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, from March 5 to 9, 2025. It was the 25th time in 26 years that the tournament was held in Greensboro. The tournament was sponsored by

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were the defending tournament champions. Notre Dame was the second overall seed after finishing tied for first place in the regular season rankings. However, they could not defend their title, losing to

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in the Semifinals. Duke would go on to win the tournament over NC State 76–62. This was the second year in a row that NC State was defeated in the final. This was Duke's ninth overall ACC tournament title, and the first for head coach Kara Lawson. As tournament champions, Duke received the ACC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeding and qualification

Fifteen of the eighteen ACC women's basketball teams will participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The seeds were determined on March 2, after the final regular season conference games.

Schedule

Bracket

Source: * denotes overtime period

Game Summaries

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Awards and honors

References

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