The class of the ACC — the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils — are as strong as ever this season, but the rest of the conference is well behind the two blue bloods. Ahead of the start of the ACC Tournament, which tips off Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., only four of the league's 15 members are projected to earn a spot in the field of 68.
Other than UNC and Duke, the Virginia Cavaliers and Clemson Tigers appear to be in line for trips to the Big Dance while the Pittsburgh Panthers and Wake Forest Demon Deacons are on the bubble on the outside looking in at the moment.
One year removed from a share of the regular-season ACC title and a run to the Final Four, the Miami Hurricanes enter the conference tournament with a losing record and long odds to make any noise this week at Capital One Arena.