2019-20 ACC WOMEN’S TALKING POINTS CURRENT ACC MEMBERSANDTHENCAA TOURNAMENT basketball, women’s basketballand championships infootball, men’s Tournament, theACC hashadatleast earning No. 1seedsinlastyear’sNCAA years atleastsixteamswere selected. Big Dance, andthe12thtimeinlast15 seven ACC teams earned berths in the fifth timeinthelastsixyears atleast most ofanyconference. Itwas alsothe (2014, 2015and2018),were the tournament matched a league record The eightteamsselectedtothe2019 Women’s BasketballChampionshipfield. selected tothe64-team2019NCAA record-tying eightleagueteamswere (69) ofanyconference. ACC owns the mosttournamentwins membership). in theWomen’s FinalFour (current institutions have represented theACC trips totheFinalFour. Seven different three NCAAChampionshipsandmade24 each timeinasmanyyears. a teamhas advanced tothetitlegame team infive ofthe pastsixseasonsand over thatstretch. league towineachofthosefour titles any conference, andthe ACC is the only baseball since2015.Thatisthemostof Miami (25). (9), Syracuse (11),FloridaState (21)and Notre Dame (2), Louisville (5), NC State most ofanyleague).The six teamswere ranked amongthetop25of theRPI(the the No. 1RPIinthenation.SixACC teams 2018, 2019). tournaments (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, ACC hashadmultipleNo. 1seedsinsix tournaments and20timesoverall. The one No. 1seedineachofpastsix The ACC endedthe2019seasonwith With LouisvilleandNotre Dameboth Led by ACC Champion Notre Dame, a Since the2015NCAATournament, the ACC memberinstitutionshave won The ACC hashadatleastoneFinalFour The ACC haswon seven national 2019-20 OUTLOOK ACC &THEWNBA Carolina’s CourtneyBanghart. Georgia Tech’s NellFortner andNorth coaches totheleaguein2019-20– P. McCallie(.721). Moore (.755) andNo. 18Duke’s Joanne (.768), No. 10NCState’s Wes Muffet McGraw (.770), No. 6Louisville’s any conference –No5Notre Dame’s coaches bypercentage, themostof rank inthetop20ofwinningestactive Miami. NC State, No. 20Notre DameandNo. 22 8 Louisville, No. 11FloridaState, No. 15 Way-Too-Early Top 25for 2019-20:No. Dame –2019. Dame –2015andJackie Young, Notre Louisville -2009;,Notre Harding, Duke-2007;Angel McCoughtry, from current ACC schools-Lindsey accounts for 52first-round picks. last 13drafts, andcurrent membership selected inthefirst round ineachofthe WNBA Draft. record 13players selectedinthe2019 146 WNBA draft picks,includinganACC No. 16FloridaState. Dame, No. 13Duke, No. 15Louisvilleand this season –No. 8 NC State, No. 11 Notre classes asranked byESPNHoopgurlz team). Clemson’s KobiThornton(second Tiana Mangakahia(first team)and Mompremier (first team),Syracuse’s Gillespie (first team),Miami’s Beatrice (first team),FloridaState’s Kiah a seasonago–Duke’s HaileyGorecki Five All-ACC performers return from The ACC welcomes two new head The ACC boastsfour coacheswho Five ACC teamsare listedamongESPN’s Four No. 1WNBA Draft pickshave come The ACC hashadatleastoneplayer ACC member schools have produced The ACC hasfive ofthetop20freshman 2019-20 ACC 2019-20 ACC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TALKING POINTS

THE ACC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ACC HEAD COACHES AND USA BASKETBALL The 2020 ACC Women’s Basketball (Miami) was the 2018 FIBA Tournament will mark the 43rd edition U19 World Championship head coach of the longest running conference and earned USA Basketball Coach of the women’s basketball championship in Year in 2013. the nation.

The 2020 ACC Women’s Basketball (Florida State) served Tournament will be held March 4-8 at as the Women’s Basketball Coaches the Greensboro Coliseum for the 20th Association from 2013-15. time in the last 21 years. The Coliseum, with assistance from the Greensboro Sports Foundation, Jeff Walz (Louisville) has been involved Greensboro Sports Commission and with USA Basketball in numerous Convention and Visitors Bureau, is set roles, including 2019 FIBA U19 World to play host to the tournament through Championship Head Coach, 2018 U.S. U18 2023. Women’s National Team Head Coach; 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Champion; 2017 U.S. U23 Women’s National Team Head ACC AND THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL AND WOMEN’S Coach; 2014 U.S. U18 Women’s National BASKETBALL HALLS OF FAME Team Assistant Coach and FIBA Americas U18 Champion; 2015 U.S. U19 Women’s Virginia head coach was National Team Assistant Coach and FIBA enshrined in the Naismith Memorial U19 World Champion. Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 7, 2018. Overall, five members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame have ACADEMICS ACC women’s basketball ties: The ACC continues to lead the way (NC State; coach), (North academically by almost any measure Carolina; coach), Muffet McGraw (Notre among peer conferences: Dame; coach), (Virginia; For the 13th consecutive year, the ACC student-athlete), Tina Thompson had the best average ranking among (Virginia; student-athlete/WNBA player). FBS conferences in the US News & World The ACC boasts two active Hall of Fame Report ‘Best Colleges.’ Coaches – Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw ACC institutions top the rankings among (Naismith and Women’s Basketball) and their peer conferences with an average Virginia’s Tina Thompson (Naismith and graduation rate of 91 percent in last Women’s Basketball). fall’s release. ACC Women’s Basketball ranks second with 11 of its 15 teams earning a GSR above the Division I average. 2018 marked the 11th-straight year that the ACC has had at least four women’s basketball programs score 100, making it the only peer conference to do so. Five ACC teams – Florida State, Pitt, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest – hit the century mark in the latest report.

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