The ACC always struggles with perception and the narratives about the conference. From realignment to athletic performance, the conference can take a beating. This past year, their football playoff entrant,s Clemson and SMU didn’t win a game. They didn’t have a Final 4 participant in women’s basketball. Outside of Duke, the conference flamed out in the men’s basketball tournament. They didn’t have a team reach the softball World Series either.
Well, the final collegiate sporting event of the year is something to celebrate for the conference.
The SEC had a whopping 13 bids, but a disastrous opening weekend saw 9 SEC teams eliminated, leaving 4 SEC teams in the Super Regionals. The ACC had 9 bids and 5 ACC teams reached the super regionals – Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Florida State and Duke. The most of any conference.
Now this result doesn’t change the financial gap with the P2, or what may or may not happen in realignment down the road.
What it does, though, and in particular the schools that made the Super Regionals is create exposure. That’s a lot of ACC programs you’re going to see on ESPN and ESPN2. These programs are going to be front and center in ESPN coverage, and by extension, the ACC.
Any kind of exposure like this is a positive for the league.
The opportunity is there now to not just have a strong start, but a memorable tournament that sees a team from the ACC compete for a national title.
With Texas Tech in the national title game in softball, UCONN winning the national title in women’s basketball, and the ACC dominating the NCAA baseball tournament, some of the best athletics in the country exists outside the mighty P2.
🚨 SUPER REGIONALS SCHEDULE 🚨
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— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 3, 2025
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