ACC Network will tip off the 2026-27 basketball season with more than 20 hours of live, on-site coverage from the ACC Women’s and Men’s Basketball Tipoff events in Charlotte, Oct. 5-7. Kelsey Riggs Cuff and Taylor Tannebaum will host live coverage beginning at 9 a.m. ET each day from the ACC basketball media days.
ACC Tipoff will feature interviews with head coaches, student-athletes, insiders and more from the Nothing But Net set inside The Hilton Charlotte Uptown Monday-Wednesday. Among the women’s basketball standouts scheduled to appear are two-time ACC Player of the Year Hannah Hidalgo and First Team All-ACC members Toby Fournier, Kymora Johnson, Zoe Brooks, Khamil Pierre and Uche Izoje.
Among the men’s basketball standouts scheduled to appear are Patrick Ngongba II, Flory Bidunga, Acaden Lewis, Paul McNeil Jr. and Thijs De Ridder. The full list of participants can be found HERE.
During ACC Women’s Tipoff on Monday, Oct. 5, Cuff will be joined by former Clemson sharpshooter Kelly Gramlich, Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Debbie Antonelli, former Virginia Tech All-American Liz Kitley, three-time ACC Tournament champion Kai Crutchfield and reporter Andrea Adelson, providing interviews, analysis and insight throughout the day.
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, ACC Women’s Tipoff coverage continues through the morning before ACC Network shifts live to ACC Men’s Tipoff following the Commissioner’s Forum at 12:30 p.m.
Men’s coverage continues Wednesday with Tannebaum alongside former Final Four Most Outstanding Players Luke Hancock (2013) and Joel Berry II (2017), former Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg, former Clemson standout Terrence Oglesby and reporter Jason Spells.
Eight ACC programs enter the 2026-27 season ranked in ESPN’s preseason Top 25, including four women’s teams and four men’s teams. Duke (No. 3), Louisville (No. 7) and North Carolina (No. 9) are ranked among the women’s top 10, while Duke (No. 2), Virginia (No. 12), Louisville (No. 15) and Miami (No. 18) represent the ACC in the men’s rankings.
ACC Tipoff Programming on ACC Network (October 5-7):
| Date | Time (ET) | Program | Platform |
| Mon, Oct. 5 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff Teams: Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech | ACCN |
| 8 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Head Coaches and Student-Athlete Press Conferences Teams: Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech | ACCNX | |
| Tue, Oct. 6 | 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | ACC Women’s Basketball Tipoff Teams: Boston College, Cal, Pitt, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse | ACCN |
| 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Head Coaches and Student-Athlete Press Conferences Teams: Boston College, Cal, Pitt, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse | ACCNX | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Commissioner’s Forum | ACCN | |
| 1 – 4 p.m. | ACC Men’s Basketball Tipoff presented by T. Rowe Price Teams: Boston College, Cal, Georgia Tech, Louisville, SMU, Stanford | ACCN | |
| 1 – 4:15 p.m. | Head Coaches and Student-Athlete Press Conferences Teams: Boston College, Cal, Georgia Tech, Louisville, SMU, Stanford | ACCNX | |
| Wed, Oct. 7 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | ACC Men’s Basketball Tipoff presented by T. Rowe Price Teams: Florida State, North Carolina, NC State, Duke, Virginia, Notre Dame, Clemson, Miami, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest | ACCN |
| 8 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Head Coaches and Student-Athlete Press Conferences Teams: Florida State, North Carolina, NC State, Duke, Virginia, Notre Dame, Clemson, Miami, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest | ACCNX |