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T H E
A T L A N T I C C O A S T C O N F E R E N C E
If success is best measured in terms of wins and losses, then the
ACC is unrivaled in NCAA basketball annals. Seven of the last
16 NCAA Basketball Championships have been won by teams
currently competing in the ACC. Since the league’s inception in
1953, ACC schools have captured 146 national championships.
No conference has compiled a better NCAA Tournament record
than the ACC. Since the inaugural tournament in 1939, league
teams have posted an NCAA Tournament-best mark of 412-210
for a sterling .662 winning percentage against the nation’s toughest
competition. The 15 teams currently in the ACC have combined for
601 NCAA Tournament victories - 178 more than the next nearest
conference.
Since 1985, the ACC has produced 26 Final Four teams, four more
than any other conference. The ACC has had at least one Final Four
team in 21 of the last 28 years.
Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985,
ACC teams have compiled a 313-157 (.666) record, including 85
Sweet 16 appearances and 46 Regional Final berths - all NCAA
Tournament bests. Teams currently in the ACC have combined to
win 16 NCAA Championships.
The ACC has posted 10 or more NCAA Tournament wins 15 times
overall and with its record-setting 19-7 mark in the 2016 NCAA
Tournament, the ACC extended its non-losing streak in NCAA
Tournament play to 29 years in a row.
A year ago, ACC teams combined to win an NCAA-record 19
NCAA Tournament games, eclipsing the previous mark of 18 set by
the Big East in 1985.
Over the past two years, ACC teams have combined to win an
NCAA-record 36 Tournament games, bettering the previous mark
of 28 set by the Big East in 2008-09 and the Big Ten in 1999-
2000. The ACC’s 36 wins are 16 more than any other conference,
and two more than any other two conferences combined.
The ACC set an NCAA Tournament record in 2016 by having six
teams reach the Sweet 16, breaking the previous record of five set
by the ACC in 2015, and the Big East in 2009. Over the past two
years, 11 ACC teams have reached the Sweet 16, six more than
any other conference over that span.
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