CBS Sports reported that on Wednesday, the Atlantic Coast Conference league arduvaz from 20 matches to 18 and to make room for non -conference competitions.
According to the report, the ACC makes the change effective with the 2025-26 Men’s Basketball Program to help reversing a decreasing tendency of NCAA tournament offers.
18 team conference athletic directors reportedly approved a call on Wednesday morning.
Acc sent only four teams to the 2025 NCAA tournament, including the controversial election of North Carolina. Since it expanded to 64 teams in 1985, he pointed out the lowest percentage of the ACC teams (22.2 percent).
The Southeast Conference sent 14 records to the 2025 NCAA tournament compared to.
The ACC sent seven teams to the 2021 tournament, which was five and four this season in each of the next three years.
Adding more Quad 1 and Quad 2 competitors to the program, partly high-profile coaches Roy Williams (North Carolina), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Jim Bennett (Syryhuse) and Tony (Virginia) may not solve all the problems that have been prone to the downwardly.
The Big 12 conference announced in March that there was a similar change in the program and a decrease from 20 to 18.
While the 16 members of the SEC play a 18 -game league program, there is a 20 -game slate at 18 teams Big Ten conference.
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