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[QUOTE="SU94, post: 3314172, member: 202"]
All well and good. Maybe the best conference in the land next year (the B1G will taper off), but I am not a huge believer that 20-25 freshman are going to make this an ACC that could match up with what came through the league from 2013-18. And that is nothing to be ashamed of.

I mean, let's get past amazingly consistent Duke for a second (almost always Top 10, if not Top 4)
What makes you think that ...
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[*]'20-21 UNC is going to be better than their upperclassmen-laden teams that went to consecutive Final Fours (and won once);
[*]Next year's UL (probation likely) > 2013 Louisville squad that cheated, but won it all? No.
[*]'20-21 Virginia > the (hate to type this) UVA/Tony Bennett juggernaut that existed the last 6-7 years? They had 3 first-rounders + Kyle Guy.
[*]The Irish averaged 27+ wins/year in three seasons from 2014-17. Got to two E8s.
[*]Heck, SU was better in 2013-15 than we are now.
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FSU and VT are better now, and maybe Clemson too. But subtly better and not nearly enough to trump the declines that Virginia, UNC, SU and UL have taken compared to a few year back.

The ACC is still the biggest-baddest league in the land, but it is not what it was when SU, UL, ND and a stouter Pitt entered the fray in 2013.
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