What began with 15 teams has dwindled to two in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the ACC Tournament bracket has chewed up and spit out 13 others to leave us with No. 1 seed Duke and No. 2 Louisville with only Saturday's title game remaining.

For decades, the Atlantic Coast Conference was synonymous with college basketball excellence. The conference of David Thompson, Michael Jordan, Christian Laettner and Tim Duncan, of Jim Valvano, Dean Smith,