The 2026 ACC women’s basketball tournament is nearly here.
On Wednesday, March 4, 15 teams will begin the journey to earn a year’s worth of bragging rights and the chance to call themselves Atlantic Coast Conference tournament champions.
Last year, the Duke Blue Devils won their ninth ACC tournament championship and the first conference title for the program since 2013. The Blue Devils beat Notre Dame, Louisville, and NC State during their championship run, all teams they previously lost to during the regular season. The victories allowed Duke to become the only ACC team to beat all 17 teams in its conference.
This year, the Blue Devils, who earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament and became the ACC regular-season champions on March 1, enter the postseason after winning 18 of their last 20 games. Duke looks to retain its ACC championship title as the tournament moves outside the Carolinas for the first time in over 25 years.
Here’s the first look at the 2026 tournament bracket:
ACC women’s basketball tournament 2026 bracket
When is the ACC women’s basketball tournament?
The 2026 ACC women’s basketball tournament begins Wednesday, March 4 and runs through Sunday, March 8, at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia. Play begins at 11 a.m. ET each day until the semifinal and final rounds.
Semifinal games begin at noon ET, and the ACC tournament championship game in the final round begins at 1 p.m. ET.
What channel is the ACC women’s basketball tournament on?
Games in the first two rounds can be streamed on the ACC Network. Quarterfinal games can be found on ESPN2 and the ACC Network.
Semifinal games will be shown on ESPN2. The final game of the tournament will be broadcast on ESPN.
ACC women’s basketball tournament 2026 schedule
The 2026 ACC women’s basketball tournament unfolds over five days during March, with all games played in Duluth, Georgia.
Here’s the daily schedule:
Wednesday, March 4 (First Round)
- Game 1: No. 13 Stanford vs. No. 12 Miami, ACCN, 11 a.m.
- Game 2: No. 15 Wake Forest vs. No. 10 California, ACCN, 1:30 p.m.
- Game 3: No. 14 Florida State vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech, ACCN, 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 5 (Second Round)
- Game 4: No. 9 Clemson vs. No. 8 Virginia, ACCN, 11 a.m.
- Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. No. 5 Notre Dame, ACCN, 1:30 p.m.
- Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. No. 7 Syracuse, ACCN, 5 p.m.
- Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech, ACCN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 6 (Quarterfinals)
- Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. No. 1 Duke, ESPN2, 11 a.m.
- Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. No. 4 NC State, ACCN, 1:30 p.m.
- Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. No. 2 Louisville, ESPN2, 5 p.m.
- Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. No. 3 North Carolina, ACCN, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 7 (Semifinals)
- Game 12: Winners Games 9 vs. 8, ESPN2, Noon
- Game 13: Winners Games 11 vs. 10, ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 8 (Championship)
- Game 14: Winners Games 12 vs. 13, ESPN, 1 p.m.
Women’s college basketball conference tournament dates, schedule
- Horizon: March 2-10 (Indianapolis)
- Sun Belt: March 3-9 (Pensacola, Florida)
- ASUN: March 3-9 (Jacksonville, Florida)
- OVC: March 4-7 (Evansville, Indiana)
- ACC: March 4-8 (Duluth, Georgia)
- A-10: March 4-8 (Henrico, Virginia)
- Big South: March 4-8 (Johnson City, Tennessee)
- Big Ten: March 4-8 (Indianapolis)
- Big 12: March 4-8 (Kansas City)
- SEC: March 4-8 (Greenville, SC)
- Summit: March 4-8 (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
- MAAC: March 5-9 (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
- SoCon: March 5-9 (Asheville, North Carolina)
- WCC: March 5-10 (Las Vegas)
- America East: March 9-13 (on campus)
- Big East: March 6-9 (Uncasville, Connecticut)
- Mountain West: March 7-10 (Las Vegas)
- Big Sky: March 7-11 (Boise)
- Patriot: March 7-15 (on campus)
- Southland: March 9-12 (Lake Charles, Lousiana)
- SWAC: March 9-14 (Atlanta)
- NEC: March 9-15 (on campus)
- American: March 10-14 (Birmingham, Alabama)
- CUSA: March 10-14 (Huntsville, Alabama)
- Big West: March 11-14 (Henderson, NV)
- MAC: March 11-14 (Cleveland)
- MEAC: March 11-14 (Norfolk, Virginia)
- WAC: March 11-14 (Las Vegas)
- CAA: March 11-15 (Washington, D.C.)
- MVC: March 12-15 (Coralville, Iowa)
- Ivy: March 13-15 (Ithaca, New York)
