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
No. 11 Virginia Tech4–0 1.00013–2  .867
No. 15 Louisville3–0 1.00014–2  .875
No. 21 Florida State4–1 .80013–4  .765
No. 6 NC State3–1 .75015–1  .938
Syracuse3–1 .75013–2  .867
Georgia Tech3–1 .75012–4  .750
No. 20 North Carolina3–1 .75011–5  .688
No. 18 Notre Dame2–2 .50011–3  .786
Duke2–2 .50010–5  .667
Miami (FL)1–3 .25011–4  .733
Boston College1–3 .2509–8  .529
Clemson1–3 .2508–8  .500
Virginia0–4 .0008–7  .533
Pittsburgh0–4 .0006–11  .353
Wake Forest0–4 .0004–12  .250
† 2024 ACC tournament winner
As of January 12, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

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]

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[4] Drysdale[5] Miller[6] McClain[7] Leslie[8] Naismith[9]
Deja Kelly – North Carolina
Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
Dyaisha Fair – Syracuse
Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech		 Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State
Sonia Citron – Notre Dame		 Kiki Jefferson – Louisville
Alyssa Ustby – North Carolina		 Olivia Cochran – Louisville
Mimi Collins – NC State
Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame
Sam Brunelle – Virginia		 Kennedy Brown – Duke
Maria Gakdeng – North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech		 Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech
Sonia Citron – Notre Dame
Olivia Cochran – Louisville
Jayda Curry – Louisville
Dyaisha Fair – Syracuse
Deja Kelly – North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech
Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State
Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
Saniya Rivers – NC State
Alyssa Ustby – North Carolina

ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off

The Preseason Media Poll and Preseason All-ACC teams was 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.[10] The poll was released on October 26, 2023, and the results of the poll are below.[11]

ACC Preseason poll

  1. Virginia Tech – 1,116 (45)
  2. Notre Dame – 1,052 (14)
  3. North Carolina – 973 (1)
  4. Louisville – 867 (1)
  5. Florida State – 855
  6. Miami – 702
  7. Duke – 686
  8. NC State – 652
  9. Syracuse – 504
  10. Virginia – 438
  11. Clemson – 395
  12. Georgia Tech – 342
  13. Boston College – 226
  14. Wake Forest – 192
  15. Pittsburgh – 120

First-place votes shown in parentheses.

Preseason All-ACC Team

PositionPlayerClassSchool
C Elizabeth Kitley (46) Graduate Student Virginia Tech
G Ta'Niya Latson (4) Sophomore Florida State
Georgia Amoore (2) Senior Virginia Tech
Olivia Miles (3) Junior Notre Dame
Deja Kelly (1) Senior North Carolina
Sonia Citron (1) Junior Notre Dame
Dyaisha Fair (1) Senior Syracuse
G/F Alyssa Ustby Senior North Carolina
F Makayla Timpson Junior Florida State
Olivia Cochran (1) Senior Louisville

ACC Preseason Player of the Year shown in Bold.
First-place votes shown in parentheses.
Maddy Westbeld (Notre Dame) and Amari Robinson (Clemson) each received a first place vote but were not selected to the All-ACC Team.

Newcomer Watchlist

PositionPlayerSchool
G Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame
Kiki Jefferson Louisville
Jayda Curry
Lexi Donarski North Carolina
G/F Jadyan Donovan Duke

Regular season

Records against other conferences

2023–24 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only. Statistics through games played on December 28, 2023.

Power 7 Conferences Record
American 5–2
Big East 4–6
Big Ten 5–5
Big 12 5–5
Pac-12 2–3
SEC 12–14
Power 7 Conferences Total 33–35
Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record
America East 6–0
A-10 8–4
ASUN 5–1
Big Sky 0–0
Big South 8–0
Big West 0–0
CAA 10–1
C-USA 2–0
Division 1 Independents 1–0
Horizon 1–0
Ivy League 3–1
MAAC 2–0
MAC 5–2
MEAC 5–1
MVC 2–0
Mountain West 2–0
NEC 6–0
OVC 1–0
Patriot League 6–0
SoCon 9–1
Southland 1–0
SWAC 5–0
Summit League 0–0
Sun Belt 6–2
WAC 0–0
WCC 1–0
Other Division I Total 95–13
NCAA Division I Total 128–48

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

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

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScoreConference record
November 6No. 10 Notre DameNo. 6 South Carolina†Halle Georges Carpentier • Paris, FranceAflac Oui-PlayL 71–1000–1
November 9No. 11 TennesseeNo. 18 Florida StateDonald L. Tucker Center • Tallahassee, FLW 92–911–1
November 9No. 3 IowaNo. 8 Virginia Tech†Spectrum Center • Charlotte, NCL 76–801–2
November 12No. 2 ConnecticutNC StateReynolds Coliseum • Raleigh, NCW 92–812–2
November 16ClemsonNo. 1 South CarolinaColonial Life Arena • Columbia, SCRivalryL 40–1092–3
November 16Boston CollegeNo. 13 Ohio StateValue City Arena • Columbus, OHL 66–882–4
November 19SyracuseNo. 20 MarylandXfinity Center • College Park, MDL 81–832–5
November 19No. 25 OklahomaVirginiaJohn Paul Jones Arena • Charlottesville, VAL 67–822–6
November 19DukeNo. 6 StanfordMaples Pavilion • Stanford, CAL 79–82 OT2–7
November 24ClemsonNo. 25 Mississippi State†Merrell Center • Katy, TXVan Chancellor ClassicL 78–812–8
November 24Florida StateNo. 4 Stanford†Dollar Loan Center • Henderson, NVBall Dawgs ClassicL 88–1002–9
November 25No. 10 NC StateNo. 3 Colorado†Sports and Fitness Center • St. Thomas, USVIParadise JamW 78–603–9
November 25No. 18 North CarolinaNo. 16 Kansas State†Hertz Arena • Estero, FLGulf Coast ShowcaseL 56–633–10
November 25VirginiaNo. 7 LSUJohn Gray Gymnasium • George Town, Cayman Islands†Cayman Islands ClassicL 73–763–11
November 29No. 18 Notre DameNo. 20 TennesseeThompson–Boling Arena • Knoxville, TNACC–SEC ChallengeW 74–694–11
November 29MiamiNo. 21 Mississippi StateHumphrey Coliseum • Starkville, MSACC–SEC ChallengeW 74–685–11
November 29No. 22 LouisvilleNo. 19 Ole MissSJB Pavilion • Oxford, MSACC–SEC ChallengeW 64–586–11
November 30No. 1 South CarolinaNo. 24 North CarolinaCarmichael Arena • Chapel Hill, NCACC–SEC ChallengeL 58–656–12
November 30No. 9 Virginia TechNo. 7 LSUPete Maravich Assembly Center • Baton Rouge, LAACC–SEC ChallengeL 64–826–13
December 3No. 1 South CarolinaDukeCameron Indoor Stadium • Durham, NCL 61–776–14
December 10No. 20 Florida StateNo. 2 UCLA†Mohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, CTBasketball Hall of Fame ShowcaseL 78–956–15
December 10No. 24 North CarolinaNo. 17 Connecticut†Mohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, CTBasketball Hall of Fame ShowcaseL 64–766–16
December 16No. 18 LouisvilleNo. 17 ConnecticutXL Center • Hartford, CTL 62–826–17
December 16No. 24 MiamiNo. 10 Baylor†Frost Bank Center • San Antonio, TXHall of Fame SeriesL 57–756–18
December 20No. 23 WashingtonNo. 19 LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center • Louisville, KYW 59–517–18

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 ()
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18		Wk
19		Final
Boston College AP
C
Clemson AP
C
Duke AP RV RV RV
C 19 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV
Florida State AP 18 12 13 15 20 22 21т 22 22 21
C 22 13 13 15 20 22 22 22 22 20
Georgia Tech AP
C
Louisville AP 17 19 20 22 18 18 19 19 17 15
C 15 15 15 19 18 17 19 19 16 15
Miami AP RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV
C 25 RV RV RV RV 23 24 23 RV RV
North Carolina AP 16 17 18 24 24 25 24 24 RV 20
C 17 16 17 24 24 25 25 RV RV 22
NC State AP RV 14 10т 5 3 3 3 3 3 6
C RV 18 16 10 5 4 4 4 4 9
Notre Dame AP 10 16 17 18 14 14 14 13 16 18
C 10 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 17 19
Pittsburgh AP
C
Syracuse AP RV RV 25 RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Virginia AP
C
Virginia Tech AP 8 9 9 9 15 16 15 14 13 11
C 5 9 9 9 13 14 14 14 11 11
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.[12]

  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 –0–080–750–00–00–064–700–00–098–480–071–640–00–00–0
vs. Clemson 0–0–64–8078–7270–620–00–082–760–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Duke 75–8080–64–0–00–061–440–00–00–00–00–00–056–600–00–0
vs. Florida State 0–072–780–0–80–950–00–062–7088–80 (OT)0–00–00–00–00–061–73
vs. Georgia Tech 0–062–700–095–80–0–00–00–00–00–058–680–060–630–00–0
vs. Louisville 0–00–044–610–00–0–72–770–00–00–044–740–00–00–00–0
vs. Miami 70–640–00–00–00–077–72–0–00–00–00–00–00–076–5247–77
vs. North Carolina 0–076–820–070–620–00–00–0–0–057–610–051–750–00–00–0
vs. NC State 0–00–00–080–88 (OT)0–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–061–72
66–93		63–620–0
vs. Notre Dame 48–980–00–00–00–00–00–061–570–0–66–7186–810–00–00–0
vs. Pittsburgh 0–00–00–00–068–5874–440–00–00–071–66–0–00–091–410–0
vs. Syracuse 64–710–00–00–00–00–00–075–510–081–860–0–0–00–056–77
vs. Virginia 0–00–060–560–063–600–00–00–072–61
93–66		0–00–00–0–0–00–0
vs. Virginia Tech 0–00–00–00–00–00–052–760–062–630–041–910–00–0–73–82
vs. Wake Forest 0–00–00–073–610–00–077–470–00–00–00–077–560–082–73–
Total 1–31–32–24–13–13–01–33–13–12–20–43–10–44–00–4

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 – November 13 Saniya Rivers – NC State Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame [13]
Week 2 – November 20 Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame Hannah Hidalgo (2) – Notre Dame [14]
Week 3 – November 27 Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech Hannah Hidalgo (3) – Notre Dame [15]
Week 4 – December 4 Liatu King – Pittsburgh Alyssa Latham – Syracuse [16]
Week 5 – December 11 Kara Dunn – Georgia Tech Zoe Brooks – NC State [17]
Week 6 – December 18 Amari Robinson – Clemson Hannah Hidalgo (4) – Notre Dame [18]
Week 7 – December 26 Hannah Hidalgo (2) – Notre Dame Hannah Hidalgo (5) – Notre Dame [19]
Week 8 – January 2 Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State Hannah Hidalgo (6) – Notre Dame [20]
Week 9 – January 8 Elizabeth Kitley (2) – Virginia Tech Hannah Hidalgo (7) – Notre Dame [21]
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

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

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  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.
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