The ACC in the Final Four
With North Carolina defending its #1 seed against Syracuse, who went from bubble to Houston, it is yet another season with the ACC being well-represented in the Final Four. How often has the ACC had a representative? Well, here is your answer (champions in bold, current members that were not in the ACC at the time in italics, former members that were in the ACC at that time in strikethrough):
2016: North Carolina, Syracuse
2015: Duke
2013: Syracuse, Louisville
2012: Louisville
2010: Duke
2009: North Carolina
2008: North Carolina
2005: North Carolina, Louisville
2004: Duke, Georgia Tech
2003: Syracuse
2002: Maryland
2001: Duke, Maryland
2000: North Carolina
1999: Duke
1998: North Carolina
1997: North Carolina
1996: Syracuse
1995: North Carolina
1994: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1992: Duke
1991: Duke, North Carolina
1990: Duke, Georgia Tech
1989: Duke
1988: Duke
1987: Syracuse
1986: Louisville, Duke
1984: Virginia
1983: North Carolina State
1982: North Carolina, Louisville
1981: North Carolina, Virginia
1980: Louisville
1978: Duke, Notre Dame
1977: North Carolina
1975: Syracuse, Louisville
1974: North Carolina State
1972: North Carolina, Florida State, Louisville
1969: North Carolina
1968: North Carolina
1967: North Carolina
1966: Duke
1964: Duke
1963: Duke
1962: Wake Forest
1959: Louisville
1957: North Carolina
ACC was formed in 1953
1950: North Carolina State
1946: North Carolina
1941: Pittsburgh
As you can see, the ACC and Final Four go together quite nicely. Even limiting it to conference affiliation at the time of the Final Four, that is 33 ACC schools in 35 Final Fours from 1981 to 2016. Pretty. Darn. Impressive.
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