duke	92–89 OT	Greensboro, North Carolina	9,943
March 7, 2010	#1 Duke	#6 NC State	70–60	Greensboro, North Carolina	9,432
March 6, 2011	#1 Duke	#6 North Carolina	81–67	Greensboro, North Carolina	9,890
March 4, 2012	#3 Maryland	#4 Georgia Tech	68–65	Greensboro, North Carolina	9,122

* record attendance.

Tournament Most Valuable Players

Year	Player	School
1978	Tara Heiss	Maryland
1979	Kris Kirchner	Maryland
1980	Genia Beasley	NC State
1981	Barbara Kennedy	Clemson
1982	Marcia Richardson	Maryland
	Barbara Kennedy	Clemson
1983	Linda Page	NC State
	Jasmina Perazic	Maryland
1984	Tresa Brown	North Carolina
1985	Dawn Royster	North Carolina
1986	Deanna Tate	Maryland
1987	Donna Holt	Virginia
1988	Deanna Tate	Maryland
1989	Vicky Bullett	Maryland
1990	Andrea Stinson	NC State
1991	Sharon Manning	NC State
1992	Dawn Staley	Virginia
1993	Heather Burge	Virginia
1994	Charlotte Smith	North Carolina
1995	Charlotte Smith	North Carolina
1996	Laura Cottrell	Clemson
1997	Marion Jones	North Carolina
1998	Tracy Reid	North Carolina
1999	Itoro Umoh	Clemson
2000	Nikki Teasley	North Carolina
2001	Georgia Schweitzer	Duke
2002	Monique Currie	Duke
2003	Iciss Tillis	Duke
2004	Iciss Tillis	Duke
2005	Ivory Latta	North Carolina
2006	Ivory Latta	North Carolina
2007	Ivory Latta	North Carolina
2008	Erlana Larkins	North Carolina
2009	Marissa Coleman	Maryland
2010	Jasmine Thomas	Duke
2011	Jasmine Thomas	Duke
2012	Alyssa Thomas	Maryland

Performance by school

School	Winner	Runner-up	First tournament
Maryland	1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012 (10)	1980, 1993, 2006 (3)	1978
North Carolina	1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (9)	1985, 1986, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011 (8)	1978
Duke	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011 (7)	1995, 1996, 2005, 2008, 2009 (5)	1978
NC State	1980, 1985, 1987, 1991 (4)	1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2010 (11)	1978
Virginia	1990, 1992, 1993 (3)	1987, 1988, 1994 (3)	1978
Clemson	1996, 1999 (2)	1982, 1991, 1997, 1998 (4)	1978
Georgia Tech		1992, 2012 (2)	1980
Wake Forest			1978
Florida State			1992
Miami			2005
Virginia Tech			2005
Boston College			2006

Wake Forest reached the semifinals in 1986, 1988, and 2012; Florida State reached the semifinals in 2001 and 2009; Virginia Tech reached the quarterfinals in 2006 and 2007; Boston College reached the semifinals in 2010; Miami reached the semifinals in 2011.

Tournament sites

Years	Arena	Location
1978 (1)	University Hall	Charlottesville, Virginia
1979, 1982 (2)	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh, North Carolina
1980 (1)	Cole Field House	College Park, Maryland
1981 (1)	Littlejohn Coliseum	Clemson, South Carolina
1983–1991 (9)	Civic Center	Fayetteville, North Carolina
1992–1996 (5)	Winthrop Coliseum	Rock Hill, South Carolina
1997–1999 (3)	Independence Arena	Charlotte, North Carolina
2000— (13*)	Greensboro Coliseum	Greensboro, North Carolina

The tournament will be played in Greensboro, North Carolina from 2009 to 2015 unless the ACC uses its one-year option to move during that period. If the option is used, the tournament will return to Greensboro for 2016. * as of 2012.

References

• Hawes, Kay (March 18, 2002). "ACC women's basketball tournament enjoys silver glow". National Collegiate Athletic Association. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=8611. Retrieved January 10, 2009. 
• Rogers, Lindsey (2007). "2007-08 ACC Women's Basketball Media Guide". Atlantic Coast Conference. http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/0708accwbkguide.html. Retrieved January 10, 2009. 
• Sumner, Jim (March 8, 2008). "Looking Back... The First ACC Women's Basketball Tournament 30 Years Ago". Atlantic Coast Conference. http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/030808aaa.html. Retrieved January 10, 2009. 
• "ACC Announces Future Sites & Dates for Men's & Women's Basketball & Baseball Tournaments". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 17, 2006. http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051706aaa.html. Retrieved January 10, 2009.