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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 2935125, member: 652"] It used to be you wouldn’t play a conference opponent till the Elite 8. However since 2011 the committee changed when the Big East got 11 teams in. The new rule is conference teams can play any round after the first round now however the way you can play a conference team before the elite 8 is they can only have played 1 time in the regular season. Thus you can play a second round or sweet 16 game against a conference opponent only if you played one time during the season. This is how we got Duke in the Sweet 16 last year since we only played them one time in the regular season. We won’t be grouped with Duke before the Elite 8 this year. If we play Virginia or North Carolina in the ACC tournament we won’t be grouped with them either. I hope we play UNC again just so we don’t get put in their way before a potential Elite 8 game. [/QUOTE]