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2023–24 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 6, 2023 – March 3, 2024
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, The CW
WNBA Draft
2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
ACC Tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball seasons
2023–24 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18 Virginia Tech 14 4   .778 25 8   .758
No. 4 NC State 13 5   .722 31 7   .816
No. 20 Syracuse 13 5   .722 24 8   .750
No. 11 Notre Dame 13 5   .722 28 7   .800
Louisville 12 6   .667 24 10   .706
Florida State 12 6   .667 23 11   .676
No. 17 Duke 11 7   .611 22 12   .647
North Carolina 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Miami (FL) 8 10   .444 19 12   .613
Georgia Tech 7 11   .389 17 16   .515
Virginia 7 11   .389 16 16   .500
Clemson 5 13   .278 12 19   .387
Boston College 5 13   .278 14 19   .424
Wake Forest 2 16   .111 7 25   .219
Pittsburgh 2 16   .111 8 24   .250
2024 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in December 2023 and will conclude on March 3, 2024. After the regular season, the 2024 ACC women's basketball tournament will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC for the 24th time in 25 years.[1]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

  • On March 3, 2023, just after the regular season Pittsburgh fired Lance White after five years as head coach.[2] On April 7, 2023, Pittsburgh announced that Tory Verdi had been hired from UMass to become the next head coach of the team.[3]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Joanna Bernabei-McNamee Albany 6 78–69 31–52 0 0 0 0
Clemson Amanda Butler Florida 6 69–87 27–60 0 1 0 0
Duke Kara Lawson Boston Celtics (Assistant) 4 46–21 16–16 0 1 0 0
Florida State Brooke Wyckoff Florida State (Assistant) 3 33–19 21–13 0 2 0 0
Georgia Tech Nell Fortner Auburn 5 71–48 37–35 0 2 0 0
Louisville Jeff Walz Maryland (Assistant) 17 440–125 202–62 1 8 4 0
Miami Katie Meier Charlotte 19 346–224 147–139 1 10 0 0
NC State Wes Moore Chattanooga 11 242–80 116–49 3 7 0 0
North Carolina Courtney Banghart Princeton 5 76–43 39–32 0 3 0 0
Notre Dame Niele Ivey Memphis Grizzlies (Assistant) 4 61–25 36–15 0 2 0 0
Pittsburgh Tory Verdi UMass 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Felisha Legette-Jack Buffalo 2 20–13 9–9 0 0 0 0
Virginia Amaka Agugua-Hamilton Missouri State 2 15–15 4–14 0 0 0 0
Virginia Tech Kenny Brooks James Madison 8 155–74 65–56 1 3 1 0
Wake Forest Megan Gebbia American 2 17–17 5–13 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2023–24 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Preseason watch lists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Lieberman[4] Drysdale[5] Miller[6] McClain[7] Leslie[8] Naismith[9]
Deja Kelly – North Carolina
Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
Dyaisha Fair – Syracuse
Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech
Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State
Sonia Citron – Notre Dame
Kiki Jefferson – Louisville
Alyssa Ustby – North Carolina
Olivia Cochran – Louisville
Mimi Collins – NC State
Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame
Sam Brunelle – Virginia
Kennedy Brown – Duke
Maria Gakdeng – North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech
Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech
Sonia Citron – Notre Dame
Olivia Cochran – Louisville
Jayda Curry – Louisville
Dyaisha Fair – Syracuse
Deja Kelly – North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech
Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State
Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
Saniya Rivers – NC State
Alyssa Ustby – North Carolina

ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off

The Preseason Media Poll and Preseason All-ACC teams was released after a tipoff event held at Hilton Hotel in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina on October 24, 2023. At the event, two players and each team's head coach will be available to talk to the media. ACC Network provided coverage of the event for television.[10] The poll was released on October 26, 2023, and the results of the poll are below.[11]

ACC Preseason poll

  1. Virginia Tech – 1,116 (45)
  2. Notre Dame – 1,052 (14)
  3. North Carolina – 973 (1)
  4. Louisville – 867 (1)
  5. Florida State – 855
  6. Miami – 702
  7. Duke – 686
  8. NC State – 652
  9. Syracuse – 504
  10. Virginia – 438
  11. Clemson – 395
  12. Georgia Tech – 342
  13. Boston College – 226
  14. Wake Forest – 192
  15. Pittsburgh – 120

First-place votes shown in parentheses.

Preseason All-ACC Team

Position Player Class School
C Elizabeth Kitley (46) Graduate Student Virginia Tech
G Ta'Niya Latson (4) Sophomore Florida State
Georgia Amoore (2) Senior Virginia Tech
Olivia Miles (3) Junior Notre Dame
Deja Kelly (1) Senior North Carolina
Sonia Citron (1) Junior Notre Dame
Dyaisha Fair (1) Senior Syracuse
G/F Alyssa Ustby Senior North Carolina
F Makayla Timpson Junior Florida State
Olivia Cochran (1) Senior Louisville

ACC Preseason Player of the Year shown in Bold.
First-place votes shown in parentheses.
Maddy Westbeld (Notre Dame) and Amari Robinson (Clemson) each received a first place vote but were not selected to the All-ACC Team.

Newcomer Watchlist

Position Player School
G Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame
Kiki Jefferson Louisville
Jayda Curry
Lexi Donarski North Carolina
G/F Jadyan Donovan Duke

Regular season

Records against other conferences

2023–24 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only. Statistics through games played on December 28, 2023.

Power 7 Conferences Record
American 5–2
Big East 4–6
Big Ten 5–5
Big 12 5–5
Pac-12 2–3
SEC 12–14
Power 7 Conferences Total 33–35
Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record
America East 6–0
A-10 8–4
ASUN 5–1
Big Sky 0–0
Big South 8–0
Big West 0–0
CAA 10–1
C-USA 2–0
Division 1 Independents 1–0
Horizon 1–0
Ivy League 3–1
MAAC 2–0
MAC 5–2
MEAC 5–1
MVC 2–0
Mountain West 2–0
NEC 6–0
OVC 1–0
Patriot League 6–0
SoCon 9–1
Southland 1–0
SWAC 5–0
Summit League 0–0
Sun Belt 6–2
WAC 0–0
WCC 1–0
Other Division I Total 95–13
NCAA Division I Total 128–48

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
November 6 No. 10 Notre Dame No. 6 South Carolina Halle Georges CarpentierParis, France Aflac Oui-Play L 71–100 0–1
November 9 No. 11 Tennessee No. 18 Florida State Donald L. Tucker CenterTallahassee, FL W 92–91 1–1
November 9 No. 3 Iowa No. 8 Virginia Tech Spectrum CenterCharlotte, NC L 76–80 1–2
November 12 No. 2 Connecticut NC State Reynolds ColiseumRaleigh, NC W 92–81 2–2
November 16 Clemson No. 1 South Carolina Colonial Life ArenaColumbia, SC Rivalry L 40–109 2–3
November 16 Boston College No. 13 Ohio State Value City ArenaColumbus, OH L 66–88 2–4
November 19 Syracuse No. 20 Maryland Xfinity CenterCollege Park, MD L 81–83 2–5
November 19 No. 25 Oklahoma Virginia John Paul Jones ArenaCharlottesville, VA L 67–82 2–6
November 19 Duke No. 6 Stanford Maples PavilionStanford, CA L 79–82 OT 2–7
November 24 Clemson No. 25 Mississippi State Merrell CenterKaty, TX Van Chancellor Classic L 78–81 2–8
November 24 Florida State No. 4 Stanford† Dollar Loan CenterHenderson, NV Ball Dawgs Classic L 88–100 2–9
November 25 No. 10 NC State No. 3 Colorado Sports and Fitness CenterSt. Thomas, USVI Paradise Jam W 78–60 3–9
November 25 No. 18 North Carolina No. 16 Kansas State Hertz ArenaEstero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase L 56–63 3–10
November 25 Virginia No. 7 LSU John Gray GymnasiumGeorge Town, Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Classic L 73–76 3–11
November 29 No. 18 Notre Dame No. 20 Tennessee Thompson–Boling ArenaKnoxville, TN ACC–SEC Challenge W 74–69 4–11
November 29 Miami No. 21 Mississippi State Humphrey ColiseumStarkville, MS ACC–SEC Challenge W 74–68 5–11
November 29 No. 22 Louisville No. 19 Ole Miss SJB PavilionOxford, MS ACC–SEC Challenge W 64–58 6–11
November 30 No. 1 South Carolina No. 24 North Carolina Carmichael ArenaChapel Hill, NC ACC–SEC Challenge L 58–65 6–12
November 30 No. 9 Virginia Tech No. 7 LSU Pete Maravich Assembly CenterBaton Rouge, LA ACC–SEC Challenge L 64–82 6–13
December 3 No. 1 South Carolina Duke Cameron Indoor StadiumDurham, NC L 61–77 6–14
December 10 No. 20 Florida State No. 2 UCLA Mohegan Sun ArenaUncasville, CT Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase L 78–95 6–15
December 10 No. 24 North Carolina No. 17 Connecticut† Mohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, CT Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase L 64–76 6–16
December 16 No. 18 Louisville No. 17 Connecticut XL CenterHartford, CT L 62–82 6–17
December 16 No. 24 Miami No. 10 Baylor Frost Bank CenterSan Antonio, TX Hall of Fame Series L 57–75 6–18
December 20 No. 23 Washington No. 19 Louisville KFC Yum! CenterLouisville, KY W 59–51 7–18

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Rankings

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Boston College AP
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Clemson AP
C
Duke AP RV RV RV
C 19 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV
Florida State AP 18 12 13 15 20 22 21т 22 22 21
C 22 13 13 15 20 22 22 22 22 20
Georgia Tech AP
C
Louisville AP 17 19 20 22 18 18 19 19 17 15
C 15 15 15 19 18 17 19 19 16 15
Miami AP RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV
C 25 RV RV RV RV 23 24 23 RV RV
North Carolina AP 16 17 18 24 24 25 24 24 RV 20
C 17 16 17 24 24 25 25 RV RV 22
NC State AP RV 14 10т 5 3 3 3 3 3 6
C RV 18 16 10 5 4 4 4 4 9
Notre Dame AP 10 16 17 18 14 14 14 13 16 18
C 10 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 17 19
Pittsburgh AP
C
Syracuse AP RV RV 25 RV
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Virginia AP
C
Virginia Tech AP 8 9 9 9 15 16 15 14 13 11
C 5 9 9 9 13 14 14 14 11 11
Wake Forest AP
C

Note: The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.

Conference Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.[12]

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College 0–0 80–75 0–0 0–0 0–0 64–70 0–0 0–0 98–48 0–0 71–64 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Clemson 0–0 64–80 78–72 70–62 0–0 0–0 82–76 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Duke 75–80 80–64 0–0 0–0 61–44 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 56–60 0–0 0–0
vs. Florida State 0–0 72–78 0–0 80–95 0–0 0–0 62–70 88–80 (OT) 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 61–73
vs. Georgia Tech 0–0 62–70 0–0 95–80 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 58–68 0–0 60–63 0–0 0–0
vs. Louisville 0–0 0–0 44–61 0–0 0–0 72–77 0–0 0–0 0–0 44–74 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Miami 70–64 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 77–72 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 76–52 47–77
vs. North Carolina 0–0 76–82 0–0 70–62 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 57–61 0–0 51–75 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. NC State 0–0 0–0 0–0 80–88 (OT) 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 61–72
66–93
63–62 0–0
vs. Notre Dame 48–98 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 61–57 0–0 66–71 86–81 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Pittsburgh 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 68–58 74–44 0–0 0–0 0–0 71–66 0–0 0–0 91–41 0–0
vs. Syracuse 64–71 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 75–51 0–0 81–86 0–0 0–0 0–0 56–77
vs. Virginia 0–0 0–0 60–56 0–0 63–60 0–0 0–0 0–0 72–61
93–66
0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Virginia Tech 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 52–76 0–0 62–63 0–0 41–91 0–0 0–0 73–82
vs. Wake Forest 0–0 0–0 0–0 73–61 0–0 0–0 77–47 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 77–56 0–0 82–73
Total 1–3 1–3 2–2 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 2–2 0–4 3–1 0–4 4–0 0–4

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named a Player(s) of the week and a Rookie(s) of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
Week 1 – November 13 Saniya Rivers – NC State Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame [13]
Week 2 – November 20 Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame Hannah Hidalgo (2) – Notre Dame [14]
Week 3 – November 27 Elizabeth KitleyVirginia Tech Hannah Hidalgo (3) – Notre Dame [15]
Week 4 – December 4 Liatu King – Pittsburgh Alyssa Latham – Syracuse [16]
Week 5 – December 11 Kara Dunn – Georgia Tech Zoe Brooks – NC State [17]
Week 6 – December 18 Amari Robinson – Clemson Hannah Hidalgo (4) – Notre Dame [18]
Week 7 – December 26 Hannah Hidalgo (2) – Notre Dame Hannah Hidalgo (5) – Notre Dame [19]
Week 8 – January 2 Ta'Niya LatsonFlorida State Hannah Hidalgo (6) – Notre Dame [20]
Week 9 – January 8 Elizabeth Kitley (2) – Virginia Tech Hannah Hidalgo (7) – Notre Dame [21]
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16

Postseason

ACC Tournament

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
1
8
9
4
5
12
13
2
7
10
15
3
6
11
14

NCAA tournament

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–0 (–)

National Invitation Tournament

Bracket School First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–0 (–)

Honors and awards

Associated Press WCBA USBWA
First Team
Second Team
Third Team

ACC Awards

2023-24 ACC Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Sixth Player of the Year
Most Improved Player
2023-24 ACC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Freshman Team
2023-24 ACC Women's Basketball All-ACC Defensive Team
Player Team

WNBA draft

Player Team Round Pick # Position School

References

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