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Message: [QUOTE="and one, post: 3601674, member: 10475"] I grew up in Jersey, just outside of NYC, and didn't know squat about the ACC, or anything else South of Trenton for that matter. I got out of the military in 72 and went off to Charlotte to finish up undergrad. ACC was in the air, but if I had a rooting interest it was for UNCC where I attending. I moved to Durham in 77, which is the heart of ACC country. I watched a million games and like everyone else took off from whatever else you were doing and binged on watching every ACC tournament game. At the time only the tournament winner was automatic for the NCAAs, so it was a huge deal. The ACC always had a giant recruiting pipeline to the northeast, particullarly Carolina when Frank Maguire was coach. Dean Smith was coach when I came onto the scene and he also recruited heavily in the northeast. The ACC was traditionally a basketball league and still is to some degree. There were no football powerhouses until the league expanded and Florida State and Miami joined. Those two teams, mostly FSU of late, have owned ACC football. Then, of course, the likes of Pitt, Syracuse and BU joined, mostly to ramp up football, but there football glory days were long gone. I HATED that UConn didn't get into the league. They had the perfect bball profile, but football drives all now. [/QUOTE]