Based on its own lofty standards, the Atlantic Coast Conference had a poor regular season. Its postseason was even worse. Florida State and Syracuse were the only ACC teams to make it past the first round, and both lost convincingly in the regional semifinals.
ACC teams finished with a 4-7 NCAA Tournament record, marking the league's lowest win total and winning percentage in this event since 1979.
This will mark just the fourth time the ACC hasn’t sent a team to a regional final since the NCAA Tournament went to a 48-team format in 1980 (it’s now a 68-team event).
The only other years the ACC was left out of the Elite Eight were 2003, 2014 and 2016. “I think every conference goes through those periods,” Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton