# 2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

The 2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in November 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in December 2020 and will conclude in March with the 2021 ACC women's basketball tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC.

## Head coaches
### Coaching changes

* On July 2, 2020 Duke announced that head coach Joanne McCallie had retired after thirteen years as head coach. On July 11, 2020, Kara Lawson was announced as the new head coach.
* On April 22, 2020 Muffet McGraw announced she would be retiring as head coach at Notre Dame after thirty three years in charge. On the same day, Niele Ivey was announced as her replacement.

### 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 | 3 | 34–28 | 14–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clemson | Amanda Butler | Florida | 3 | 28–36 | 12–22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke | Kara Lawson | Boston Celtics (Assistant) | 1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida State | Sue Semrau | Wisconsin (Assistant) | 24 | 475–257 | 207–151 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech | Nell Fortner | Auburn | 2 | 20–11 | 10–8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | Jeff Walz | Maryland (Assistant) | 14 | 360–103 | 161–52 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Miami | Katie Meier | Charlotte | 16 | 292–187 | 118–114 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| NC State | Wes Moore | Chattanooga | 8 | 167–61 | 77–37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| North Carolina | Courtney Banghart | Princeton | 2 | 16–14 | 7–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame | Niele Ivey | Memphis Grizzlies (Assistant) | 1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | Lance White | Florida State (Assistant) | 3 | 16–46 | 3–31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse | Quentin Hillsman | Syracuse (Assistant) | 14 | 158–72 | 75–49 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Virginia | Tina Thompson | Texas (Associate Head Coach) | 3 | 25–36 | 13–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | Kenny Brooks | James Madison | 5 | 86–49 | 27–39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wake Forest | Jennifer Hoover | High Point | 9 | 114–140 | 37–95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
* Year at school includes 2020–21 season.
* Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2019–20 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.
| Lieberman | Drysdale | Miller | McClain | Leslie | Naismith | Wooden |
| Tiana England–Florida State Hailey Van Lith – Louisville Raina Perez – NC State Tiana Mangakahia – Syracuse | Dana Evans – Louisville Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State Kiara Lewis – Syracuse | Taylor Soule – Boston College Elizabeth Balogun – Louisville Ivana Raca – Wake Forest | Sam Brunelle – Notre Dame | Jade Williams – Duke Elissa Cunane – NC State Janelle Bailey – North Carolina Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech | Sam Brunelle – Notre Dame Elissa Cunane – NC State Dana Evans – Louisville Kiara Lewis – Syracuse Tiana Mangakahia – Syracuse Taylor Soule – Boston College Hailey Van Lith – Louisville | Elissa Cunane – NC State Dana Evans – Louisville Kiara Lewis – Syracuse Tiana Mangakahia – Syracuse |

### ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off

Prior to the start of the season, the ACC hosted two media days virtually. 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 November 11&12, 2020. A selected group of student athletes also took questions from the media on this day.
At the media day, both the head coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel predicted that Louisville would be league champion.

#### ACC preseason polls

First place votes shown in parentheses.
2020 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Polls :
| Head coaches | Blue Ribbon Panel |
| Louisville (13) – 223 NC State (2) – 210 Syracuse – 193 North Carolina – 157 Georgia Tech – 146 Notre Dame – 138 Virginia Tech – 125 Florida State – 124 Boston College – 120 Miami – 99 Duke – 74 Wake Forest – 73 Clemson – 56 Pitt – 37 Virginia – 25 | Louisville (45) – 840 NC State (10) – 797 Syracuse (2) – 724 Notre Dame – 555 North Carolina – 547 Florida State – 516 Virginia Tech – 482 Boston College – 468 Georgia Tech – 452 Duke – 385 Miami – 359 Wake Forest – 258 Clemson – 183 Virginia – 149 Pitt – 125 |

#### Preseason All-ACC Teams

2020 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams :
| Head coaches | Blue Ribbon Panel |
| Taylor Soule – Boston College Dana Evans – Louisville Janelle Bailey – North Carolina Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State Elissa Cunane – NC State Kiara Lewis – Syracuse Tiana Mangakahia – Syracuse Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech Ivana Raca – Wake Forest | Taylor Soule – Boston College Dana Evans – Louisville Janelle Bailey – North Carolina Elissa Cunane – NC State Sam Brunelle – Notre Dame Kiara Lewis – Syracuse Tiana Mangakahia – Syracuse Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech Ivana Raca – Wake Forest |

#### Preseason ACC Player of the Year

2020 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year :
| Head coaches | Blue Ribbon Panel |
| Dana Evans – Louisville ||

#### Newcomer Watchlist

2020 ACC Women's Basketball Newcomer Watchlists :
| Head coaches | Blue Ribbon Panel |
| Hailey Van Lith – Louisville Kianna Smith – Louisville Deja Kelly – North Carolina Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse | Tiana England – Florida State Hailey Van Lith – Louisville Deja Kelly – North Carolina Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse |

## Regular season
### Records against other conferences

2020–21 records against non-conference foes as of (March 30, 2021):
| Power 7 Conferences | Record |
| American | 2–2 |
| Big East | 2–0 |
| Big Ten | 1–1 |
| Big 12 | 0–0 |
| Pac-12 | 0–0 |
| SEC | 2–2 |
| Power 7 Conferences Total | 7–5 |
| Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences | Record |
| America East | 3–0 |
| A-10 | 5–0 |
| ASUN | 5–0 |
| Big Sky | 0–0 |
| Big South | 5–0 |
| Big West | 0–0 |
| CAA | 3–2 |
| C-USA | 4–0 |
| Horizon | 2–0 |
| Ivy League | 0–0 |
| MAAC | 0–0 |
| MAC | 1–1 |
| MEAC | 2–0 |
| MVC | 1–0 |
| Mountain West | 0–0 |
| NEC | 0–0 |
| OVC | 4–0 |
| Patriot League | 0–0 |
| SoCon | 4–0 |
| Southland | 0–0 |
| SWAC | 0–0 |
| Summit | 0–0 |
| Sun Belt | 3–0 |
| WAC | 0–0 |
| WCC | 0–0 |
| Other Division I Total | 42–3 |
| Division II Total | 1–0 |
| NCAA Division I Total | 49–8 |
| Power 7 Conferences | Record |
| American | 1–0 |
| Big East | 1–1 |
| Big Ten | 1–1 |
| Big 12 | 1–2 |
| Pac-12 | 1–2 |
| SEC | 0–2 |
| Power 7 Conferences Total | 5–8 |
| Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences | Record |
| America East | 0–0 |
| A-10 | 0–0 |
| ASUN | 0–0 |
| Big Sky | 0–0 |
| Big South | 0–0 |
| Big West | 0–0 |
| CAA | 0–1 |
| C-USA | 0–0 |
| Horizon | 0–0 |
| Ivy League | 0–0 |
| MAAC | 2–0 |
| MAC | 1–0 |
| MEAC | 0–0 |
| MVC | 0–0 |
| Mountain West | 0–0 |
| NEC | 0–0 |
| OVC | 0–0 |
| Patriot League | 0–0 |
| SoCon | 0–0 |
| Southland | 1–0 |
| SWAC | 0–0 |
| Summit | 1–0 |
| Sun Belt | 0–0 |
| WAC | 0–0 |
| WCC | 0–0 |
| Other Division I Total | 5–1 |
| NCAA Division I Total | 10–9 |

### 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 |
| Nov 27 | Wake Forest | No. 14 Arkansas † | Alico Arena ● Fort Myers, FL | Gulf Coast Showcase | L 82–98 | 0–1 |
| Nov 29 | Wake Forest | No. 24 Missouri State † | Alico Arena ● Fort Myers, FL | Gulf Coast Showcase | W 68–59 | 1–1 |
| Dec 3 | No. 8 NC State | No. 1 South Carolina | Colonial Life Arena ● Columbia, SC | Jimmy V Classic | W 54–46 | 2–1 |
| Dec 3 | No. 24 Michigan | Notre Dame | Purcell Pavilion ● Notre Dame, IN | ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 66–78 | 2–2 |
| Dec 4 | No. 5 Louisville | No. 20 DePaul † | Mohegan Sun Arena ● Uncasville, CT | Jimmy V Classic | W 116–75 | 3–2 |
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
| | | 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 | Final |
| Boston College | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boston College | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | C | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | |
| Duke | AP | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Duke | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | AP | RV | | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Florida State | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgia Tech | AP | | | | | RV | RV | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Georgia Tech | C | | | | RV | RV | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 |
| Louisville | AP | 5 | 5 | 2 (2) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 1 (20) | 1 (22) | 1 (26) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7т | 8 |
| Louisville | C | 5 | 2 (6) | 2 (6) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 1 (30) | 1 (30) | 3 (5) | 2 (11) | 2 (8) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Miami | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miami | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | C | RV | RV | | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | RV | | | |
| NC State | AP | 8 | 8 | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 3 (2) | 3 (2)т | 3 (1) | 2 (5) | 2 (5) | 4 | 4 (1) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 (2) | 3 (2) |
| NC State | C | 6 | 3 (1) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 2 (7) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Notre Dame | AP | 22 | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | C | 23 | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | AP | 23 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | | | | | |
| Syracuse | C | 21 | 18 | 16 | 20т | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | RV |
| Virginia | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia Tech | AP | | | RV | RV | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Virginia Tech | C | RV | RV | 25т | RV | RV | | | RV | | | | | | | | | RV |
| Wake Forest | AP | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | C | | | RV | | | | RV | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.

### Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 20 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent. This marked the first year that teams played a twenty-game conference schedule.
Duke suspended its season on December 25, 2020. Virginia suspended its season on January 14, 2021.
| | 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 | – | – | – | – | 86–68 43–49 | 89–70 97–68 | 77–60 | – | 75–69 76–57 | 61–64 83–73 | 83–80 | 83–70 92–75 | – | – | 68–48 |
| vs. Clemson | – | – | – | 69–72 95–88 (2OT) | 67–55 71–69 | 70–45 | 80–71 68–62 | 77–64 | 86–65 | 55–78 | 80–71 79–69 | 77–86 (OT) | 55–71 | 70–64 | 66–69 72–65 |
| vs. Duke | – | – | – | – | – | 73–49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| vs. Florida State | – | 72–69 88–95 (2OT) | – | – | 66–58 62–48 | 84–56 59–68 | 68–53 59–67 | 51–61 | – | 72–64 | 53–67 | 52–67 | 51–69 | 63–73 | 73–59 51–59 |
| vs. Georgia Tech | 68–86 49–43 | 55–67 69–71 | – | 58–66 48–62 | – | 85–70 | 56–70 56–67 | 84–59 | 84–75 | 67–82 69–67 | 60–65 | 63–76 | – | 54–56 | 44–73 61–52 |
| vs. Louisville | 70–89 68–97 | 45–70 | 49–73 | 56–84 68–59 | 70–85 | – | 76–79 | 68–79 | 74–60 | 65–71 61–78 | 58–82 | 54–67 | – | 67–71 | 63–65 |
| vs. Miami | 60–77 | 71–80 62–68 | – | 53–68 67–59 | 70–56 67–56 | 79–76 | – | 63–67 59–69 | 87–47 | 71–60 | 68–72 | 69–58 99–64 | – | 75–55 | 63–60 67–69 |
| vs. North Carolina | – | 64–77 | – | 61–51 | 59–84 | 79–68 | 67–63 69–59 | – | 69–76 82–63 | 73–78 | 72–81 | 68–92 88–76 | – | 66–54 73–69 63–68 | 57–54 74–77 (OT) |
| vs. NC State | 69–75 57–76 | 65–86 | – | – | 75–84 | 60–74 | 47–78 | 76–69 63–82 | – | – | 53–83 | 61–68 | – | 87–89 83–71 (OT) | 65–79 47–66 |
| vs. Notre Dame | 64–61 73–83 | 78–55 | – | 64–72 | 82–67 67–69 | 71–65 78–61 | 60–71 | 78–73 | – | – | 48–59 | 81–69 | – | 78–84 60–65 | 72–79 |
| vs. Pittsburgh | 80–83 | 71–80 69–79 | – | 67–53 | 65–60 | 82–58 | 72–68 | 81–72 | 83–53 | 59–48 | – | 80–57 71–67 | – | 88–71 74–55 | 64–61 (OT) |
| vs. Syracuse | 70–83 75–92 | 86–77 (OT) | – | 67–52 | 76–63 | 67–54 | 58–69 64–99 | 92–68 76–88 | 68–61 | 69–81 | 57–80 67–71 | – | – | 76–68 | 78–85 |
| vs. Virginia | – | 71–55 | – | 69–51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| vs. Virginia Tech | – | 64–70 | – | 73–63 | 56–54 | 71–67 | 55–75 | 54–66 69–73 68–63 | 89–87 71–83 (OT) | 84–78 65–60 | 71–88 55–74 | 68–76 | – | – | 67–64 |
| vs. Wake Forest | 48–68 | 69–66 65–72 | – | 59–73 59–51 | 73–44 52–61 | 65–63 | 60–63 69–67 | 54–57 77–74 (OT) | 79–65 66–47 | 79–72 | 61–64 (OT) | 85–78 | – | 64–67 | – |
| Total | 2–11 | 5–12 | 0–1 | 9–7 | 12–6 | 14–2 | 8–10 | 8–9 | 12–2 | 8–7 | 3–12 | 9–7 | 0–2 | 8–8 | 8–10 |

### 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.
| Week | Player of the week | Freshman of the week |
| Week 1 – Nov 30 | Taylor Soule – Boston College | Hailey Van Lith – Louisville |
| Week 2 – Dec 7 | Kayla Jones – NC State | Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame |
| Week 3 – Dec 14 | Lotta-Maj Lahtinen – Georgia Tech | Loyal McQueen – Georgia Tech |
| Week 4 – Dec 21 | Janelle Bailey – North Carolina | Gabby Elliott – Clemson |
| Week 5 – Jan 4 | Jada Boyd – NC State | Maddy Westbeld (2) – Notre Dame |
| Week 6 – Jan 11 | Ivana Raca – Wake Forest | Hailey Van Lith (2) – Louisville |
| Week 7 – Jan 18 | Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech | Priscilla Williams – Syracuse |
| Week 7 – Jan 18 | Gina Conti – Wake Forest | Priscilla Williams – Syracuse |
| Week 8 – Jan 25 | Dana Evans – Louisville | Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse |
| Week 9 – Feb 1 | Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech | Kamilla Cardoso (2) – Syracuse |
| Week 10 – Feb 8 | Dana Evans (2) – Louisville | Kamilla Cardoso (3) – Syracuse |
| Week 11 – Feb 15 | Gina Conti (2) – Wake Forest | Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech |
| Week 12 – Feb 22 | Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State | Deja Kelly – North Carolina |
| Week 13 – Mar 1 | Destiny Harden – Miami | Deja Kelly (2) – North Carolina |

## Postseason
### ACC tournament

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | | | | 1 | Louisville | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | North Carolina | 71 | 9 | Wake Forest | 53 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Wake Forest | 82 | | | | | | 1 | Louisville | 72 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Syracuse | 59 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Florida State | 67 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Syracuse | 67 | 5 | Syracuse | 68 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 56 | 13 | Boston College | 61 | | | | | | | | 1 | Louisville | 56 |
| 13 | Boston College | 67 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | NC State | 58 |
| | | | | | | 2 | NC State | 68 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Virginia Tech | 72 | 7 | Virginia Tech | 55 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Miami | 64 | | | | | | 2 | NC State | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Georgia Tech | 61 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Georgia Tech | 60 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Notre Dame | 63 | 11 | Clemson | 57 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Clemson | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 1 | Mercado | NC State | W 79–58 vs. #16 North Carolina A&T – (San Marcos, TX) | W 79–67 vs. #8 South Florida – (San Antonio, TX) | L 70–73 vs. #4 Indiana – (San Antonio, TX) | | | |
| 2 | Alamo | Louisville | W 74–43 vs. #15 Marist – (San Antonio, TX) | W 62–53 vs. #7 Northwestern – (San Antonio, TX) | W 60–42 vs. #6 Oregon – (San Antonio, TX) | L 63–78 vs. #1 Stanford – (San Antonio, TX) | | |
| 5 | HemisFair | Georgia Tech | W 54–52 (OT) vs. #12 Stephen F. Austin – (San Antonio, TX) | W 73–56 vs. #4 West Virginia – (San Antonio, TX) | L 65–76 vs. #1 South Carolina – (San Antonio, TX) | | | |
| 7 | Riverwalk | Virginia Tech | W 70–63 vs. #10 Marquette – (San Marcos, TX) | L 48–90 vs. #2 Baylor – (San Antonio, TX) | | | | |
| 8 | Riverwalk | Syracuse | W 72–55 vs. #9 South Dakota State – (Austin, TX) | L 47–83 vs. #1 UConn – (San Antonio, TX) | | | | |
| 9 | HemisFair | Florida State | L 59–83 vs. #8 Oregon State – (San Marcos, TX) | | | | | |
| 9 | Alamo | Wake Forest | L 61–84 vs. #8 Oklahoma State – (San Antonio, TX) | | | | | |
| 10 | HemisFair | North Carolina | L 71–80 vs. #7 Alabama – (San Antonio, TX) | | | | | |
| | | W–L (%): | 5–3 (.625) | 3–2 (.600) | 1–2 (.333) | 0–1 (.000) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) Total: 9–8 (.529) |

### National Invitation tournament

| Bracket | School | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| Charlotte | Clemson | W 65–60 vs. Ohio – (Charlotte, NC) | L 74–87 vs. Delaware – (Charlotte, NC) | | | |
| | W–L (%): | 1–0 (1.000) | 0–1 (.000) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) Total: 1–1 (.500) |

## Honors and awards
### ACC Awards

The ACC announced its end of season awards on March 2, 2021 ahead of the start of the ACC tournament.
2020 ACC Women's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Dana Evans – Louisville |
| Coach of the Year | Nell Fortner – Georgia Tech (Blue Ribbon) Wes Moore – NC State (Head Coaches) |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse |
| Freshman of the Year | Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse (Blue Ribbon) Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame (Head Coaches) |
| Sixth Player of the Year | Jada Boyd – NC State Emily Engstler – Syracuse |
| Most Improved Player | Lotta-Maj Lahtinen – Georgia Tech |
2020 ACC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams (Blue Ribbon Panel) :
| First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | Freshman Team |
| Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech Lotta-Maj Lahtinen – Georgia Tech Dana Evans – Louisville Elissa Cunane – NC State Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech Ivana Raca – Wake Forest | Taylor Soule – Boston College Delicia Washington – Clemson Morgan Jones – Florida State Kayla Jones – NC State Gina Conti – Wake Forest | Janelle Bailey – North Carolina Raina Perez – NC State Jayla Everett – Pittsburgh Kiara Lewis – Syracuse Tiana Mangakahia – Syracuse | Gabby Elliott – Clemson Hailey Van Lith – Louisville Olivia Cochran – Louisville Deja Kelly – North Carolina Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech Jewel Spear – Wake Forest |
2020 ACC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams (Head Coaches) :
| First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | Freshman Team |
| Taylor Soule – Boston College Morgan Jones – Florida State Lorela Cubaj – Georgia Tech Dana Evans – Louisville Jakia Brown-Turner – NC State Elissa Cunane – NC State Kayla Jones – NC State Elizabeth Kitley – Virginia Tech Aisha Sheppard – Virginia Tech Ivana Raca – Wake Forest | Delicia Washington – Clemson Lotta-Maj Lahtinen – Georgia Tech Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse Gina Conti – Wake Forest | Janelle Bailey – North Carolina Jayla Everett – Pittsburgh Tiana Mangakahia – Syracuse | Gabby Elliott – Clemson Hailey Van Lith – Louisville Olivia Cochran – Louisville Deja Kelly – North Carolina Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame Kamilla Cardoso – Syracuse Georgia Amoore – Virginia Tech Jewel Spear – Wake Forest |
2020 ACC Women's Basketball All-ACC Defensive Team :
| Player | Team |
| Marnell Garraud | Boston College |
| Lorela Cubaj | Georgia Tech |
| Morgan Jones | Florida State |
| Mykasa Robinson | Louisville |
| Kamilla Cardoso | Syracuse |

## WNBA draft

The ACC had three players selected in the 2021 WNBA Draft. The ACC has had at least one player selected in sixteen straight WNBA Drafts.
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position | School |
| Stephanie Watts | Los Angeles Sparks | 1 | 10 | Guard | North Carolina |
| Dana Evans | Dallas Wings | 2 | 13 | Guard | Louisville |
| Ivana Raca | Los Angeles Sparks | 3 | 28 | Guard | Wake Forest |