The Mighty ACC

The Atlantic Coast Conference. Toughest conference in the country? You be the judge. The ACC joined the Big East and the Big Ten as the only conferences to get seven teams into the Big Dance. Here's how they fared:

Maryland won, 84-71 over California.
Duke won, 86-62 over Binghamton.
Clemson lost, 62-59 to Michigan.
North Carolina won, 101-58 over Radford.
Florida State lost, 61-59 (OT) to Wisconsin.
Boston College lost, 72-55 to USC.
Wake Forest lost, 84-69 to Cleveland State.

That's right, FOUR teams out of 7 from the ACC knocked out in the first round!

It's too early to say which conferences are gonna do the best. And either Duke or Carolina (or, possibly, Maryland) could still go all the way. But... Well, I hope it's not "the kiss of death" to be saying this now, but the Pac-10 won five of six in the first round...

I'm just sayin'.