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
ACC women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings

	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

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.

Seeding

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

2016 ACC women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
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.

Schedule

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
	5	2:00 pm	#9 Virginia vs #8 Duke
3	6	6:00 pm	#10 Wake Forest vs #7 Georgia Tech		3,374
	7	8:00 pm	#14 Boston College vs #6 NC State
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
4	8	11:00 am	#5 Miami (FL) vs #4 Florida State	ACCRSN	3,148
	9	2:00 pm	#8 Duke vs #1 Notre Dame
5	10	6:00 pm	#7 Georgia Tech vs #2 Louisville		5,034
	11	8:00 pm	#6 NC State vs #3 Syracuse
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
6	12	12:00 pm	#5 Miami (FL) vs #1 Notre Dame	ESPNU	5,871
	13	2:30 pm	#3 Syracuse vs. #2 Louisville
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

Bracket

	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	82OT			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

See also

• 2016 ACC men's basketball tournament