ACC Undeterred Despite Early Disrespect

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Atlantic Coast Conference overcame its history of mediocrity in football just long enough to place five teams in this year's preseason polls. That was until they started playing real games and the freefall began.

Looking back, it's hard not to laugh, isn't it?

And now this year's preseason basketball rankings, which are beginning to trickle out in magazines and online, are proving equally baffling. But for the opposite reason. The ACC is likely to feature no more than three or four teams in the top 25. The Big Ten, by comparison, might wind up with three teams in the top five at the start.

So the ACC's supposed powerhouse basketball programs have less depth than football? It can't be that much of an off-year for a conference that has produced the last two national champions, can it?

"We're a conference that has won a lot, five national championships in the last 10 years, three in the last six,'' Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said Wednesday at the annual ACC media day, dismissing the early rankings. "I think we're gonna be good.''

 

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