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. 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. 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.

Seed School ConferenceRecord Tiebreaker 1 Louisville‡† 14–2 2 NC State† 12–23 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:

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 3 Openingday 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

Game summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

All-Tournament Teams 2021 ACC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Teams First Team Second TeamElissa Cunane – NC State (MVP) Kai Crutchfield – NC State Dana Evans – Louisville Kianna Smith – Louisville Hailey Van Lith – LouisvilleLorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech Emily Engstler – Syracuse Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech Jewel Spear – Wake Forest Cameron Swartz – Boston College

See also

2021 ACC men's basketball tournament

References