2023–24 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

The 2023–24 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in December 2023 and will conclude on March 3, 2024. After the regular season, the 2024 ACC women's basketball tournament will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC for the 24th time in 25 years.[1]

2023–24 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 6, 2023 – March 3, 2024
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, The CW
WNBA Draft
2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
ACC Tournament
2023–24 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Boston College0–0 –0–0  –
Clemson0–0 –0–0  –
Duke0–0 –0–0  –
No. 18 Florida State0–0 –0–0  –
Georgia Tech0–0 –0–0  –
No. 17 Louisville0–0 –0–0  –
Miami (FL)0–0 –0–0  –
NC State0–0 –0–0  –
No. 16 North Carolina0–0 –0–0  –
No. 10 Notre Dame0–0 –0–0  –
Pittsburgh0–0 –0–0  –
Syracuse0–0 –0–0  –
Virginia0–0 –0–0  –
No. 8 Virginia Tech0–0 –0–0  –
Wake Forest0–0 –0–0  –
† 2024 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Head coaches

Coaching changes
  • On March 3, 2023, just after the regular season Pittsburgh fired Lance White after five years as head coach.[2] On April 7, 2023, Pittsburgh announced that Tory Verdi had been hired from UMass to become the next head coach of the team.[3]

Coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Joanna Bernabei-McNamee Albany 6 78–69 31–52 0 0 0 0
Clemson Amanda Butler Florida 6 69–87 27–60 0 1 0 0
Duke Kara Lawson Boston Celtics (Assistant) 4 46–21 16–16 0 1 0 0
Florida State Brooke Wyckoff Florida State (Assistant) 3 33–19 21–13 0 2 0 0
Georgia Tech Nell Fortner Auburn 5 71–48 37–35 0 2 0 0
Louisville Jeff Walz Maryland (Assistant) 17 440–125 202–62 1 8 4 0
Miami Katie Meier Charlotte 19 346–224 147–139 1 10 0 0
NC State Wes Moore Chattanooga 11 242–80 116–49 3 7 0 0
North Carolina Courtney Banghart Princeton 5 76–43 39–32 0 3 0 0
Notre Dame Niele Ivey Memphis Grizzlies (Assistant) 4 61–25 36–15 0 2 0 0
Pittsburgh Tory Verdi UMass 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Felisha Legette-Jack Buffalo 2 20–13 9–9 0 0 0 0
Virginia Amaka Agugua-Hamilton Missouri State 2 15–15 4–14 0 0 0 0
Virginia Tech Kenny Brooks James Madison 8 155–74 65–56 1 3 1 0
Wake Forest Megan Gebbia American 2 17–17 5–13 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2023–24 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Preseason watch lists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Lieberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Naismith

ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off

The Preseason Media Poll and Preseason All-ACC teams will be released after a tipoff event held at Hilton Hotel in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina on October 24, 2023. At the event, two players and each team's head coach will be available to talk to the media. ACC Network provided coverage of the event for television.[4]

ACC Preseason poll
  1. Boston College
  2. Clemson
  3. Duke
  4. Florida State
  5. Georgia Tech
  6. Louisville
  7. Miami
  8. NC State
  9. North Carolina
  10. Notre Dame
  11. Pittsburgh
  12. Syracuse
  13. Virginia
  14. Virginia Tech
  15. Wake Forest

First-place votes shown in parentheses.

Preseason All-ACC Team
PositionPlayerClassSchool

ACC Preseason Player of the Year shown in Bold.
First-place votes shown in parentheses.

Newcomer Watchlist
PositionPlayerSchool

Regular season

Records against other conferences

2023–24 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only. Statistics through games played on October 16, 2023.

Power 7 Conferences Record
American 0–0
Big East 0–0
Big Ten 0–0
Big 12 0–0
Pac-12 0–0
SEC 0–0
Power 7 Conferences Total 0–0
Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record
America East 0–0
A-10 0–0
ASUN 0–0
Big Sky 0–0
Big South 0–0
Big West 0–0
CAA 0–0
C-USA 0–0
Horizon 0–0
Ivy League 0–0
MAAC 0–0
MAC 0–0
MEAC 0–0
MVC 0–0
Mountain West 0–0
NEC 0–0
OVC 0–0
Patriot League 0–0
SoCon 0–0
Southland 0–0
SWAC 0–0
Summit League 0–0
Sun Belt 0–0
WAC 0–0
WCC 0–0
Other Division I Total 0–0
NCAA Division I Total 0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScoreConference record

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Rankings
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
    First Place votes shown in ()
Main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
 PreWk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12		Wk
13		Wk
14		Wk
15		Wk
16		Wk
17		Wk
18		Wk
19		Final
Boston College AP
C
Clemson AP
C
Duke AP RV
C 19
Florida State AP 18
C 22
Georgia Tech AP
C
Louisville AP 17
C 15
Miami AP RV
C 25
North Carolina AP 16
C 17
NC State AP RV
C RV
Notre Dame AP 10
C 10
Pittsburgh AP
C
Syracuse AP
C
Virginia AP
C
Virginia Tech AP 8
C 5
Wake Forest AP
C

Note: The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.

Conference Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.[5]

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Clemson 0–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Duke 0–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Florida State 0–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Georgia Tech 0–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Louisville 0–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Miami 0–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. North Carolina 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. NC State 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Notre Dame 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Pittsburgh 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–0
vs. Syracuse 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–0
vs. Virginia 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–0
vs. Virginia Tech 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–0
vs. Wake Forest 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–
Total 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named a Player(s) of the week and a Rookie(s) of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16

Postseason

ACC Tournament
First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
1
8
9
4
5
12
13
2
7
10
15
3
6
11
14

NCAA tournament
Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–0 (–)

National Invitation Tournament
Bracket School First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–0 (–)

Honors and awards
Associated Press WCBA USBWA
First Team
Second Team
Third Team

ACC Awards
2023-24 ACC Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Sixth Player of the Year
Most Improved Player
2023-24 ACC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Freshman Team
2023-24 ACC Women's Basketball All-ACC Defensive Team
Player Team

WNBA draft
PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool

References
  1. "Ally ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Set to Return to Greensboro in 2024". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 27, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  2. Jennings, Chantel (March 3, 2023). "Pitt fires women's basketball coach Lance White after 5 seasons". theatlantic.com. The Atlantic. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. M.A. Voepel (April 7, 2023). "Pitt hires UMass's Tory Verdi as next women's basketball coach". ESPN. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  4. "2023 ACC Basketball Tipoff Attendees Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  5. "ACC Unveils 2023-24 Women's Basketball Conference Schedule". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
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