2026 ACC women's basketball tournament: Bracket, schedule, TV, how to watch

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The 2026 ACC women's basketball tournament is nearly here.

It begins on Wednesday, March 4, in Duluth, Georgia, moving outside the Carolinas for the first time in more than 25 years.

The Duke Blue Devils are the defending champs after winning their ninth ACC Tournament and the first conference title since 2013. Duke beat Notre Dame, Louisville and NC State during its title run, all teams it lost to in the regular season. The victories helped Duke become the only ACC team to beat all 17 teams in the conference.

The Blue Devils earned the No. 1 seed for this season's tournament as ACC regular season champions. Duke has won 18 of its last 20 games.

Here's everything you need to know about the ACC Tournament:

When is the women's ACC Tournament?​

The 2026 ACC Tournament is Wednesday, March 4-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 conference championship game begins at 1 p.m. ET.

How to watch the women's ACC Tournament​

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 may be streamed on ESPN2. The final game of the tournament will be broadcast on ESPN.

ACC Tournament schedule, bracket, scores​

March 4​

First round

• Game 1: No. 13 Stanford vs. No. 12 Miami (11:00 a.m.; ACCN)
• Game 2: No. 15 Wake Forest vs. No. 10 Cal (1:30 p.m.; ACCN)
• Game 3: No. 14 Florida State No. 11 Georgia Tech (4:00 p.m.; ACCN)

March 5​

Second round

• Game 4 No. 9 Clemson vs. No. 8 Virginia (11:00 a.m.; ACCN)
• Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. No. 5 Notre Dame (1:30 p.m.; ACCN)
• Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. No. 7 Syracuse (5:00 p.m.; ACCN)
• Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech (7:30 p.m.; ACCN)

March 6​

Quarterfinals

• Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. No. 1 Duke (11:00 a.m.; ESPN2)
• Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. No. 4 NC State (1:30 p.m.; ACCN)
• Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. No. 2 Louisville (5:00 p.m.; ESPN2)
• Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. No. 3 UNC (7:30 p.m.; ACCN)

March 7​

Semifinals

• Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 8 (Noon ET; ESPN2)
• Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 10 (2:30 p.m. ET; ESPN2)

March 8​

• Championship: Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13 (1:00 p.m. ET; ESPN)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: ACC women's basketball tournament 2026: Bracket, schedule, where to watch

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