Reports started circling early Wednesday that all ACC coaches had voted in favor of pursuing a path that would allow all 357 Division I teams to participate in the NCAA Tournament, and eventually, those were confirmed by those coaches speaking out in favor of the proposal.
“In the ACC, we believe in the importance of celebrating our game,” Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement. “There is no better way to do that than involving every team in the most prestigious basketball tournament on the planet.
“This is not a regular season.