These days the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has been in a whirlwind of different conversations as they look to establish what once was.
Truthfully the ACC never got its respect in collegiate sports like football but has always been a frontrunner in basketball. Well, that’s slowly changing and ESPN’s Joe Lunardi is exposing that, calling out the lack of ACC teams and their ranking in recent March Madnesses.
Lunardi’s recent men’s basketball bracketology that predicts teams’ placement for the NCAA tournament features four ACC schools, the lowest it would be since 2014. Those four teams are UNC, Duke, Virginia, and Clemson. Among the first four out is Wake Forest, who has been a team to be wrecking with yet has failed to pick up a Quad 1 win (0-4).
The ACC attack wasn’t taken kindly by social media. Instead, it flipped to those like Lunardi who create such a list and the impact it serves. The firey responses were quite a treat, echoing the disrespect ACC teams have faced.
Let’s take a look at how social media reacted to the ACC being on the verge of a low of teams in March Madness.
What Joe Lunardi won’t tell you in this snippet is that over the past three tournaments, where the ACC had no one-seeds, the conference has:
– 6 Sweet 16 appearances (T-2nd)
– 4 Elite 8 appearances (T-1st)
– 3 Final Four appearances (1st)
– 6.2 wins over KenPom expectation (1st)… https://t.co/gTjcf1EH1I pic.twitter.com/F03YjzeZ4J— Andrew Weatherman (@andreweatherman) February 13, 2024
Just admit you haven’t been watching ACC basketball this season and hang ‘em up Joe.
This conference is littered with great teams and it’s proven year in and year out in the tournament no matter how many teams you think we deserve in.
Shame on ESPN for pushing this narrative https://t.co/hZFvTUI9eW
— Oakland Zoo (@OaklandZoo) February 13, 2024
This is going to sound crazy and conspiratorial but all the talk about the ACC being a dead conference, first in football with undefeated FSU, and now in basketball, is being pushed by ESPN. Who would stand to gain from the ACC falling apart.
Makes ya think https://t.co/z5MNt5OqAu
— Semple Fi Podcast (@semplefipod) February 13, 2024
Starting to think his wife cheated on him w/the ACC…because in his article the time frame that he lists in here for the “decline” of the ACC, the ACC has done the…
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