Notre Dame is #2 Seed in 2025 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Bracket

Run it back

The Notre Dame women’s basketball team climbed to the #1 ranking in the country late in the season, but back-to-back losses to NC State and Florida State not only dropped the Irish nationally, it knocked them out of the #1 seed for the ACC Tournament. The Irish shared the regular season title with NC State, but the head-to-head comparison gave the #1 seed to the Wolfpack.

As if it really matters that much.

Notre Dame still gets the #2 seed and a chance to defend its ACC Championship from last season.

From the ACC:

Bracket Set for 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament

Bracket (PDF) | Tickets | Tournament Central

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – After the conference declared co-champions on the final day of the regular season Sunday, March 2, NC State will be the No. 1 seed in the 47th annual 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, which runs Wednesday, March 5, through Sunday, March 9 at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The tournament will feature 15 of the 18 ACC teams and 14 games, beginning with three first-round matchups on Wednesday, March 5. Four second-round games are scheduled for Thursday, March 6, followed by the quarterfinals on Friday, March 7, semifinals on Saturday, March 8, and the championship game on Sunday, March 9, at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.

NC State and Notre Dame finished atop the conference standings with identical 16-2 conference records. With the Wolfpack’s win over the Fighting Irish on February 23, NC State won the tiebreaker and earned the No. 1 seed. Coming off a Final Four run a season ago, the Wolfpack are the top seed in the ACC Tournament for the first time since 2022. Notre Dame enters the postseason as the defending ACC Tournament Champion after defeating NC State in last season’s title game.

Duke finished alone in third place in the final standings with a 14-4 league record and will be the No. 3 seed. Following the Blue Devils was a three-way tie for fourth place with Florida State, North Carolina and Louisville locked up at 13-5. After all three teams split during the regular season, the next procedure goes to wins against teams above the tied teams in the final standings. With Louisville finishing a combined 0-3 against NC State and Notre Dame, the Cardinals were removed from the tiebreaker and earned the No. 6 seed. Moving back to the first procedure of head-to-head, Florida State was awarded the No. 4 seed with its head-to-head win over North Carolina on January 26.

California earned the No. 7 seed with a 12-6 league mark, while Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech finished tied for eighth with identical 9-9 records. The Hokies won the tiebreaker with their win over the Yellow Jackets on January 9. Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech will link up for their second-round matchup on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Playing in the opening round is No. 10 seed Virginia and No. 11 Stanford, which finished with matching 8-10 records. The Cavaliers won the tiebreaker with their head-to-head win over the Cardinal on February 23.

Also opening the tournament on Wednesday will be No. 12 Boston College, No. 13 Syracuse and No. 14 Clemson, which all ended the regular season with 6-12 conference marks. The Eagles won the tiebreaker over the Orange and Tigers with their 2-1 record amongst the tied teams and their win over Virginia on December 8. Pitt claimed the No. 15 seed with a 5-13 league record. Boston College and Syracuse will open the tournament on Wednesday with a 1 p.m. ET tipoff, while Virginia will face off with Pitt at 3:30 p.m. ET. In the nightcap, Stanford takes on Clemson at 6:30 p.m. ET. All three matchups will be on ACC Network.

Every game of the first and second rounds of the 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament will air live on ACC Network prior to Friday’s quarterfinals when ESPN2 and ACCN will split coverage. ESPN2 will broadcast both semifinal matchups on Saturday, while Sunday’s Championship final will be on ESPN. Tickets may be purchased at theacc.com/tickets or Ticketmaster.com.

The First Horizon Coliseum will play as host to the 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament for the 25th time in the last 26 years. This year’s tournament includes six teams in the latest Associated Press (AP) Poll and 10 teams in the top 50 of the latest NCAA NET rankings.

March 5-9, 2025

First Horizon Coliseum • Greensboro, N.C.

(All Times ET)

Wednesday, March 5 (First Round)

Game 1: No. 13 Syracuse vs. No. 12 Boston College, ACCN, 1 p.m.
Game 2: No. 15 Pitt vs. No. 10 Virginia, ACCN, 3:30 p.m.
Game 3: No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 11 Stanford, ACCN, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 6 (Second Round)

Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. No. 5 North Carolina, ACCN, 11 a.m.
Game 5: No. 9 Georgia Tech vs. No. 8 Virginia Tech, ACCN, 1:30 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. No. 7 California, ACCN, 5 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. No. 6 Louisville, ACCN, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 7 (Quarterfinals)

Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. No. 4 Florida State, ESPN2, 11 a.m.
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. No. 1 NC State, ACCN, 1:30 p.m.
Game 10: Winner Gm 6 vs. No. 2 Notre Dame, ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Gm 7 vs. No. 3 Duke, ACCN, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 8 (Semifinals)

Game 12: Winners Games 9 vs. 8, ESPN2, Noon
Game 13: Winners Games 11 vs. 10, ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 9 (Championship)

Game 14: Winners Games 12 vs. 13, ESPN, 1 p.m.