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2022 ACC women's basketball tournament

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2022 ACC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams15
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsNC State (7th title)
Winning coachWes Moore (3rd title)
MVPElissa Cunane (NC State)
Attendance32,125
TelevisionESPN, ACC Network, ACCRSN
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2023 →
2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 NC State 17 1   .944 32 4   .889
No. 4 Louisville 16 2   .889 29 5   .853
No. 17 North Carolina 13 5   .722 25 7   .781
No. 21 Notre Dame 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
Georgia Tech 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Boston College 10 8   .556 21 12   .636
Miami (FL) 10 8   .556 21 13   .618
Florida State 10 8   .556 17 14   .548
Duke 7 11   .389 17 13   .567
Wake Forest 4 14   .222 16 17   .485
Syracuse 4 14   .222 11 18   .379
Clemson 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
Pittsburgh 2 16   .111 11 19   .367
Virginia 2 16   .111 5 22   .185
2022 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022 ACC women's basketball tournament concluded the 2021–22 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and was held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina from March 2–6, 2022.[1] This is the 22nd time in 23 years that the tournament has been held in Greensboro. The NC State Wolfpack claimed the title of ACC Champion and an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament for the third year in a row.

Seeds

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All 15 ACC teams are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] The top four seeds will receive double byes, while seeds 5 through 9 will receive single byes. NC State finished as regular season champions and received the first seed after their final day victory over Virginia Tech.[3]

Seed School Conference
Record
Tiebreaker
1 NC State‡† 17–1
2 Louisville 16–2
3 Notre Dame 13–5 1–0 vs. North Carolina, 1–0 vs. Virginia Tech
4 North Carolina 13–5 0–1 vs. Notre Dame, 1–1 vs. Virginia Tech
0–2 vs. NC State, 1–0 vs. Louisville
5 Virginia Tech# 13–5 0–1 vs. Notre Dame, 1–1 vs. North Carolina
0–2 vs. NC State, 0–1 vs. Louisville
6 Georgia Tech# 11–7
7 Miami# 10–8 0–1 vs. Boston College, 2–0 vs. Florida State
8 Boston College# 10–8 1–0 vs. Miami, 0–1 vs. Florida State
9 Florida State# 10–8 0–2 vs. Miami, 1–0 vs. Boston College
10 Duke 7–11
11 Wake Forest 4–14 1–0 vs. Syracuse
12 Syracuse 4–14 0–1 vs. Wake Forest
13 Clemson 3–13
14 Virginia 2–16 1–0 vs. Pittsburgh
15 Pittsburgh 2–16 0–1 vs. Virginia
‡ – ACC regular season champions.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

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Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 2
Opening
day
1 1:00 p.m. No. 12 Syracuse vs No. 13 Clemson 69–88 ACCRSN 3,619
2 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Duke vs No. 15 Pittsburgh 55–52
3 6:30 p.m. No. 11 Wake Forest vs No. 14 Virginia 61–53
Second round – Thursday, March 3
1 4 11:00 a.m. No. 5 Virginia Tech vs No. 13 Clemson 82–60 ACCRSN 5,648
5 2:00 p.m. No. 8 Boston College vs No. 9 Florida State 58–63
2 6 6:00 p.m. No. 7 Miami vs No. 10 Duke 61–55
7 8:00 p.m. No. 6 Georgia Tech vs No. 11 Wake Forest 45–40
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
3 8 11:00 a.m. No. 4 North Carolina vs No. 5 Virginia Tech 80–87 (OT) ACCRSN 5,682
9 2:00 p.m. No. 1 NC State vs No. 9 Florida State 84–54
4 10 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Louisville vs No. 7 Miami 59–61
11 8:00 p.m. No. 3 Notre Dame vs No. 6 Georgia Tech 71–53
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
5 12 Noon No. 1 NC State vs No. 5 Virginia Tech 70–55 ACCN 7,923
13 2:30 p.m. No. 3 Notre Dame vs No. 7 Miami 54–57
Championship – Sunday, March 6
6 14 Noon No. 1 NC State vs No. 7 Miami 60–47 ESPN 9,253
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

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Source:[4]

First round
Wednesday, March 2
Second round
Thursday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
Championship
Sunday, March 6
1NC State84
8Boston College589Florida State54
9Florida State631NC State70
5Virginia Tech55
4North Carolina80
5Virginia Tech825Virginia Tech87*
12Syracuse6913Clemson601NC State60
13Clemson887Miami47
2Louisville59
7Miami617Miami61
10Duke5510Duke557Miami57
15Pittsburgh523Notre Dame54
3Notre Dame71
6Georgia Tech456Georgia Tech53
11Wake Forest6111Wake Forest40
14Virginia53

* – Denotes overtime period

Game summaries

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First round

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March 2
1:00 p.m. EST
No. 12 Syracuse 69, No. 13 Clemson 88
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 16–17, 19–20, 18–30
Pts: Hyman (25)
Rebs: Styles (8)
Asts: Hyman (8)
Pts: Washington (33)
Rebs: Washington (11)
Asts: Bradford (7)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 3,619
Referees: Tiara Cruse
Karen Preato
Joe Vaszily
ACCRSN
March 2
3:30 p.m. EST
No. 10 Duke 55, No. 15 Pittsburgh 52
Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 13–11, 17–9, 16–12
Pts: Day-Wilson (22)
Rebs: Volker (8)
Asts: Day-Wilson (5)
Pts: King (13)
Rebs: King (9)
Asts: Harris (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 3,619
Referees: Katie Lukanich
Bruce Morris
Eric Brewton
ACCRSN
March 2
6:30 p.m. EST
No. 11 Wake Forest 61, No. 14 Virginia 53
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 12–18, 18–16, 19–8
Pts: Spear (23)
Rebs: Morra (10)
Asts: Summiel (4)
Pts: Clarkson/McLean (11)
Rebs: McLean (9)
Asts: Dale (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 3,619
Referees: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Billy Smith
Mai Forsberg

Second round

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ACCRSN
March 3
11:00 a.m. EST
No. 5 Virginia Tech 82, No. 13 Clemson 60
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 28–15, 16–20, 13–10
Pts: Sheppard (20)
Rebs: Kitley (10)
Asts: Amoore (5)
Pts: Washington (19)
Rebs: Gaines/Hank (5)
Asts: Bradford (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 5,648
Referees: Katie Lukanich
Jeff Smith
Carla Fountain
ACCRSN
March 3
2:00 p.m. EST
No. 8 Boston College 58, No. 9 Florida State 63
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 12–14, 15–20, 22–14
Pts: Soule (16)
Rebs: Gakdeng (6)
Asts: Garraud (4)
Pts: Howard (16)
Rebs: Howard/Jones/Myers (5)
Asts: Gordon (6)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 5,648
Referees: Talisa Green
Rod Creech
Maj Forsberg
ACCRSN
March 3
6:00 p.m. EST
No. 7 Miami 61, No. 10 Duke 55
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 14–9, 12–9, 22–15
Pts: Harden/Pendande (11)
Rebs: Harden (9)
Asts: Marshall (4)
Pts: Taylor (19)
Rebs: Akinbode-James (9)
Asts: Day-Wilson (7)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 5,648
Referees: Joe Vaszily
Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Mark Resch
ACCRSN
March 3
8:00 p.m. EST
No. 6 Georgia Tech 45, No. 11 Wake Forest 40
Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 4–7, 9–12, 16–15
Pts: Love (16)
Rebs: Strautmane (8)
Asts: Lahtinen (5)
Pts: Spear (11)
Rebs: Summiel (11)
Asts: Spear (2)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 5,648

Quarterfinals

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ACCRSN
March 4
11:00 a.m. EST
No. 4 North Carolina 80, No. 5 Virginia Tech 87 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 16–16, 11–19, 19–21, Overtime: 11–18
Pts: Kelly/Utsby (18)
Rebs: Poole (10)
Asts: Kelly (6)
Pts: Amoore/Sheppard (22)
Rebs: Gregg (8)
Asts: Amoore (6)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 5,682
Referees: Carla Fountain
Eric Brewton
Maj Forsberg
ACCRSN
March 4
2:00 p.m. EST
No. 1 NC State 84, No. 9 Florida State 54
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 14–8, 24–14, 24–17
Pts: Brown-Turner/Cunane (15)
Rebs: Brown-Turner/Cunane (6)
Asts: Brown-Turner (6)
Pts: Bejedi (21)
Rebs: Puisis (5)
Asts: Gordon/Weber (2)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 5,682
Referees: Fatou Cissoko-Stephens
Joe Vaszily
Dee Kantner
ACCRSN
March 4
6:00 p.m. EST
No. 2 Louisville 59, No. 7 Miami 61
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 13—13, 21—12, 7—23
Pts: Hall (13)
Rebs: Engstler (9)
Asts: Robinson (3)
Pts: Harden (27)
Rebs: Harden (10)
Asts: Erjavec (7)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 5,682
Referees: Rod Creech
Mark Resch
Pualani Spurlock-Welsh
ACCRSN
March 4
8:00 p.m. EST
No. 3 Notre Dame 71, No. 6 Georgia Tech 53
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 21–14, 20–18, 17–10
Pts: Miles/Westbeld (17)
Rebs: Westbeld (8)
Asts: Miles (13)
Pts: Strautmane (12)
Rebs: Cubaj (11)
Asts: Cubaj/Love (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 5,682
Referees: Denise Brooks
Jeff Smith
Talisa Green

Semifinals

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March 5
Noon EST
No. 1 NC State 70, No. 5 Virginia Tech 55
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 14–14, 23–17, 16–11
Pts: Cunane (20)
Rebs: Cunane (13)
Asts: Brown-Turner (6)
Pts: Traylor (18)
Rebs: Gregg (6)
Asts: Amoore (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 7,923
Referees: Denise Brooks
Karen Preato
Pualani Spurlock-Welsh
ACCN
March 5
2:30 p.m. EST
No. 3 Notre Dame 54, No. 7 Miami 57
Scoring by quarter: 4–12, 22–14, 14–20, 14–11
Pts: Westbeld (14)
Rebs: Wesbeld (9)
Asts: Miles (5)
Pts: Marshall (18)
Rebs: Harden (7)
Asts: Williams (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 7,923
Referees: Dee Kantner
Carla Fountain
Tiara Cruse

Final

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March 6
Noon EST
No. 1 NC State 60, No. 7 Miami 47
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 18–11, 19–10, 9–14
Pts: Cunane (17)
Rebs: Jones (10)
Asts: Johnson (3)
Pts: Marshall (24)
Rebs: Williams (7)
Asts: Marshall (2)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 9,253
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Joe Vaszily
Billy Smith

All-Tournament Teams

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2022 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[5]
First Team Second Team
Elissa Cunane – NC State (MVP)

Jada Boyd – NC State

Destiny Harden – Miami

Kelsey Marshall – Miami

Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech

Delicia Washington – Clemson

Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State

Olivia Miles – Notre Dame

Kayana Traylor – Virginia Tech

Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Five ACC Teams Ranked in Associated Press Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 19, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Tiebreaker and Seedings Procedure". TheACC.com. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Bracket Set for 2022 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 ACC women's basketball tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. ^ @accwbb (March 6, 2022). "#ACCWBB🏀 All-Tourney Team!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Twitter.