2020-21 STANDINGS NOTING ACC WOMEN's BASKETBALL Week
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2020-21 STANDINGS Week 14 - Feb. 27, 2021 Conference Overall NATIONAL RANKINGS Team W L Pct Hm Rd W L Pct Hm Rd Neu Strk ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY/COACHES 1. UConn (28) 1. UConn (30) Louisville 13 2 .867 8-1 5-1 20 2 .909 13-1 6-1 1-0 L1 2. NC State 2. Stanford NC State 11 2 .846 7-0 4-2 16 2 .889 11-0 5-2 0-0 W4 3. Texas A&M (1) 3. Texas A&M (2) 4. Stanford (1) 4. NC State Georgia Tech 11 6 .647 6-2 5-4 13 7 .650 8-3 5-4 0-0 L2 5. South Carolina 5. Louisville 6. Louisville 6. South Carolina Syracuse 9 6 .600 6-0 3-6 12 6 .667 8-0 4-6 0-0 W1 7. Baylor 7. Baylor Notre Dame 8 6 .571 5-1 3-5 10 8 .556 7-2 3-6 0-0 W2 8. Maryland 8. Maryland 9. Arizona 9. Arizona Virginia Tech 8 7 .533 4-4 4-3 13 7 .650 9-4 4-3 0-0 W6 10. UCLA 10. UCLA Florida State 8 7 .533 6-1 2-6 9 7 .563 7-1 2-6 0-0 L1 11. Indiana 11. Indiana 12. Michigan 12. Michigan Wake Forest 8 9 .471 5-4 3-5 11 10 .524 5-4 4-5 2-1 L2 13. USF 13. USF 14. Oregon 14. Ohio State North Carolina 7 9 .438 5-3 2-6 12 9 .571 10-3 2-6 0-0 W1 15. Ohio State 15. Oregon Miami 7 10 .412 5-4 2-6 10 10 .500 8-4 2-6 0-0 W2 16. Arkansas 16. Arkansas 17. Georgia 17. Kentucky Clemson 5 11 .313 3-5 2-6 10 11 .476 7-5 3-6 0-0 L5 18. West Virginia 18. Georgia 19. Kentucky T19. Missouri State Pitt 3 11 .214 1-6 2-5 5 12 .294 3-7 2-5 0-0 L3 20. Tennessee T19. Gonzaga Boston College 2 11 .154 2-4 0-7 6 11 .353 6-4 0-7 0-0 L1 21. Gonzaga 21. Tennessee 22. South Dakota State 22. West Virginia Duke 0 1 .000 0-1 0-0 3 1 .750 3-1 0-0 0-0 L1 24. Missouri State 23. DePaul Virginia 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 0 5 .000 0-3 0-2 0-0 L5 24. DePaul 24. South Dakota State 25. Rutgers 25. Northwestern UPCOMING SCHEDULE/RECENT RESULTS NOTING ACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Sunday, February 28 ACC TEAMS RANKED TOP FIVE IN AP TOP 25 POLL have been the No. 1 seed. No. 2/4 NC State at Syracuse ..........................Noon | ACCN • For the 12th consecutive week, the ACC has two teams • The 2021 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament will Wake Forest at Florida State ..............................Noon | RSN ranked among the top six of the Associated Press Top be held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., for Pitt at Georgia Tech ....................................... 2 p.m. | ACCN 25 Poll. the 21st time. Miami at Clemson ........................................... 2 p.m. | RSN • After having the nation's top two teams for two weeks, • The event will be held March 3-7 and the full bracket is North Carolina at Virginia Tech ...................2 p.m. | ACCNX NC State is ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll, while Louisville available on page 6 of the release. No. 6/5 Louisville at Notre Dame ............... 3 p.m. | ESPN2 is No. 6. • Seeding tiebreakers can be found on theACC.com. ________________________________________________ • Additionally, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech also • Second-seeded NC State won the 2020 tournament to garnered votes for the top 25. claim its first ACC Championship in 29 years, beating Thursday, February 25 • In the USA Today Poll released on Tuesday, NC State fourth-seeded Florida State, 71-66. at No. 2/4 NC State 83, Pitt 53 is ranked fourth and Louisville is one spot behind at No. Virginia Tech 70, at Clemson 64 5. Georgia Tech is receiving votes. BATTLE OF THE HOME COURT at North Carolina 84, Georgia Tech 59 • NC State ended its home slate with a perfect 11-0 at Notre Dame 72, Florida State 64 ACC WBB IN NET RANKINGS record inside Reynolds Coliseum. Dating back to last at Miami 69, Wake Forest 67 season, the Wolfpack has won its last 12 home games, at Syracuse 92, Boston College 75 • Nine ACC teams are among the top 55 in the most recent NET rankings - second most of any conference. which is tied for the second longest streak for a Power 5 Louisville leads the conference at No. 6, followed by No. team with Texas A&M (12) behind Maryland (22). Monday, February 22 • Ironically, Syracuse is the only other team in the con- Notre Dame 59, at Pitt 48 8 NC State, No. 25 Virginia Tech, No. 25 Georgia Tech, No. 34 North Carolina, No. 42 Syracuse, No. 49 Wake ference that is undefeated at home with a record of 8-0. Forest, No. 50 Florida State and No. 51 Notre Dame. • NC State will battle for the opportunity to be the only Sunday, February 21 • The NET rankings will be used to select teams for the team in the conference that finishes with a unblemished at No. 4/6 NC State 82, North Carolina 63 home record. at Virginia Tech 76, Syracuse 68 NCAA Tournament and are updated each day throughout at Boston College 49, Georgia Tech 43 the season. at Florida State 68, No. 2/3 Louisville 59 ON TARGET FROM THREE TOURNAMENT TIME APPROACHING • ACC teams have been stellar from 3-point land this Thursday, February 18 • With the 2021 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament season, as the league's teams have combined to make Georgia Tech 62, at Florida State 48 quickly approaching, the Louisville Cardinals would 1,746 3-point fields goals, which is the most of any No. 4/6 NC State 66, at Wake Forest 47 clinch their second consecutive outright regular-season conference. North Carolina 77, at Clemson 64 title with a win on Sunday or an NC State loss. • Four ACC teams rank among the top 42 nationally in No. 3/2 Louisville 82, at Pitt 58 • With a Louisville loss and an NC State win, the Wolf- 3-point field goal percentage - the most of any confer- at Miami 77, Boston College 60 pack would earn its sixth regular-season title and the ence. first for the program since 1990. The Pack won the 2020 • NC State headlines the group at No. 16 with 38%, Tuesday, February 16 ACC Tournament Championship. followed by Virginia Tech at No. 25 with a 37.2% clip. at Georgia Tech 67, Miami 56 • The regular-season crown and the No. 1 seed in the • Louisville is No. 41 with a 35.7 mark, while Notre Pitt 83, at Boston College 80 conference tournament is decided by winning percent- Dame is one spot shy of the Cardinals at No. 42 with age in conference games. 35.6%. • It would mark the fourth consecutive year that the Car- • Additionally, Virginia Tech is sixth in the nation as a *Rankings according to most recent AP/USA Today Poll dinals have earned at least a share of the regular-season team with 203 3-pointers made this season. title and the third time in the last four years that they Week 14 | 2020-21 Women's Basketball • 1 ACCACC BASKETBALLBASKETBALL SIDSSIDS NOTING ACC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) ACC (@ACCWBB) Justin Wilson HOOVER TIES WAKE FOREST WINS RECORD tionally named to the list, which recognizes the top player Office: (336) 369-3713 Fax: (336) 854-8797 • Wake Forest head coach Jen Hoover owns 125 wins in women's and men's basketball. Cell: (336) 660-8584 [email protected] leading the Demon Deacons, which is tied for the most of • The Atlanta Tipoff Club will announce its list of 10 semi- any coach in the history of the program. finalists on March 2, its four finalists on March 12 and its National Player of the Year on April 3. Boston College Jason Baum / Brent Greenberg • With her next win, she would become the all-time leader Office: (617) 552-0504 Twitter: @bc_wbb in wins by a head coach at Wake Forest. Cell: (201) 966-6338 Press Row: (617) 552-8989 • She is currently tied with Mike Peterson, who led the TWO FROM ACC NAMED SENIOR CLASS AWARD program from 2005-12. Email: [email protected], [email protected] CANDIDATES • Hoover would join Louisville's Jeff Walz and Syracuse's • Louisville's Dana Evans and North Carolina's Janelle Clemson Chandler Simpson Quentin Hillsman as the only active head coaches to be Office: (864) 656-1924 Twitter: @ClemsonWBB Bailey have been named candidates for the 2020-21 the all-time wins leader at their respective school. Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes notable achieve- Cell: (864) 918-9843 ments in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, Email: [email protected] FOUR FROM ACC ON WADE TROPHY character and competition. Duke Lindy Brown MIDSEASON TEAM Office: (919) 684-2664 Twitter: @DukeWBB • Louisville’s Dana Evans, North Carolina’s Janelle Bailey, TOP ACC DUOS Cell: (919) 599-9821 Press Row: (864) 684-6186 NC State’s Elissa Cunane and Syracuse’s Tiana Mangaka- • Virginia Tech's Aisha Sheppard and Elizabeth Kitley Email: [email protected] hia are listed among the Wade Trophy Midseason Watch are the top scoring duo (38.8) in the ACC with the Florida State Stephen Stone List, which is the oldest and most prestigious national former averaging 19.7 points per game for second in the Office: (850) 644-4836 Twitter: @fsuwbb player of the year award in college women’s basketball.