[1] This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2016–17 academic year.
[2] On September 14, 2016, the ACC announced that the 2017 tournament originally slated to be played in Durham, North Carolina,[3][4] along with neutral site championships for seven other sports, would be moved out of the state of North Carolina due to the controversial NC House Bill 2.
The winner of each seven team division and the top ten other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season will be seeded one through twelve.
[8][9] On May 24, due to inclement weather, the schedule for the tournament was altered.
Additionally, Jim Paterson Stadium on the University of Louisville campus was added as a site.