2022 ACC women's basketball tournament

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 2023 →

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.

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

Seeds

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
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	13	2:30 p.m.	No. 3 Notre Dame vs No. 7 Miami	54–57	ACCN	7,923
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

First Team	Second Team
2022 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams^[5]
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

References

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

[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.

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2022 ACC women's basketball tournament

Contents

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

All-Tournament Teams

See also

References