I don't take that as a shot. UVA and Duke are the two best teams in the ACC right now. It's just fanfare. If we were in this game the narrative would have been about a new era.
I don't think it was a shot and the newest ACC members. I think it was a reference to the final 2 being in contention for number one seeds and the game being nationally relevant again after several years of being an afterthought. At least that's how I took it.