The postseason was cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 12, the NCAA announced the tournament would be cancelled, along with all remaining winter and spring championships.[2] The NCAA tournament and WNIT were both cancelled before they began.
Sylvia Hatchell stepped down after 33 years as North Carolina's head coach after an investigation determined she had made “racially insensitive” comments and pressured injured players to compete.[5]Courtney Banghart was announced as the new head coach on April 30.[6]
Haley Gorecki – Duke Aislinn Konig – NC State Jocelyn Willoughby – Virginia
Francesca Pan – Georgia Tech Sam Brunelle – Notre Dame
Leaonna Odom – Duke Kiah Gillespie – Florida State
Jade Williams – Duke Beatrice Mompremier – Miami Elissa Cunane – NC State Janelle Bailey – North Carolina
ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off
Prior to the start of the season, the ACC hosted a media day at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the media day, the head coaches voted on the finishing order of the teams, an All-ACC team, a Preseason Player of the Year, and Newcomers to watch. The media day was hosted on October 3, 2019. A selected group of student athletes also took questions from the media on this day.[12]
At the media day, both the head coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel predicted that Louisville would be league champion.[13]
ACC preseason polls
2019 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Polls
Head coaches
Blue Ribbon Panel
Louisville – (13) 223
NC State – (2) 201
Florida State – 190
Miami – 185
Notre Dame – 159
Syracuse – 150
Duke – 143
Clemson – 105
North Carolina – 92
Virginia Tech – 91
Georgia Tech – 70
Virginia – 67
Boston College – 58
Pittsburgh – 41
Wake Forest – 25
Louisville – (34) 713
NC State – (8) 637
Florida State – (3) 623
Notre Dame – (4) 580
Miami – 579
Syracuse – 497
Duke – 432
Clemson – 353
North Carolina – 343
Virginia Tech – 291
Virginia – 229
Georgia Tech – 225
Boston College – 168
Pittsburgh – 122
Wake Forest – 89
Preseason All-ACC Teams
2019 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams
Note: The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time. Due to the cancellation of the NCAA and WNIT tournaments, the Coaches Poll did not release a final poll.
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. This marked the first year that teams played an eighteen-game conference schedule.[14]
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
–
68–70
85–73
56–65
48–55
81–70 68–48
64–75
75–93
72–54
65–75 55–56
70–79 59–70
89–79 81–88
69–52
70–49
54–67
vs. Clemson
70–68
–
58–62
81–64 81–54
49–47 56–44
75–50
68–64 63–48
86–72
79–60
55–71
67–75 (OT)
59–46
70–51
71–50
63–58 66–52
vs. Duke
73–85
62–58
–
64–66
46–58
60–55
55–74
61–71 54–73
63–60 65–70
47–50
56–73
58–88
66–63 47–62
67–72 (OT) 70–56
60–58
vs. Florida State
65–56
64–81 54–81
66–64
–
67–52 65–62
59–67
62–73 61–79
64–78
68–51
70–67
41–66
90–89 (OT)
55–63
62–86
65–70 67–78
vs. Georgia Tech
55–48
47–49 44–56
58–46
52–67 62–65
–
58–47
54–61 54–49 (OT)
67–60 (OT)
61–65
59–51
48–77
64–82
51–61
64–61 (OT)
65–60 52–62
vs. Louisville
70–81 48–68
50–75
55–60
67–59
47–58
–
41–87
67–74
59–66
54–86 49–82
49–83 47–79
58–62 59–51
56–71
53–70
61–75
vs. Miami
75–64
64–68 48–63
74–55
73–62 79–61
61–54 49–54 (OT)
87–41
–
78–58
50–48
76–53
54–73
62–77
69–64
69–45
56–59 63–79
vs. North Carolina
93–75
72–86
71–61 73–54
78–64
60–67 (OT)
74–67
58–78
–
60–66 76–68
83–65
62–70
74–56
47–65 68–78
76–70 72–63
82–79 (OT)
vs. NC State
54–72
60–79
60–63 70–65
51–68
65–61
66–59
48–50
66–60 68–76
–
56–90
44–88
60–69
60–80 64–75
69–76 59–71
45–59
vs. Notre Dame
75–65 56–55
71–55
50–47
67–70
51–59
86–54 82–49
53–76
65–83
90–56
–
52–60 52–74
74–63 (OT) 70–72
90–60
68–62
71–75
vs. Pittsburgh
79–70 70–59
75–67 (OT)
73–56
66–41
77–48
83–49 79–47
73–54
70–62
88–44
60–52 74–52
–
69–51 71–53
66–55
68–56
48–53
vs. Syracuse
79–89 88–81
46–59
88–58
89–90 (OT)
82–64
62–58 51–59
77–62
56–74
69–60
63–74 (OT) 72–70
51–69 53–71
–
57–41
65–67
65–60
vs. Virginia
52–69
54–70
63–66 62–47
63–55
61–51
71–56
64–69
65–47 78–68
80–60 75–64
60–90
55–66
41–57
–
69–61 76–86
0–0
vs. Virginia Tech
49–70
50–71
72–67 (OT) 56–70
86–62
61–64 (OT)
70–53
45–69
70–76 63–72
76–69 71–59
62–68
56–68
67–65
61–69 86–76
–
62–56 62–73
vs. Wake Forest
67–54
58–63 52–66
58–60
70–65 78–67
60–65 62–52
75–61
59–56 79–63
79–82 (OT)
59–45
75–71
53–48
60–65
0–0
56–62 73–62
–
Total
11–7
3–15
12–6
11–7
10–8
16–2
7–11
7–11
14–4
8–10
1–17
9–9
8–10
11–7
7–11
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.
Francesca Pan – Georgia Tech
Aislinn Konig – NC State
Taylor Koenen – North Carolina
Destinee Walker – Notre Dame
Taja Cole – Virginia Tech
Amari Robinson – Clemson
Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State
Malu Tshitenge – North Carolina
Sam Brunelle – Notre Dame
Katlyn Gilbert – Notre Dame
Anaya Peoples – Notre Dame
Dayshanette Harris – Pittsburgh Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech
2019 ACC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams (head coaches)[33]
First Team
Second Team
Honorable Mention
Freshman Team
Emma Guy – Boston College
Haley Gorecki – Duke
Kiah Gillespie – Florida State
Nicki Ekhomu – Florida State Dana Evans – Louisville
Jazmine Jones – Louisville Elissa Cunane – NC State
Kiara Lewis – Syracuse
Jocelyn Willoughby – Virginia Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech
Leaonna Odom – Duke
Francesca Pan – Georgia Tech
Kylee Shook – Louisville
Aislinn Konig – NC State Ivana Raca – Wake Forest
Taylor Soule – Boston College
Janelle Bailey – North Carolina
Taylor Koenen – North Carolina
Amari Robinson – Clemson
Jada Boyd – NC State
Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State
Malu Tshitenge – North Carolina
Sam Brunelle – Notre Dame
Katlyn Gilbert – Notre Dame
Dayshanette Harris – Pitt Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech
The ACC lead all conferences with eight players selected in the 2020 WNBA Draft. This is the second year in a row that the ACC has had the most selections of any conference. The ACC has had at least one first round selection in the past fifteen WNBA Drafts. The next longest such streak is six.[34]