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Packer on the ‘most transitive time in the history of college sports’

When news broke Thursday that Southern Cal and UCLA are leaving the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in 2024, it sent shockwaves through the college sports landscape. Mark Packer and Wes Durham had plenty to talk about on the final edition of the Packer …

When news broke Thursday that Southern Cal and UCLA are leaving the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in 2024, it sent shockwaves through the college sports landscape.

Mark Packer and Wes Durham had plenty to talk about on the final edition of the Packer and Durham show on ACC Network on Friday, and Packer gave his thoughts on the latest wave of conference realignment, which follows the eventual move of Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC.

“We’re sitting on the front row of the most transitive time in the history of college sports, and there’s no doubt,” Packer said. “100 years from now, whatever college sports looks like, assuming it’s even in existence anymore, they will look back at this run — between COVID, name, image and likeness, this move in terms of Oklahoma, Texas, USC — and all of this will be in history as far as what happened with college sports.”

Packer also spoke about what this all means for the ACC and talked about the “temptations” that current members of the league now face amid the latest wave of realignment.

“As far as the ACC goes, it’s a really, really important time,” he said. “It’s going to be fascinating to see how this plays out. The conference as a whole has got to be buttoned up, and if there’s some people that are thinking about it… I’m telling you, there’s going to be all kinds of temptations here left and right.”

The ball is now in the court of Notre Dame, which has long been an independent, and reports indicate that the Big Ten is waiting on a decision from the Irish.

Packer says the Irish will have to make a decision one way or another, sooner or later.

“So, I’m kind of curious to see how the league moves forward, and I’m really interested to see Notre Dame,” he said. “Notre Dame is sitting there going, OK, now what? I’m just telling ya, at some point in time, you’re going to have to make a decision if you’re the Irish — whether it be tomorrow, whether it be five years down the road. You can bark about independence all you want, but we’re just going in a different universe, man. Independence is going to be like a foreign language, in my opinion.”

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Packer on the ‘trillion dollar question’ for the ACC

Mark Packer had plenty to say Friday morning on the final edition of the Packer and Durham show on the ACC network about the future of the conference. Packer gave his thoughts on what the news that UCLA and USC are heading to the Big Ten means for …

Mark Packer had plenty to say Friday morning on the final edition of the Packer and Durham show on the ACC network about the future of the conference.  Packer gave his thoughts on what the news that UCLA and USC are heading to the Big Ten means for the ACC.

“The trillion dollar question is our league,” Packer said on his final show with Durham.  “To me this is going to be, we had a stretch during expansion, years ago with John Swofford.  It felt like a critical time for the existence of the Atlantic Coast Conference and it was.  And John Swofford had a front row seat and new it was coming.  And so what did you see happen.  Here comes Boston College.  Here comes the expansion with Pittsburgh…etc..  And a lot of people didn’t understand well that is not my ACC.  Well if that had not happened by John Swofford and the grants of media rights the ACC would not be here.”

The ACC has been here before and was able to make the moves to survive.

“So we have kind of been through this before but this how now reached the point where hey you have ESPN and they are in the football business.  You have Fox Sports and they are in the football business.  A year ago name, image and likeness was front and center.  And we have seen how it has altered the world.  And now you have the Alliance was formed and you got a sense that at least the Pac-12, the Big Ten and the ACC had this kumbaya and stiff armed the college football playoff for a while and we had this saneness among us ang then you had this issue yesterday,” said Packer.

The league is about to find out how committed they are to the survival of the conference.

“To me it feels like all bets are off.  I think the ACC much like it was 20 years ago is now in a position of okay what is this going to turn into.  It feels like your stability and the leadership and the kumbayaness of everybody.  We are now going to find out the ultimate where are we,” said Packer.

The former Clemson Tiger explained how the Grant of Rights makes things different for the ACC.

“There are a trillion rumors and that is what they are at this time but you can’t dismiss a week ago if we had said UCLA and USC they want out well that is not going to happen.  The difference there and what this league has is that UCLA and USC’s grant of media rights were coming to an end.  So there is not penalty to leave.  The grant of the media rights that is currently in existence for the ACC gives you the fortress of we are all in this together.  Which means basically if you don’t understand what we are talking about that if school X of the ACC decided that hey I am going to go join the SEC or the Big Ten or whatever I am out of here.  Your media rights between now and 2035-36 belong in the Atlantic Coast Conference.  So all of the money that you are making with that guy over there the league (ACC) keeps,” said Packer.

The stability and future of the conference is now at stake.

“It is going to be a critical time in my opinion in terms of the stability of the league.  This is where the leadership of not only Jim Phillips but also the Presidents and the AD’s to say hey listen are we going to stay together with this thing because you know from a rating perspective if you are the Big Ten and you are the SEC and you are looking around saying game is on for the ‘super conference’, to go back to my comments where there will be 40 to 50 teams, which I have been saying for so long.  We are on the fast track,” said Packer.

What college football’s latest realignment could mean for Clemson, ACC

Texas and Oklahoma hinted last summer at the road down which college football is likely headed. That’s when news broke that the longtime Big 12 rivals are bolting for the SEC by 2025 at the latest. Southern Cal and UCLA are now following them down …

Texas and Oklahoma hinted last summer at the road down which college football is likely headed.

That’s when news broke that the longtime Big 12 rivals are bolting for the SEC by 2025 at the latest. Southern Cal and UCLA are now following them down that path.

The Pac-12 rivals tonight announced their moves to the Big Ten, further fueling the chatter that college football could be headed toward mega conferences sooner rather than later. With their most recent additions, the Big Ten and SEC are up to 16 football members apiece.

And they may not be done. Action Network’s Brett McMurphy, citing anonymous sources, reported the Big Ten could further expand and that the Big 12 is looking into potentially replenishing with some Pac-12 members.

Safe to say the latest news of conference realignment will have a ripple effect on the future of the sport. So what could it mean for Clemson and the ACC?

While the league’s demise may not be imminent, the latest news isn’t good for Power Five conferences outside of the Big Ten and SEC, two leagues that are head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to revenue opportunities for its members.

The SEC recently inked a 10-year television contract with ESPN for football and basketball broadcasts that will reportedly pay the league roughly $3 billion over the course of the deal beginning in 2024. That’s on top of the conference’s current media rights deal, putting the annual payout for each school north of $50 million.

It is college sports’ most lucrative media rights deal as of now, but that may not be the case for long.

The Big Ten is still in negotiations, but the league is reportedly eyeing a record-breaking contract that would exceed $1 billion annually once its current deal expires next year. Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News reported USC and UCLA could increase their TV revenue cut to north of $100 million each as members of the Big Ten.

Meanwhile, the ACC is in the midst of a long-term deal with ESPN that doesn’t expire until 2036. It also doesn’t pay nearly as well. The deal reportedly doles out roughly $240 million annually to the conference, which equates to about $17 million for each of its 14 football members (annual reported payouts for Pac-12 and Big 12 schools are roughly $21 million and $20 million, respectively).

There’s also the Grant-of-Rights agreement tied to the league’s contract, which has been instrumental in keeping other conferences from poaching ACC programs to this point. Under the agreement, member schools would have to pay an exit fee and surrender the entirety of their TV revenue to the conference if they bolt.

But, understandably, there are some who are intrigued by the hefty payday that could potentially come their way in another conference. The Clemson Insider has learned through a source that at least one member school is looking to see if there’s a way to get out of the Grant-of-Rights. If there does end up being a way for member schools to leave without too significant of a penalty, then the ACC would almost certainly need a more competitive media rights deal to keep itself afloat.

In that scenario, two things could trigger a rework of the ACC’s TV contract: Notre Dame joining the league for football or the poaching of other conferences (or both). Notre Dame is an ACC member in every sport other than hockey and football, where it competes as an independent and has its own media rights deal with NBC.

Without a new deal that gets the ACC more on par with what the Big Ten and SEC are paying, it’s going to be hard for the league to attract new members. And if there’s a Grant-of-Rights workaround somewhere, it’s going to be equally as difficult for the league to keep members from leaving.

Clemson could be one of them.

Dabo Swinney’s program has become one of the sport’s elite by morphing into the ACC’s gold standard with its run of league dominance over the last decade, strengthening its brand immensely in the process. In other words, Clemson is a highly attractive option for potential poachers.

What isn’t clear at this point is the level of desire Clemson has to either stay where it’s at or explore other options, but the Grant of Rights is the lynchpin. If there’s a workaround, another conference could make an offer that’s too good to pass up. If not, Clemson, like the rest of the ACC, is stuck.

Where is Clemson in this ACC strength of schedule rankings for 2022?

Before the ACC goes to a 3-5-5 scheduling model beginning in 2023 that will see each team play three permanent conference opponents while rotating five of the other 10 teams onto the schedule every other year, the league will once again be broken up …

Before the ACC goes to a 3-5-5 scheduling model beginning in 2023 that will see each team play three permanent conference opponents while rotating five of the other 10 teams onto the schedule every other year, the league will once again be broken up into the Atlantic and Coastal divisions for the 2022 season.

With the new scheduling model not going into effect until 2023, CBS Sports rated the easiest and toughest draws in the conference for this season, and the national outlet sees the Atlantic Division as the more difficult side of the standings in the last year of the ACC’s divisional format.

CBS Sports this week released its ACC strength of schedule rankings for 2022 and has four teams from the Atlantic comprising the top six in the rankings.

CBS Sports ranks Clemson’s strength of schedule at No. 4 behind Georgia Tech, Florida State and Miami, in that order.

“Clemson’s strength of schedule rating is going to have a deficit when compared to the rest of the conference because Clemson can’t play Clemson, and thus the Tigers “avoid” the toughest opponent in the ACC,” CBS Sports’ Chip Patterson wrote. “Still, this is a top-half schedule in the league thanks to Miami rotating in from the Coastal Division and a late-season road trip to Notre Dame. Also, considering how Shane Beamer exceeded expectations in 2021, the regular-season finale with South Carolina could take on more intrigue in the near future, but it’s still a matchup that heavily tilts Clemson’s way in 2022.”

Below Clemson in the ACC strength of schedule rankings are fellow Atlantic foes Syracuse and Louisville at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, with defending ACC Champion Pittsburgh from the Coastal coming in at No. 7.

Boston College leads off the bottom half of the rankings at No. 8, followed in order by North Carolina, NC State, Duke, Virginia, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

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From the studio: ACC’s new 3-5-5 schedule model and impact on Clemson

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced a new 3-5-5 schedule model for football on Tuesday. The Tigers will play Florida State, Georgia Tech and NC State every year and rotate the other teams playing each team at home and away every four years. …

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced a new 3-5-5 schedule model for football on Tuesday.  The Tigers will play Florida State, Georgia Tech and NC State every year and rotate the other teams playing each team at home and away every four years.

Robert and Davis hit the TCI studio to discuss the new schedule model and how it impacts the Tigers.

Packer on whether the ACC should move to 9 games

Mark Packer and Wes Durham had plenty to discuss on their show after the Atlantic Coast Conference released the new 3-5-5 schedule plan Tuesday afternoon. While Durham believes the ACC could move to nine league games if the other conference make …

Mark Packer and Wes Durham had plenty to discuss on their show after the Atlantic Coast Conference released the new 3-5-5 schedule plan Tuesday afternoon.  While Durham believes the ACC could move to nine league games if the other conference make that move Packer feels differently.

One of the reason’s Packer feels strongly that the ACC should stay at eight conference games is the relationship with Notre Dame.

“For the ACC’s sake I think eight conference games gives you the flexibility with your non conference scheduling because you have to have eight and I am going to tell you why,” said Packer on Wednesday mornings show.  “Because Notre Dame is still floating.  Notre Dame is not a conference member in football, but they have a relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference where they are going to have on average five games between ACC teams and Notre Dame which is an important non conference component.”

When you combine the games with the Irish and the SEC rivalry games for some ACC teams, that doesn’t leave much scheduling flexibility.

“I think when you throw that in in addition to the ones that you mentioned with the ACC and SEC variety at the end of the season you have to have No. 1 quality games that your fans care about and all of those games fall under the same category.  Any ACC team against Notre Dame is a game that you want to see.  Any ACC verses SEC game, especially those at the end of the year, are games that you want to see.  They are part of your DNA, your fabric.  So all of those are critical.  So it gives you if you know those boxes are checked and if you happen to be one of those schools that falls in the category that you have Notre Dame and your arch enemy in the SEC at the end of the year man your flexibility of only having two open dates in terms on non conference opportunities it is really is important in how you handle them.  Do you go heavy?  Do you go light?  Is it roast beef A&M or do you jump on a top 20 team?  That is difficult so I think that is why eight has got to be the right number for the league,” said Packer.

Packer, Durham share some sad news for Clemson, ACC fans

One Wednesday morning’s show Mark Packer and Wes Durham made an announcement that will disappoint many Clemson and Atlantic Coast Conference fans. Many considered the Packer and Durham show the best show on the ACC Network. That show is ending soon, …

One Wednesday morning’s show Mark Packer and Wes Durham made an announcement that will disappoint many Clemson and Atlantic Coast Conference fans.

Many considered the Packer and Durham show the best show on the ACC Network.  That show is ending soon, very soon.

We wish both of them well in their new assignments for the ACC Network, but are very disappointed to see the show we have enjoyed every morning no longer in the plans for the network.

National outlet gives its 2022 ACC Football predictions

This week, a national media outlet released its predictions for ACC Football in 2022. Clemson is the predicted champion of the ACC by Athlon Sports, which picks the Tigers to come out on top in the conference title game over Miami. Here’s what …

This week, a national media outlet released its predictions for ACC Football in 2022.

Clemson is the predicted champion of the ACC by Athlon Sports, which picks the Tigers to come out on top in the conference title game over Miami.

Here’s what Athlon’s Steve Lassan wrote about Clemson’s outlook heading into the 2022 season:

The Tigers had their streak of consecutive ACC titles snapped at six and failed to make the CFB Playoff for the first time since ’14 last season. A lackluster showing (5.2 yards per play and 26.3 points a game) on offense was the primary culprit for last year’s 10-3 mark and remains a concern going into ’22. A deep backfield led by rising star Will Shipley is the strength of this offense, but question marks remain at every other position. Can DJ Uiagalelei (55.6 [percent, 9 TDs vs. 10 INTs) take a step forward? Or will true freshman Cade Klubnik eventually take over as the starter? The Tigers need more out of an offensive line that brings back four starters and an inconsistent receiving corps losing Justyn Ross to the NFL. And as if those questions weren’t enough, there’s a new play-caller (Brandon Streeter) after Tony Elliott left to be the head coach at Virginia. While question marks litter the offense, the same can’t be said on defense. Coordinator Brent Venables left to be the head coach at Oklahoma, but new play-caller Wes Goodwin inherits a deep defensive line anchored by Tyler Davis, Bryan Bresee and Myles Murphy, along with rising stars at linebacker (Trenton Simpson) and safety (Andrew Mukuba). This unit could be the best defense in college football this fall.

Athlon predicts NC State to finish second in the Atlantic Division behind Clemson, followed by defending Atlantic champion Wake Forest, then Florida State, Boston College, Louisville and Syracuse, in that order.

In the Coastal Division, Athlon projects reigning ACC Champion Pittsburgh to come in second behind Miami. Former Clemson offensive coordinator and new Virginia head coach Tony Elliott’s team is predicted to finish fifth in the Coastal behind North Carolina at No. 3 and Virginia Tech at No. 4, while Athlon sees Georgia Tech and Duke finishing sixth and last in the division, respectively.

Athlon also gave its ACC 2022 superlatives and season predictions. The outlet has Clemson defensive end Myles Murphy winning Defensive Player of the Year, and Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik as the top freshman. Clemson safety Andrew Mukuba is listed as the ACC’s “breakout player,” and defensive tackle Bryan Bresee, who suffered a torn ACL in the second half of Clemson’s game at N.C. State back on Sept. 25, is mentioned as a “comeback player” along with NC State linebacker Payton Wilson.

The clash between Clemson and NC State on Oct. 1 at Death Valley is pegged by Athlon as the “must-see game” in the conference this season.

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Clemson’s chances of making the NCAA tournament

There is still plenty of work for Clemson to do if they want to have a chance to make the NCAA baseball tournament. If the Tigers can go to Charlotte and win the ACC tournament then they will be playing in a regional. Without the ACC baseball …

There is still plenty of work for Clemson to do if they want to have a chance to make the NCAA baseball tournament.

If the Tigers can go to Charlotte and win the ACC tournament then they will be playing in a regional.  Without the ACC baseball tournament title a lot of things will need to fall the right way for the Tigers to make the postseason.

Many focus on the RPI, but the most important factor is always how many teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference will be selected and where does Clemson fall in that pecking order.

Of the 64 teams that make the NCAA baseball tournament 31 receive automatic bids, leaving 33 at large bids.

School Overall ACC RPI Sunday AM
Virginia Tech 40-11 19-9 4
Miami 39-16 20-10 7
Louisville 38-16-1 18-11-1 9
Virginia 38-15 17-13 15
Notre Dame 33-13 16-11 17
Wake Forest 39-16-1 15-14-1 11
North Carolina 34-19 15-15 16
Georgia Tech 33-21 15-15 21
Florida State 32-22 15-15 29
NC State 33-20 14-15 42
Clemson 35-21 13-16 30

Virginia Tech, Miami, Louisville, Virginia, Notre Dame, Wake Forest all will make the field this year regardless of how they do in the ACC tournament this week.  North Carolina and Georgia Tech look good to make it as well sitting at .500 in the conference and RPI’s of 16 and 21.  If all of those teams make the tournament that gives the ACC eight teams.

If more than eight teams are selected from the ACC the Tigers could be battling NC State and Florida State for the chance to play in the postseason.  Florida State lost their series to the Tigers while NC State won the series against Clemson.

Lets take a look at how many teams from the ACC made the NCAA tournament the last few years.  In 2016 the ACC had ten teams make the tournament which tied a record.

2021 – 8

2020 – N/A

2019 – 8

2018 – 6

2017 – 7

2016 – 10

Eight SEC teams have RPIs in the top 33.  The Pac-12 has three teams with RPIs in the top 19.  The Sun Belt has three teams in the top 28 of the RPI.  The Big Ten and Big 12 will certainly get multiple teams in the tournament.  There are usually a few upsets in conference tournaments that allows conferences to have an additional team make the tournament.

Clemson will need to focus on finding a way to defeat No. 1 seed Florida State and No. 8 seed North Carolina.  There will be plenty of scoreboard watching this week to see where the chips are falling as far as the chances for the Tigers to return to the NCAA tournament after missing it last year.

Dates, Times announced for ACC Baseball Tournament

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Pairings and game times have been set for the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship, which gets underway Tuesday at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. Virginia Tech (40-11 overall, 19-9 ACC) …

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Pairings and game times have been set for the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship, which gets underway Tuesday at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Virginia Tech (40-11 overall, 19-9 ACC) earned the No. 1 overall seed and will head up Pool A. The Hokies will be joined by eighth-seeded North Carolina (34-19, 15-15) and 12th-seeded Clemson (35-21, 13-16).

No. 2 Louisville (38-16-1, 18-11-1) is the top seed in Pool B, along with No. 7 Georgia Tech (33-21, 15-15) and No. 11 Pitt (27-26, 13-16).

No. 3 Miami (39-16, 20-10) is joined in Pool C by No. 6 Wake Forest (39-16-1, 15-14-1) and No. 10 NC State (33-20, 14-15), while Pool D features No. 4 Notre Dame (33-13, 16-11), No. 5 Virginia (38-15, 17-13) and No. 9 Florida State (32-22, 15-15).

Each team in the four pools will play one game against each of the other two opponents in its pool Tuesday through Friday (May 24-27). The four teams with the best records within their respective pools will advance to Saturday’s semifinals, with the winners playing on Sunday in the ACC Championship Game.

If the teams are tied at the completion of pool play, the team with the highest seed in the respective pool will advance.

Game times Tuesday through Friday are set for 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday’s semifinals are scheduled for 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., while Sunday’s championship will begin at noon.

The tournament begins Tuesday with No. 7 Georgia Tech versus No. 11 Pitt at 11 a.m., followed by No. 6 Wake Forest versus No. 10 NC State at 3 p.m., and No. 8 North Carolina versus No. 12 Clemson at 7 p.m.

No. 2 Louisville versus No. 11 Pitt opens the day on Wednesday at 11 a.m., followed by No. 5 Virginia facing No. 9 Florida State at 3 p.m., and No. 3 Miami versus NC State at 7 p.m.

Georgia Tech and Louisville face off on Thursday at 11 a.m., followed by No. 4 Notre Dame versus Florida State at 3 p.m., and No. 1 Virginia Tech swinging into action against Clemson at 7 p.m.

The final day of pool play on Friday will be led off by Notre Dame versus Virginia at 11 a.m., followed by Miami versus Wake Forest at 3 p.m., and Virginia Tech versus North Carolina in the 7 p.m. nightcap.

The four pool winners will play on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., with the winners advancing to the ACC Championship game on Sunday at noon.

Tickets are available by visiting CharlotteKnights.com or by calling the Knights Ticket Office at 704-274-8282.

Regional Sports Networks from across the conference footprint and across the nation will carry all 12 games on Tuesday through Friday. Saturday’s semifinals will be carried live on ACC Network, while Sunday’s noon championship game will be nationally televised by ESPN2. All games will also be available via ACC Network Extra.

Additionally, each game will air live on Sirius XM ACC Radio channel 371.

Three ACC baseball teams are ranked among the nation’s top 10 in each of the six major polls. Virginia Tech is ranked among the nation’s top three in each of the six, including a No. 2 national ranking from Perfect Game. The USA TODAY Coaches Poll lists four ACC teams among the top 10 (#3 Virginia Tech, #6 Miami, #9 Louisville and #10 Virginia).

2022 ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
May 24-29 at Truist Field, Charlotte, N.C.
POOL A – #1 Virginia Tech, #8 North Carolina, #12 Clemson
POOL B – #2 Louisville, #7 Georgia Tech, #11 Pitt
POOL C – #3 Miami, #6 Wake Forest, #10 NC State
POOL D – #4 Notre Dame, #5 Virginia, #9 Florida State

Tuesday, May 24
No. 11 Pitt  vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech, 11 a.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)
No. 10 NC State No. 6 Wake Forest, 3 p.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)
No. 12 Clemson vs. No. 8 North Carolina, 7 p.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)

Wednesday, May 25
No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 11 Pitt, 11 a.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)
No. 9 Florida State vs. No. 5 Virginia, 3 p.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)
No. 3 Miami vs. No. 10 NC State, 7 p.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)

Thursday, May 26
No. 7 Georgia Tech vs. No. 2 Louisville, 11 a.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)
No. 4 Notre Dame vs. No. 9 Florida State, 3 p.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)
No. 1 Virginia Tech vs. No. 12 Clemson, 7 p.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)

Friday, May 27
No. 5 Virginia vs. No. 4 Notre Dame, 11 a.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)
No. 6 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Miami, 3 p.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)
No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 1 Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. (RSN/ACCN Extra)

Saturday, May 28
Pool A Winner vs. Pool D Winner, 1 p.m. (ACCN/ACCN Extra)
Pool B Winner vs. Pool C Winner, 5 p.m. (ACCN/ACCN Extra)

Sunday, May 29
ACC Championship, Noon (ESPN2/ACCN Extra)

Photo courtesy ACC.