The Atlantic Coast Conference has been fairly mediocre over the last few seasons and has disappointed preseason expectations. Since 2022, the ACC hasn't gotten more than five of its teams into the NCAA Tournament once, and the conference only secured four bids a season ago, where Duke was the only top-4 seed. Duke has been the only consistent program in terms of NCAA Tournament berths across the last few years, and it was almost laughable how lopsided the conference was in 2025-26. The Blue Devils went 19-1 in conference play and cruised to an ACC Tournament victory even without superstar Cooper Flagg.
This insider implores ACC to get this done to end era as laughingstock of power conferences
