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Atlantic Coast Conference set to shatter record for money earned in NCAA men's basketball tournament

The Atlantic Coast Conference will set a record for units earned in an NCAA men's basketball tournament and shatter the record for most money earned from the NCAA's Basketball Fund.

ACC teams have gone 16-3 in the tournament, and four teams remain in the Elite Eight: North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Virginia. The conference is guaranteed to have two Final Four teams.

Each game played in this year's tournament is worth $265,791. That money is paid out in each of the next six years (2017-22), with the number for each game, or unit, growing each year of the payout.