2021 ACC women's basketball tournament

2021 ACC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams13
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ChampionsNC State (6th title)
Winning coachWes Moore (2nd title)
MVPElissa Cunane (NC State)
Attendance6,252
TelevisionESPN2, ACCN, ACCRSN
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2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Louisville 14 – 2   .875 26 – 4   .867
No. 3 NC State† 12 – 2   .857 22 – 3   .880
Georgia Tech 12 – 6   .667 17 – 9   .654
Syracuse 9 – 7   .563 15 – 9   .625
Florida State 9 – 7   .563 10 – 9   .526
Notre Dame 8 – 7   .533 10 – 10   .500
Virginia Tech 8 – 8   .500 15 – 10   .600
North Carolina 8 – 9   .471 13 – 11   .542
Miami (FL) 8 – 10   .444 11 – 11   .500
Wake Forest 8 – 10   .444 12 – 13   .480
Clemson 5 – 12   .294 12 – 14   .462
Pittsburgh 3 – 12   .200 5 – 14   .263
Boston College 2 – 11   .154 7 – 12   .368
Duke 0 – 1   .000 3 – 1   .750
Virginia 0 – 2   .000 0 – 5   .000
Duke suspended their season on December 25, 2020
Virginia suspended their season on January 14, 2021
† 2021 ACC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 ACC women's basketball tournament concluded the 2020–21 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 3–7, 2021.[1] NC State defended their title to earn the ACC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

All of the ACC teams except Duke and Virginia participated in the tournament. The remaining teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 11 received single byes. The seeds were determined on February 28, 2021, after the final regular season games finished.[3]

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

Schedule

Source:[3]

Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 3
Opening
day 		1 2:00 p.m. No. 12 Pittsburgh vs No. 13 Boston College 56–67 ACCRSN 156
Second round – Thursday, March 4
1 2 Noon No. 8 North Carolina vs No. 9 Wake Forest 71–82 ACCRSN 609
3 2:30 p.m. No. 5 Syracuse vs. No. 13 Boston College 67–61
2 4 6:00 p.m. No. 7 Virginia Tech vs No. 10 Miami 72–64 451
5 8:30 p.m. No. 6 Notre Dame vs No. 11 Clemson 63–68
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5
3 6 Noon No. 1 Louisville vs No. 9 Wake Forest 65–53 ACCRSN 592
7 2:30 p.m. No. 4 Florida State vs No. 5 Syracuse 67–68
4 8 6:00 p.m. No. 2 NC State vs No. 7 Virginia Tech 68–55 1,259
9 8:30 p.m. No. 3 Georgia Tech vs No. 11 Clemson 60–57
Semifinals – Saturday, March 6
5 10 Noon No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 5 Syracuse 72–59 ACCN 1,122
11 2:30 p.m. No. 2 NC State vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech 66–61
Championship – Sunday, March 7
6 12 Noon No. 1 Louisville vs No. 2 NC State 56–58 ESPN2 2,063
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 3		Second round
Thursday, March 4		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 5		Semifinals
Saturday, March 6		Championship
Sunday, March 7
1Louisville65
8North Carolina719Wake Forest53
9Wake Forest821 Louisville 72
5Syracuse59
4Florida State67
5Syracuse675Syracuse68
12Pittsburgh5613Boston College611Louisville56
13Boston College672NC State58
2NC State68
7Virginia Tech727Virginia Tech55
10Miami642NC State66
3Georgia Tech61
3Georgia Tech60
6Notre Dame6311Clemson57
11Clemson68

Game summaries

First round

March 3
2:00 p.m.
No. 12 Pittsburgh 56, No. 13 Boston College 67
Scoring by quarter: 7–14, 19–14, 12–19, 18–20
Pts: Everett (22)
Rebs: Brown (9)
Asts: Everett/Brown (3)		 Pts: Swartz (33)
Rebs: Ford/Swartz (6)
Asts: Ivey (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 156
Referees: Denise Brooks
Fatou Oissoko-Stephens
Jeff Smith

Second round

ACCRSN
March 4
Noon
No. 8 North Carolina 71, No. 9 Wake Forest 82
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–14, 20–19, 17–24
Pts: Ustby (23)
Rebs: Bailey (10)
Asts: Watts (4)		 Pts: Spear (29)
Rebs: Raca (12)
Asts: Conti (12)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Dee Kanter
Pualani Spurlock
Ed Sidlasky
ACCRSN
March 4
2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Syracuse 67, No. 13 Boston College 61
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 15–16, 15–10, 21–24
Pts: Lewis (21)
Rebs: Engstler (15)
Asts: Lewis (5)		 Pts: Dickens (14)
Rebs: Soule/VanTimmeren (7)
Asts: Garraud (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 609
Referees: Eric Brewton
Bryan Brunette
Talisa Green
ACCRSN
March 4
6:00 p.m.
No. 7 Virginia Tech 72, No. 10 Miami 64
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 19–16, 16–19, 13–17
Pts: Kitley (16)
Rebs: Gregg (10)
Asts: Amoore (5)		 Pts: Harden (27)
Rebs: Harden (11)
Asts: Harden (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Joe Vaszily
Tiara Oruse
Luis Gonzalez
ACCRSN
March 4
8:30 p.m.
No. 6 Notre Dame 63, No. 11 Clemson 68
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 19–16, 18–19, 9–18
Pts: Westbeld (24)
Rebs: Westbeld (9)
Asts: Miles (8)		 Pts: Elliott (25)
Rebs: Robinson (8)
Asts: Washington (7)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 451
Referees: Maj Forsberg
Carla Fountain
Bruce Morris

Quarterfinals

ACCRSN
March 5
Noon
No. 1 Louisville 65, No. 9 Wake Forest 53
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 15–18, 12–16, 21–9
Pts: Van Lith (24)
Rebs: Robinson (8)
Asts: Evans (7)		 Pts: Raca (13)
Rebs: Conti (8)
Asts: Conti (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Eric Brewton
Luis Gonzalez
Talisa Green
ACCRSN
March 5
2:30 p.m.
No. 4 Florida State 67, No. 5 Syracuse 68
Scoring by quarter: 22–8, 17–19, 16–25, 12–16
Pts: Jackson (25)
Rebs: Wilkinson (6)
Asts: Jackson (7)		 Pts: Cardoso (16)
Rebs: Cardoso (13)
Asts: Lewis (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 592
Referees: Joe Vaszily
Maj Forsberg
Billy Smith
ACCRSN
March 5
6:00 p.m.
No. 2 NC State 68, No. 7 Virginia Tech 55
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 17–7, 14–16, 21–16
Pts: Cunane (27)
Rebs: Boyd (10)
Asts: Perez (6)		 Pts: Kitley (20)
Rebs: Kitley (9)
Asts: Amoore/Sheppard (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Karen Preato
Bruce Morris
Carla Fountain
ACCRSN
March 5
8:30 p.m.
No. 3 Georgia Tech 60, No. 11 Clemson 57
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 18–13, 17–13, 10–16
Pts: Fletcher (21)
Rebs: Cubaj (18)
Asts: Fletcher (5)		 Pts: Washington (24)
Rebs: Robinson (7)
Asts: Thomas (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 1,259
Referees: Brian Brunette
Ed Sidlasky
Tiara Cruse

Semifinals

March 6
Noon
No. 1 Louisville 72, No. 5 Syracuse 59
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 18–17, 22–17, 13–12
Pts: Evans (13)
Rebs: Cochran (10)
Asts: Evans/Van Lith (3)		 Pts: Engstler (21)
Rebs: Engstler (10)
Asts: Djaldi-Tabdi/Lews (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Karen Preato
Carla Fountain
Bruce Morris
ACCN
March 6
2:30 p.m.
No. 2 NC State 66, No. 3 Georgia Tech 61
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 10–19, 15–15, 23–13
Pts: Cunane (23)
Rebs: Cunane (9)
Asts: Perez (5)		 Pts: Cubaj/Lahtinen (17)
Rebs: Cubaj (11)
Asts: Lahtinen (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 1,122
Referees: Denise Brooks
Maj Forsberg
Billy Smith

Final

March 7
Noon
No. 1 Louisville 56, No. 2 NC State 58
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 9–11, 18–14, 13–18
Pts: Evans (15)
Rebs: Cochran (8)
Asts: Van Lith (3)		 Pts: Cunane (20)
Rebs: Jones (10)
Asts: Brown-Turner/Cunane/Perez (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,063
Referees: Eric Brewton
Dee Kantner
Joseph Vaszily

All-Tournament Teams

2021 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[4]
First Team Second Team

Elissa Cunane – NC State (MVP)
Kai Crutchfield – NC State
Dana Evans – Louisville
Kianna Smith – Louisville
Hailey Van Lith – Louisville

Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech
Emily Engstler – Syracuse
Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech
Jewel Spear – Wake Forest
Cameron Swartz – Boston College

See also

References

  1. ^ "2020-21 ACC Women's Basketball Conference Schedule Announced". theacc.com. ACC. November 11, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Tiebreaker and Seedings Procedure". TheACC.com. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Bracket Set for 2021 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 28, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Pack to Pack! NC State Women Again Wear ACC Tourney Crown". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. March 7, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.