2016 ACC women's basketball tournament

2016 ACC women's basketball tournament
2016 ACC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	15
Site	Greensboro Coliseum; Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	Notre Dame (3rd title)
Winning coach	Muffet McGraw (3rd title)
MVP	Madison Cable (Notre Dame)
Attendance	25,681
Television	ESPN, ESPNU, ACCRSN
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The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held March 2–6, 2016, in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. Notre Dame won their 3rd straight ACC tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

2015–16 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	33	–	2	.943
No. 8 Louisville	15	–	1	.938	26	–	8	.765
No. 14 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	30	–	8	.789
No. 17 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	25	–	8	.758
No. 19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
NC State	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
Duke	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Virginia	6	–	10	.375	18	–	16	.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	17	–	16	.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
North Carolina	4	–	12	.250	14	–	18	.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	18	.419
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	15	–	16	.484
Clemson	0	–	16	.000	4	–	26	.133


† 2016 ACC tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Seeding

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

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
2016 ACC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
1	Notre Dame	16–0	28–1
2	Louisville	15–1	24–6
3	Syracuse	13–3	23–6	1–0 vs. FSU
4	Florida State	13–3	24–6	0–1 vs. SYR
5	Miami (FL)	10–6	22–7	1–0 vs. NCST
6	NC State	10–6	19–10	0–1 vs. MIA
7	Georgia Tech	8–8	18–11	1–0 vs. DUKE
8	Duke	8–8	19–11	0–1 vs. GT
9	Virginia	6–10	17–13	1–0 vs. WF
10	Wake Forest	6–10	15–14	0–1 vs. UVA
11	Virginia Tech	5–11	17–12
12	Pittsburgh	4–12	12–17	1–0 vs. UNC
13	North Carolina	4–12	14–17	0–1 vs. PITT
14	Boston College	2–14	14–15
15	Clemson	0–16	4–25
‡ – 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.

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 2
1	1	1:00 pm	#13 North Carolina vs #12 Pittsburgh	ACCRSN	1,123
	2	3:30 pm	#15 Clemson vs #10 Wake Forest
	3	6:30 pm	#14 Boston College vs #11 Virginia Tech
Second round – Thursday, March 3
2	4	11:00 am	#12 Pittsburgh vs #5 Miami (FL)	ACCRSN	2,114
2	5	2:00 pm	#9 Virginia vs #8 Duke		2,114
3	6	6:00 pm	#10 Wake Forest vs #7 Georgia Tech		3,374
3	7	8:00 pm	#14 Boston College vs #6 NC State		3,374
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
4	8	11:00 am	#5 Miami (FL) vs #4 Florida State	ACCRSN	3,148
4	9	2:00 pm	#8 Duke vs #1 Notre Dame		3,148
5	10	6:00 pm	#7 Georgia Tech vs #2 Louisville		5,034
5	11	8:00 pm	#6 NC State vs #3 Syracuse		5,034
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
6	12	12:00 pm	#5 Miami (FL) vs #1 Notre Dame	ESPNU	5,871
6	13	2:30 pm	#3 Syracuse vs. #2 Louisville	ESPNU	5,871
Championship Game – Sunday, March 6
7	14	12:30 pm	#1 Notre Dame vs #3 Syracuse	ESPN	5,017
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed


First round Wednesday, March 2 ACCRSN			Second round Thursday, March 3 ACCRSN			Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 ACCRSN			Semifinals Saturday, March 5 ESPNU			Championship game Sunday, March 6 ESPN



						1	#2 Notre Dame	83

			8	Duke	57	8	Duke	54

			9	Virginia	53				1	#2 Notre Dame	78

									5	#21 Miami	67

						4	#14 Florida State	56

			5	Miami	77	5	#21 Miami	74

12	Pittsburgh	82^OT	12	Pittsburgh	55							1	#2 Notre Dame	68

13	North Carolina	72										3	#17 Syracuse	57

						2	#7 Louisville	60

			7	Georgia Tech	67	7	Georgia Tech	50

10	Wake Forest	73	10	Wake Forest	65				2	#7 Louisville	75

15	Clemson	58							3	#17 Syracuse	80

						3	#17 Syracuse	80

			6	NC State	76	6	NC State	61

11	Virginia Tech	37	14	Boston College	60

14	Boston College	49