The ACC is dreadful.....and there was a time when the conference was absolutely awesome.
During the period from 1980-86, seven of the eight teams in the conference made at least one Elite Eight (and the one that didn't, Maryland, made three Sweet Sixteens)....and four different ACC schools made the Final Four during that time. That was power from the top to the bottom in a conference....the ACC wasn't just Duke, UNC & the Six Dwarfs.
During that time, one had to contribute multiple thousands of dollars to the conference schools' booster clubs just for the right to be able to purchase expensive ACC Tournament tickets. Last year, five of us went to the WF/BC game and bought side-court "walk-up" tickets for $10....and probably could've gotten them even cheaper than that with a little effort. The ACC is just two shades of blue now. Basketball in the rest of the conference sucks big time.