When Louisville was preparing to make the move to the ACC a half decade ago, the sell was an easy one for Cardinal fans.
The basketball side was a no-brainer. With the likes of Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and Syracuse all in the fold, the ACC was set to be the best hoops conference in America for the foreseeable future. You also had Rick Pitino joining up with Roy Williams, Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim to make the league the first in college basketball history to feature four active members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Good times.