2014 ACC women's basketball tournament

The 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference, held March 5–9, 2014, in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. This was the first ACC Tournament to include 15 teams, a result of the conference adding Syracuse, Pitt, and Notre Dame, and also the last to involve Maryland, which will leave the ACC in July 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference.

2014 ACC women's basketball tournament
2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament in Greensboro, NC
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	15
Site	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	Notre Dame (1st title)
Winning coach	Muffet McGraw (1st title)
MVP	Jewell Loyd (Notre Dame)
Television	ESPN, ESPNU, ACCRSN
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2013–14 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	16	–	0		1.000			37	–	1		.974
No. 9 Duke	12	–	4		.750			28	–	7		.800
No. 11 Maryland	12	–	4		.750			28	–	7		.800
No. 16 NC State	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
Syracuse	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
No. 12 North Carolina	10	–	6		.625			27	–	10		.730
Georgia Tech	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Miami (FL)	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Florida State	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			14	–	17		.452
Wake Forest	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Virginia Tech	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
Clemson	4	–	12		.250			13	–	19		.406
Pittsburgh	3	–	13		.188			11	–	20		.355
Boston College	3	–	13		.188			12	–	19		.387
† 2014 ACC tournament winner As of 8 April 2014 Rankings from AP poll^[1]^[2]

Seeds

2014 ACC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	‡-Notre Dame	16-0	29-0
2	†-Duke	12-4	25-5	1-0 vs. Maryland
3	†-Maryland	12-4	24-5	0-1 vs. Duke
4	†-NC State	11-5	24-6
5	#-Syracuse	10-6	21-8	1-0 v. North Carolina
6	#-North Carolina	10-6	22-8	0-1 vs. Syracuse
7	#-Georgia Tech	9-7	19-10
8	#-Miami (FL)	8-8	16-13
9	#-Florida State	7-9	19-10
10	Virginia	6-10	13-16
11	Wake Forest	5-11	14-15
12	Virginia Tech	4-12	14-15	1-0 vs. Clemson
13	Clemson	4-12	12-18	0-1 vs. Virginia Tech
14	Pittsburgh	3-13	11-19	1-0 vs. Boston College
15	Boston College	3-13	12-18	0-1 vs. Pitt
‡ – 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 5
Opening day	1	1 pm	#12 Virginia Tech vs #13 Clemson	ACCRSN	4,440
	2	3:30 pm	#10 Virginia vs #15 Boston College
	3	6:30 pm	#11 Wake Forest vs #14 Pittsburgh		4,950
Second round – Thursday, March 6
1	4	11 am	#5 Syracuse vs #13 Clemson	ACCRSN	4,026
	5	2 pm	#8 Miami vs #9 Florida State
2	6	6 pm	#7 Georgia Tech vs #10 Virginia		5,941
	7	8 pm	#6 North Carolina vs #11 Wake Forest
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7
3	8	noon	#4 NC State vs #5 Syracuse	ACCRSN	4,506
	9	2 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #9 Florida State
4	10	6 pm	#2 Duke 82 vs #7 Georgia Tech		6,949
	11	8 pm	#3 Maryland vs #6 North Carolina
Semifinals – Saturday, March 8
5	12	5 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #4 NC State	ESPNU	8,169
	13	7:30 pm	Game #2 Duke vs #6 North Carolina
Championship Game – Sunday, March 9
6	14	7 pm	#1Notre Dame vs #2 Duke	ESPN	8,190
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 5 ACCRSN					Second round Thursday, March 6 ACCRSN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 ACCRSN					Semifinals Saturday, March 8 ESPNU					Championship game Sunday, March 9 ESPN
											1	#2 Notre Dame	83
						8	Miami	67			9	Florida State	57
						9	Florida State	72^OT								1	#2 Notre Dame	83
																4	#14 NC State	48
											4	#14 NC State	79
						5	Syracuse	63			5	Syracuse	63
	12	Virginia Tech	56			13	Clemson	53													1	#2 Notre Dame	69
	13	Clemson	69																		2	#10 Duke	53
											2	#10 Duke	82
						7	Georgia Tech	77			7	Georgia Tech	52
	10	Virginia	74			10	Virginia	76								2	#10 Duke	66
	15	Boston College	59													6	#13 North Carolina	61
											3	#8 Maryland	70
						6	#13 North Carolina	69			6	#13 North Carolina	73
	11	Wake Forest	72			11	Wake Forest	65
	14	Pittsburgh	58

^OT denotes overtime game

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame

All-Tournament teams:

First Team Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame Kayla McBride, Notre Dame Elizabeth Williams, Duke Tricia Liston, Duke Diamond DeShields, North Carolina

Second Team Natalie Achonwa, Notre Dame Haley Peters, Duke Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest Natasha Howard, Florida State Alyssa Thomas, Maryland

See also

• 2014 ACC men's basketball tournament

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.