2026 ACC women's basketball tournament bracket, schedule, how to watch: Duke holds No. 1 seed as Louisville, UNC loom

Key Highlights

• North Carolina went 14-4 in league play and won 12 of its last 13 games to end the year.
• Louisville finished in second in the conference with a pair of bad unranked losses to end the year, too.
• They nearly knocked off Duke last month, but couldn’t finish the game out after leading in the fourth quarter. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOh, and while they went just 20-9 and are entering the postseason unranked, Hannah Hidalgo and Notre Dame shouldn’t be counted out.
• Hidalgo averaged 25.2 points — which is the third-best output nationally behind only Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes and Iowa State’s Audi Crooks — and 6.3 rebounds this season.
• She dropped 30 points to lead the Fighting Irish past Louisville on Sunday to cap a five-game win streak. Duke has the advantage of the double bye and the top seed, but the ACC tournament should be incredibly competitive this weekend outside of Atlanta. ACC women’s basketball tournament basicsWhen: March 4-8Where: Gas South Arena | Duluth, GeorgiaTV: ESPN, ESPN2, ACCNThe ACC women's basketball tournament bracket is set.