Washington Post: ACC Is Leagues Ahead of the Rest

I’ve never believed that any of the sturm and drang about the Big 10 would have any effect on our membership in the conference, but the ACC is where we should go …

ACC Is Leagues Ahead of the Rest (washingtonpost.com):

“Larry Shyatt, a Florida assistant, had examined Miami’s game against Xavier on Nov. 27, so he knew the Hurricanes were quick and could shoot well. What he didn’t anticipate when the Gators hosted Miami a week later was this: Miami 72, Florida 65.

“The two most noteworthy nonconference games involving ACC teams occurred in Gainesville, Fla., and Charlottesville. Miami, expected to be a bottom-rung ACC team, beat one of the Southeastern Conference’s top-tier teams. And Virginia, a supposed middle-of-the-pack ACC team, beat Arizona, the Pacific-10 favorite, by 18 points. “