Only four ACC teams were selected for the 2025 NCAA tournament. It remains to be seen whether the change has any effect on the ACC’s basketball image.But there is one significant issue with the change.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is reducing its 20-game men’s basketball schedule to 18, giving teams two more spots for marquee nonconference games in a bid to boost a league getting a dwindling haul of NCAA Tournament bids,

Boston College-Notre Dame will remain a primary pairing in a scheduling shake-up in which ACC teams won't face one league member each year