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2024–25 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

2024–25 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 4, 2024 – March 2, 2024
Number of teams18
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN
WNBA Draft
2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
ACC Tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball seasons
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2024–25 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
California 0 – 0   – 4 – 0   1.000
No. 24 Stanford 0 – 0   – 4 – 0   1.000
Clemson 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
Georgia Tech 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
No. 14 North Carolina 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
No. 6 Notre Dame 0 – 0   – 3 – 0   1.000
Miami (FL) 0 – 0   – 2 – 0   1.000
Boston College 0 – 0   – 3 – 1   .750
No. 16 Duke 0 – 0   – 3 – 1   .750
Florida State 0 – 0   – 3 – 1   .750
No. 18 Louisville 0 – 0   – 2 – 1   .667
No. 13 NC State 0 – 0   – 2 – 1   .667
Pittsburgh 0 – 0   – 2 – 1   .667
SMU 0 – 0   – 2 – 1   .667
Virginia 0 – 0   – 2 – 1   .667
Virginia Tech 0 – 0   – 2 – 1   .667
Wake Forest 0 – 0   – 2 – 1   .667
Syracuse 0 – 0   – 1 – 2   .333
† 2025 ACC tournament winner
As of November 14, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season promises to begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play promises to start in December 2024 and ended on March 5, 2025. After the regular season, the 2025 ACC women's basketball tournament promises to be held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC for the 25th time in 26 years (since 1998).[1] This promises to be the first season where eighteen teams compete in the conference, following the additions of California, SMU, and Stanford on July 1, 2024.[2]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

  • On March 22, 2024, Katie Meier announced her retirement after nineteen years (since 2005) as head coach of Miami.[5] Tricia Cullop was announced as her replacement on April 4, 2024.[6]
  • On March 26, 2024, Kenny Brooks announced he was stepping down as the head coach of Virginia Tech after eight seasons to become the new Kentucky head coach.[7] On April 3, 2024, Megan Duffy was announced as his replacement.[8]
  • On April 9, 2024, Tara VanDerveer announced her retirement after thirty eight seasons as the head coach of Stanford.[9] Longtime assistant and former Cardinal player Kate Paye was announced as her replacement on April 16, 2024.[10]

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 7 92–88 36–65 0 0 0 0
California Charmin Smith New York Liberty (assistant) 6 56–80 0–0 0 0 0 0
Clemson Shawn Poppie Chattanooga 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Duke Kara Lawson Boston Celtics (Assistant) 5 68–33 32–23 0 2 0 0
Florida State Brooke Wyckoff Florida State (Assistant) 4 56–30 33–19 0 3 0 0
Georgia Tech Nell Fortner Auburn 6 88–64 44–46 0 2 0 0
Louisville Jeff Walz Maryland (Assistant) 18 464–135 214–68 1 9 4 0
Miami Tricia Cullop Toledo 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
NC State Wes Moore Chattanooga 12 273–88 129–54 3 8 1 0
North Carolina Courtney Banghart Princeton 6 96–56 50–39 0 4 0 0
Notre Dame Niele Ivey Memphis Grizzlies (Assistant) 5 89–32 49–20 1 3 0 0
Pittsburgh Tory Verdi UMass 2 8–24 2–16 0 0 0 0
SMU Toyelle Wilson Michigan (assistant) 4 45–43 0–0 0 0 0 0
Stanford Kate Paye Stanford (associate head coach) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Felisha Legette-Jack Buffalo 3 44–21 13–5 0 1 0 0
Virginia Amaka Agugua-Hamilton Missouri State 3 31–31 11–25 0 0 0 0
Virginia Tech Megan Duffy Marquette 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Wake Forest Megan Gebbia American 3 24–42 7–29 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2024–25 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2023–24 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.

Wooden Award[11] Lieberman[12] Drysdale[13] Miller[14] McClain[15] Leslie[16] Naismith[17]
Haley Cavinder – Miami (FL)
Sonia Citron – Notre Dame
Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame
Aziah James – NC State
Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State
Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
Reigan Richardson – Duke
Saniya Rivers – NC State
Alyssa Ustby – North Carolina
Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame 		Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame
Taina Mair – Duke
Olivia Miles – Notre Dame 		Sonia Citron – Notre Dame
Jayda Curry – Louisville
Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State
Saniya Rivers – NC State 		Andrea Daley – Boston College
Madison Hayes – NC State
Alyssa Ustby – North Carolina 		Olivia Cochran – Louisville
Liza Karlen – Notre Dame
Liatu King – Notre Dame
Makayla Timpson – Florida State
Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame 		Maria Gakdeng – North Carolina
Nyla Harris – Louisville
Kennedi Jackson – Boston College
 Sonia Citron – Notre Dame
Hannah Hidalgo – Notre Dame
Aziah James – NC State
Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State
Olivia Miles – Notre Dame
Reigan Richardson – Duke
Saniya Rivers – NC State
Makayla Timpson – Florida State
Alyssa Ustby – North Carolina

ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off

The preseason poll and Preseason All-ACC Teams were released on October 15, 2024, before the season began and following ACC Media Day. The results of the poll are below.

ACC Preseason poll

Team Points
1 Notre Dame 1,726 (70)
2 NC State 1,617 (8)
3 Duke 1,446
4 Louisville 1,370
5 Florida State 1,335
6 North Carolina 1,279
7 Stanford 1,214 (1)
8 Miami 883
9 Virginia 877
10 Georgia Tech 855
11 Syracuse 801
12 Virginia Tech 786
13 Clemson 553
14 California 546
15 Boston College 533
16 SMU 274
17 Wake Forest 259
18 Pittsburgh 233
Reference:[18]
(#) first-place votes

Preseason All-ACC Team

Player Class School Points
Hannah Hidalgo Sophomore Notre Dame 921 (62)
Ta'Niya Latson Junior Florida State 734 (9)
Saniya Rivers Senior NC State 527 (2)
Aziah James 473 (1)
Olivia Miles Junior Notre Dame 457 (4)
Sonia Citron 331
Makayla Timpson Senior Florida State 315
Alyssa Ustby Graduate Student North Carolina 308
Reigan Richardson Senior Duke 202
Kymora Johnson Sophomore Virginia 193 (1)

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

Newcomer Watchlist

Position Player School Votes
F Toby Fournier Duke 222
G Imari Berry Louisville 180
F Kate Koval Notre Dame 177
G Zamareya Jones NC State 116
F Liza Karlen Notre Dame 109

Regular season

Records against other conferences

2024–25 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only.
Updated through games played on November 14, 2024

Power 6 Conferences Record
American 1–0
Big East 0–1
Big Ten 1–5
Big 12 0–1
SEC 0–2
Power 6 Conferences Total 2–9
Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record
America East 0–0
A-10 1–1
ASUN 5–0
Big Sky 1–0
Big South 6–0
Big West 1–0
CAA 5–0
C-USA 1–0
Division 1 Independents 0–0
Horizon 0–0
Ivy League 0–1
MAAC 3–0
MAC 3–0
MEAC 1–0
MVC 0–0
Mountain West 1–0
NEC 2–0
OVC 2–0
Patriot League 2–0
SoCon 2–0
Southland 0–0
SWAC 2–0
Summit League 0–0
Sun Belt 2–1
WAC 0–0
WCC 4–0
Other Division I Total 44–3
NCAA Division I Total 46–12

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

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

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
November 4 No. 17 Louisville No. 5 UCLA† Adidas Arena • Paris, France Aflac Oui-Play L 59–66 0–1
November 8 Virginia No. 10 Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, OK L 51–95 0–2
November 10 No. 9 NC State No. 1 South Carolina† Spectrum Center • Charlotte, NC Ally Tipoff L 57–71 0–3
November 10 No. 11 Duke No. 18 Maryland Xfinity Center • College Park, MD L 80–85 0–4
November 13 No. 11 Maryland Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome • Syracuse, NY L 73–84 0–5
November 15 No. 2 UConn No. 14 North Carolina† Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, NC
November 16 No. 18 Louisville No. 20 Kentucky Rupp Arena • Lexington, KY Rivalry

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: 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
  Pre Wk
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		 Wk
20		 Final
Boston College AP
C
California AP
C RV
Clemson AP
C
Duke AP 11 16
C 11 16
Florida State AP 19 RV
C 19 RV
Georgia Tech AP RV
C
Louisville AP 17 18
C 17 18
Miami AP RV RV
C RV
North Carolina AP 15 14
C 16 15
NC State AP 9 13
C 8 10
Notre Dame AP 6 6
C 5 5
Pittsburgh AP
C
SMU AP
C
Stanford AP RV 24
C RV 23
Syracuse AP RV
C
Virginia AP
C
Virginia Tech AP
C RV
Wake Forest AP
C

Conference Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

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

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices will nam 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 Olivia Miles – Notre Dame Tajianna Roberts – Louisville [19]

Postseason

ACC Tournament

Main article: 2025 ACC women's basketball tournament

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2025 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 (–)

WBIT tournament

Main article: 2025 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–0 (–)

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Main article: 2025 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
Associated Press WCBA USBWA
First Team
Second Team
Third Team

ACC Awards

2024-25 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
2024-25 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

Main article: 2025 WNBA draft
Player Team Round Pick # Position School

References

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