The ACC’s Long Record Of March Excellence

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 24: AJ Griffin #21 and Theo John #12 of the Duke Blue Devils react against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the second half in the Sweet Sixteen round game of the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Chase Center on March 24, 2022 in San Francisco, California.That was close.

We’ve heard ACC men’s basketball is second-rate even before North Carolina, previously the top-rated team nationally, went into a protracted late-November funk, losing four straight, the first three to eventual NCAA entrants. Even when the ACC decisively captured the final Challenge series with the Big Ten, national talk remained discouraged and discouraging.

There was no ACC team…