2015 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament

2015 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 15
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions Notre Dame (2nd title)
Winning coach Muffet McGraw (2nd title)
MVP Jewell Loyd (Notre Dame)
Attendance 106,045
Television ESPN, ESPNU, FSN
ACC Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 Notre Dame† 15 – 1   .938     36 – 3   .923
#7 Florida State 14 – 2   .875     32 – 5   .865
#8 Louisville 12 – 4   .750     27 – 7   .794
#16 Duke 11 – 5   .688     23 – 11   .676
Syracuse 11 – 5   .688     22 – 10   .688
#15 North Carolina 10 – 6   .625     26 – 9   .743
Pittsburgh 9 – 7   .563     20 – 12   .625
Miami (FL) 8 – 8   .500     20 – 13   .606
Virginia 7 – 9   .438     17 – 14   .548
NC State 7 – 9   .438     18 – 15   .545
Georgia Tech 7 – 9   .438     19 – 15   .559
Boston College 5 – 11   .313     13 – 17   .433
Wake Forest 2 – 14   .125     13 – 20   .394
Virginia Tech 1 – 15   .063     12 – 20   .375
Clemson 1 – 15   .063     9 – 21   .300
† 2015 ACC Tournament winner
As of 7 April 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held March 4–8, 2015, in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Seeding

Tournament seeds are determined by teams' regular season conference record with tiebreakers determined by ACC tiebreaking rules.

2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Notre Dame†‡ 15–1 28–2
2 Florida State† 14–2 27–3
3 Louisville† 12–4 24–5
4 Duke† 11–5 20–9 1–0 vs. Syracuse
5 Syracuse# 11–5 21–8 0–1 vs. Duke
6 North Carolina# 10–6 23–7
7 Pittsburgh# 9–7 19–10
8 Miami (FL)# 8–8 18–11
9 Virginia# 7–9 17–12 1–0 Georgia Tech, 0–1 NC State
10 NC State 7–9 16–13 1–0 Virginia, 0–1 Georgia Tech
11 Georgia Tech 7–9 17–13 1–0 NC State, 0–1 Virginia
12 Boston College 5–11 11–16
13 Wake Forest 2–14 11–19
14 Clemson 1–15 9–20 1–0 vs. Virginia Tech
15 Virginia Tech 1–15 10–19 0–1 vs. Clemson
‡ – 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

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 4
Opening
day
1
 1:00 pm
#12 Boston College vs #13 Wake Forest
FSN
3,917
2
 3:30 pm
#10 NC State vs #15 Virginia Tech
3
 6:30 pm
#11 Georgia Tech vs #14 Clemson
3,573
Second Round – Thursday, March 5
1
4
 11:00 am
#5 Syracuse vs #13 Wake Forest
FSN
9,386
5
 2:00 pm
#8 Miami vs #9 Virginia
2
6
 6:00 pm
#7 Pittsburgh vs #15 Virginia Tech
5,359
7
 8:00 pm
#6 North Carolina vs #11 Georgia Tech
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
3
8
 11:00 am
#4 Duke vs #13 Wake Forest
FSN
11,007
9
 2:00 pm
#1 Notre Dame vs #8 Miami
4
10
 6:00 pm
#2 Florida State vs #15 Virginia Tech
5,848
11
 8:00 pm
#3 Louisville vs #6 North Carolina
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
5
12
 12:00 pm
#1 Notre Dame vs #4 Duke
ESPNU
7,108
13
 2:30 pm
#2 Florida State vs #3 Louisville
Championship Game – Sunday, March 8
6
14
 1:00 pm
#1 Notre Dame vs #2 Florida State
ESPN
6,874
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 4
FSN		 Second Round
Thursday, March 5
FSN		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
FSN		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
ESPNU		 Championship Game
Sunday, March 8
ESPN
                                               
1  Notre Dame 77  
    8  Miami 61  
8  Miami 62
9  Virginia 52  
  1  Notre Dame 55  
  4  Duke 49  
4  Duke 77
    13  Wake Forest 68  
5  Syracuse 79
    13  Wake Forest 85  
12  Boston College 53
13  Wake Forest 69  
1  Notre Dame 71
2  Florida State 58
2  Florida State 82  
    15  Virginia Tech 43  
7  Pittsburgh 45
    15  Virginia Tech 51  
10  NC State 56
15  Virginia Tech 57  
  2  Florida State 66
  3  Louisville 51  
3  Louisville 77OT
    6  North Carolina 75  
6  North Carolina 84
    11  Georgia Tech 64  
11  Georgia Tech 80
14  Clemson 53  

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Jewell Loyd – Notre Dame

All-Tournament Teams:

First Team
  • Jewell Loyd – Notre Dame
  • Brianna Turner – Notre Dame
  • Elizabeth Williams – Duke
  • Dearica Hamby – Wake Forest
  • Shakayla Thomas – Florida State

Second Team

  • Madison Cable – Notre Dame
  • Taya Reimer – Notre Dame
  • Stephanie Mavunga – North Carolina
  • Vanessa Panousis – Virginia Tech
  • Leticia Romero – Florida State

See also

References

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