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The last time that the ACC didn't have an NCAAT Final Four participant was 2021 (unless we've acquired Stanford's history).
 
Disappointing for the conference.

Overall I think the conference did well this season, Duke, State, Notre Dame all had their moments in the sun and are top 10ish teams UNC not far behind. FSU proved to be a top 25 type squad and GT and Cal had some bright moments early in the season and were solid and Louisville proved to be a solid team by years end.

But while the conference had several good to very good teams, no one really can lay claim to being elite. If Duke had made the F4 or didn’t hit that skid late in the year perhaps they could lay claim. ND looked like they were it for sure, and then the wheels came off in a big way. If State made the F4 or beat Duke in the ACCT they’d maybe be in that tier. Ultimately a good season for the conference but lacking that dominant power.
 
Taina Mair’s post season play was subpar. I kept waiting for her to snap out of it and she never did. (She also hit this same post season slump last year) Which was why a few weeks ago I mentioned Duke needed an elite point guard but so many disagreed. I still believe Emilee Skinner will be a game changer for them.
 
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Fortner Announces Retirement

Women’s basketball coaching legend steps away as one of the sport’s all-time greats
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Oh wow! Did NOT see this coming. Nell's a legend in the game, having won COY in three power conferences (Big Ten, SEC, and ACC).
 
GT with a coaching change and now losing Carnegie and Morgan in the portal.
 
FanInNC said:
GT with a coaching change and now losing Carnegie and Morgan in the portal.
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If there's a sliver of hope, I guess we can point out that their best player (Dunn) still hasn't entered.
 
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sivad40 said:
Yes she has entered the portal too.
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Indeed she has!

I'd take her and Kate Koval for Duke and would be happy as a lark. That said, both could be headed to SEC schools.
 
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Ladeeeeda said:
I love how they call it the Atlanta area...it is an full hour away from Atlanta....
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That sounds similar to what how areas outside of Toronto are lumped into the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), even if it's over an hour away.
 
Centerstream said:
@triaddukefan did you see this? Greensboro will need a new nickname next year
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ACC moving women's tourney to Atlanta area in 2026

The Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball tournament will move from its longtime home in North Carolina to the Atlanta area in 2026, the league announced Thursday.
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You didn't hear all that rumbling and crashing outside about 3 hours ago?


Me throwing around furniture and lawn care equipment :mad:



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For the sake of the tournament I hope it’s well attended. I have my doubts attendance will be anything like it is in Greensboro. But I could be wrong.
 
Highest attended ACC tournament since 2009.... Highest attended Championship game ever... And they still moved it to $EC country.


 
Man I tell ya... between graduation and transfers, the ACC is hemorrhaging talent. I haven't done a count, but I bet the majority of the All-ACC team won;t be playing in the ACC next season. :(
 
triaddukefan said:
Man I tell ya... between graduation and transfers, the ACC is hemorrhaging talent. I haven't done a count, but I bet the majority of the All-ACC team won;t be playing in the ACC next season. :(
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At least you still have a conference at this point? Better to lose some talent than have an entire conference up and disappear. I'm not still bitter...:oops:
 
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triaddukefan said:
Man I tell ya... between graduation and transfers, the ACC is hemorrhaging talent. I haven't done a count, but I bet the majority of the All-ACC team won;t be playing in the ACC next season. :(
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Yup--I brought this up before this past season re Kiki Iriafen/Stanford (I guess you could say the same for Georgia Amoore/VT). This season, IMO, has been worse in terms of graduations and transfers out of the conference. The stars are leaving at an alarming rate. Outside of Hannah, there are no real stars returning.
 
Yep. Hate it for the conference. Latson to SC. Miles to TCU. Carnegie to UGa. Koval to LSU.

Not sure how it looks for other schools but what’s telling is I don’t see States name mentioned with the top talent whenever they put out their schools of interest. Guessing they indicates State doesn’t have the NIL to compete with other top programs for transfer talent.
 
Out of the 15 members of the All-ACC first team. 4 return. Hidalgo. Fournier, Zoe Brooks, and Kymora Johnson of UVA. Of the 10 on the second team... Ashlon Jackson, Taj Roberts (Louisville), Kelly of Chapel Hill...and Agara of Stanford.
 
triaddukefan said:
Out of the 15 members of the All-ACC first team. 4 return. Hidalgo. Fournier, Zoe Brooks, and Kymora Johnson of UVA. Of the 10 on the second team... Ashlon Jackson, Taj Roberts (Louisville), Kelly of Chapel Hill...and Agara of Stanford.
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Damn. Fifty percent gone from the conference for next season. Will need to review the list to see how many are graduating this year. Offhand, Sonia Citron comes to mind. Pretty sure James from NC State is in that category too.
 
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cancontent said:
Damn. Fifty percent gone from the conference for next season. Will need to review the list to see how many are graduating this year. Offhand, Sonia Citron comes to mind. Pretty sure James from NC State is in that category too.
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Rivers and James both were seniors and graduating. Utsby from UNC as well.

One thing I’m hoping for is that Kara Dunn is merely swapping ACC teams and ends up in Raleigh :)
 
FanInNC said:
Rivers and James both were seniors and graduating. Utsby from UNC as well.

One thing I’m hoping for is that Kara Dunn is merely swapping ACC teams and ends up in Raleigh :)
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So based on that, that would be 4 out of the 15 who graduated. That leave us with 7 transfering out of the conference. Approximately 50%. Again, dang :eek:
 
triaddukefan said:
Out of the 15 members of the All-ACC first team. 4 return. Hidalgo. Fournier, Zoe Brooks, and Kymora Johnson of UVA. Of the 10 on the second team... Ashlon Jackson, Taj Roberts (Louisville), Kelly of Chapel Hill...and Agara of Stanford.
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Yikes--this is horrible. There's not enough talent returning to the conference (and not enough entering the conference to offset the losses). Hannah is Hannah and Toby has potential, but the rest? Big yikes--zero star power (unless you like crash outs in red or blue-clad players who can't lead their team to 20 wins in two tries already). The Big East has more star power than this! I believe that the SEC has more returning talent (even accounting for the voters' snub of the Vanderbilt forward) and are set to bring in more top end talent from the ACC.

I'll say this for the millionth time. Snubbing those VT players was egregious (and especially so considering this paltry list of returnees). The ACC may have the worst voters of the power conferences.
 
Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame - 2257
Ta'Niya Latson, Jr., G, Florida State - 2173
Olivia Miles, Jr., G, Notre Dame - 1949
Aziaha James, Sr., G, NC State - 1902
Makayla Timpson, Sr., F, Florida State - 1729
Sonia Citron, Sr., G, Notre Dame - 1398
Kymora Johnson, So., G, Virginia - 1339
Saniya Rivers, Sr., G, NC State - 1316
Alyssa Ustby, Gr., G/F, North Carolina - 1010
Khadija Faye, Gr., C, Pitt - 973
Zoe Brooks, So., G, NC State - 968
Kara Dunn, Jr., G, Georgia Tech - 965
Toby Fournier, Fr., F, Duke - 916
Jayda Curry, Sr., G, Louisville - 881
O'Mariah Gordon, Sr., G, Florida State – 878

Haley Cavinder, Gr., G, Miami - 834
Ioanna Krimili, Sr., G, California - 711
Ashlon Jackson, Sr., G, Duke - 657
Liatu King, Gr., F, Notre Dame - 649
Maria Gakdeng, Sr., C, North Carolina - 623
Tonie Morgan, Jr., G, Georgia Tech - 611
Reniya Kelly, So., G, North Carolina - 585
Nunu Agara, So., F, Stanford - 550
Tajianna Roberts, Fr., G, Louisville - 456
Nya Robertson, Jr., G, SMU - 427

Bold means they are staying put (as far as I can tell at the moment). Red means transferring. Green means graduated.

By my count 12 of the 25 on 1st and 2nd team exhausted eligibility.

Of the 13 who could be back 8 are coming back (as of now) and 5 are leaving.

Losing nearly half of your best returning players obviously is not ideal! I think 2 can easily be explained as Morgan and Dunn had a coaching change take place. Miles and Latson are the ones that really hurt the conference because not only are they all conference types, arguably they are first team all American types.
 
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Hannah Hidalgo, So., G, Notre Dame - 2257
Ta'Niya Latson, Jr., G, Florida State - 2173
Olivia Miles, Jr., G, Notre Dame - 1949
Aziaha James, Sr., G, NC State - 1902
Makayla Timpson, Sr., F, Florida State - 1729
Sonia Citron, Sr., G, Notre Dame - 1398
Kymora Johnson, So., G, Virginia - 1339
Saniya Rivers, Sr., G, NC State - 1316
Alyssa Ustby, Gr., G/F, North Carolina - 1010
Khadija Faye, Gr., C, Pitt - 973
Zoe Brooks, So., G, NC State - 968
Kara Dunn, Jr., G, Georgia Tech - 965
Toby Fournier, Fr., F, Duke - 916
Jayda Curry, Sr., G, Louisville - 881
O'Mariah Gordon, Sr., G, Florida State – 878

Haley Cavinder, Gr., G, Miami - 834
Ioanna Krimili, Sr., G, California - 711
Ashlon Jackson, Sr., G, Duke - 657
Liatu King, Gr., F, Notre Dame - 649
Maria Gakdeng, Sr., C, North Carolina - 623
Tonie Morgan, Jr., G, Georgia Tech - 611
Reniya Kelly, So., G, North Carolina - 585
Nunu Agara, So., F, Stanford - 550
Tajianna Roberts, Fr., G, Louisville - 456
Nya Robertson, Jr., G, SMU - 427

Bold means they are staying put (as far as I can tell at the moment). Red means transferring. Green means graduated.

By my count 13 of the 25 on 1st and 2nd team exhausted eligibility.

Of the 12 who could be back 7 are coming back (as of now) and 5 are leaving.

Losing almost half of your best returning players obviously is not ideal! I think 2 can easily be explained as Morgan and Dunn had a coaching change take place. Miles and Latson are the ones that really hurt the conference because not only are they all conference types, arguably they are first team all American types.
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Ashlon Jackson isn't leaving Duke. She has one year of eligibility left. She completed her degree in 3 yrs.
 
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