2022 ACC women's basketball tournament

2022 ACC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	15
Site	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	NC State (7th title)
Winning coach	Wes Moore (3rd title)
MVP	Elissa Cunane (NC State)
Attendance	32,125
Television	ESPN, ACC Network, ACCRSN
ACC women's basketball tournaments

2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	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

Main article: 2021–22 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

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

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

Source:^[4]

	First round Wednesday, March 2					Second round Thursday, March 3					Quarterfinals Friday, March 4					Semifinals Saturday, March 5					Championship Sunday, March 6
											1	NC State	84
						8	Boston College	58			9	Florida State	54
						9	Florida State	63								1	NC State	70
																5	Virginia Tech	55
											4	North Carolina	80
						5	Virginia Tech	82			5	Virginia Tech	87*
	12	Syracuse	69			13	Clemson	60													1	NC State	60
	13	Clemson	88																		7	Miami	47
											2	Louisville	59
						7	Miami	61			7	Miami	61
	10	Duke	55			10	Duke	55								7	Miami	57
	15	Pittsburgh	52													3	Notre Dame	54
											3	Notre Dame	71
						6	Georgia Tech	45			6	Georgia Tech	53
	11	Wake Forest	61			11	Wake Forest	40
	14	Virginia	53

* – Denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

ACCRSN

March 2 1:00 p.m. EST

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

ACCRSN

March 3 11:00 a.m. EST

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

ACCRSN

March 4 11:00 a.m. EST

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

ACCN

March 5 Noon EST

Report

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

Report

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

ESPN

March 6 Noon EST

Report

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

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

• 2022 ACC men's basketball tournament

References

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.