2015 ACC women's basketball tournament

The 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held March 4–8, 2015, in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. The tournament was won by Notre Dame, who defeated Florida State in the championship game.^[1]

2015 ACC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	15
Site	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	Notre Dame (2nd title)
Winning coach	Muffet McGraw (2nd title)
MVP	Jewell Loyd (Notre Dame)
Attendance	106,045
Television	ESPN, ESPNU, ACCRSN
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2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame^†	15	–	1		.938			36	–	3		.923
No. 7 Florida State	14	–	2		.875			32	–	5		.865
No. 8 Louisville	12	–	4		.750			27	–	7		.794
No. 16 Duke	11	–	5		.688			23	–	11		.676
Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
No. 15 North Carolina	10	–	6		.625			26	–	9		.743
Pittsburgh	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Miami (FL)	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Virginia	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
NC State	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Boston College	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
Wake Forest	2	–	14		.125			13	–	20		.394
Virginia Tech	1	–	15		.063			12	–	20		.375
Clemson	1	–	15		.063			9	–	21		.300
† 2015 ACC tournament winner As of 7 April 2015 Rankings from AP poll

Seeding

Tournament seeds are determined by teams' regular season conference record with tiebreakers determined by ACC tiebreaking rules.

2014 ACC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Notre Dame^†‡	15–1	28–2
2	Florida State^†	14–2	27–3
3	Louisville^†	12–4	24–5
4	Duke^†	11–5	20–9	1–0 vs. Syracuse
5	Syracuse^#	11–5	21–8	0–1 vs. Duke
6	North Carolina^#	10–6	23–7
7	Pittsburgh^#	9–7	19–10
8	Miami (FL)^#	8–8	18–11
9	Virginia^#	7–9	17–12	1–0 Georgia Tech, 0–1 NC State
10	NC State	7–9	16–13	1–0 Virginia, 0–1 Georgia Tech
11	Georgia Tech	7–9	17–13	1–0 NC State, 0–1 Virginia
12	Boston College	5–11	11–16
13	Wake Forest	2–14	11–19
14	Clemson	1–15	9–20	1–0 vs. Virginia Tech
15	Virginia Tech	1–15	10–19	0–1 vs. Clemson
‡ – 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 4
Opening day	1	1:00 pm	#12 Boston College vs #13 Wake Forest	ACCRSN	3,917
	2	3:30 pm	#10 NC State vs #15 Virginia Tech
	3	6:30 pm	#11 Georgia Tech vs #14 Clemson		3,573
Second round – Thursday, March 5
1	4	11:00 am	#5 Syracuse vs #13 Wake Forest	ACCRSN	9,386
	5	2:00 pm	#8 Miami vs #9 Virginia
2	6	6:00 pm	#7 Pittsburgh vs #15 Virginia Tech		5,359
	7	8:00 pm	#6 North Carolina vs #11 Georgia Tech
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
3	8	11:00 am	#4 Duke vs #13 Wake Forest	ACCRSN	11,007
	9	2:00 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #8 Miami
4	10	6:00 pm	#2 Florida State vs #15 Virginia Tech		5,848
	11	8:00 pm	#3 Louisville vs #6 North Carolina
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
5	12	12:00 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #4 Duke	ESPNU	7,108
	13	2:30 pm	#2 Florida State vs #3 Louisville
Championship Game – Sunday, March 8
6	14	1:00 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #2 Florida State	ESPN	6,874
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 4 ACCRSN					Second round Thursday, March 5 ACCRSN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 6 ACCRSN					Semifinals Saturday, March 7 ESPNU					Championship game Sunday, March 8 ESPN
											1	#2 Notre Dame	77
						8	Miami	62			8	Miami	61
						9	Virginia	52								1	#2 Notre Dame	55
																4	#16 Duke	49
											4	#16 Duke	77
						5	#22 Syracuse	79			13	Wake Forest	68
	12	Boston College	53			13	Wake Forest	85													1	#2 Notre Dame	71
	13	Wake Forest	69																		2	#7 Florida State	58
											2	#7 Florida State	82
						7	Pittsburgh	45			15	Virginia Tech	43
	10	NC State	56			15	Virginia Tech	51								2	#7 Florida State	66
	15	Virginia Tech	57													3	#10 Louisville	51
											3	#10 Louisville	77^OT
						6	#15 North Carolina	84			6	#15 North Carolina	75
	11	Georgia Tech	80			11	Georgia Tech	64
	14	Clemson	53

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Jewell Loyd – Notre Dame

All-Tournament teams:

First Team Jewell Loyd – Notre Dame Brianna Turner – Notre Dame Elizabeth Williams – Duke Dearica Hamby – Wake Forest Shakayla Thomas – Florida State

Second Team Madison Cable – Notre Dame Taya Reimer – Notre Dame Stephanie Mavunga – North Carolina Vanessa Panousis – Virginia Tech Leticia Romero – Florida State

See also

• 2015 ACC men's basketball tournament

References

1. Potter, Mike (March 8, 2015). "Notre Dame tops Florida State to win ACC women's basketball title". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved February 6, 2024.