Report: ACC ADs Approve Smaller Conference Schedules

On Wednesday, CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander reported that the ACC athletic directors have approved a change to the league’s basketball scheduling.

According to Norlander, the league will move to 18 conference games. The league had previously played 20 conference games per season.

Sources: ACC ADs have officially approved moving to an 18-game schedule in basketball, sources tell @CBSSports. League had been on a 20-gamer since 2019-20 (save the COVID year). Decision was made in part because the ACC only sent four of its 18 teams to the men’s NCAAT this yr.

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) May 7, 2025

Norlander said that the decision came about “in part because the ACC only sent four of its 18 teams to the men’s NCAAT this yr.” He also included an interesting note in his story: “Four out of 18 equates to 22.2%, the lowest percentage of ACC teams to make the Big Dance since the tournament expanded to 64 in 1985.”

The only teams to make the NCAA Tournament from the ACC this season were the following: Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, and Clemson.

The year before, five teams from the league made the NCAA Tournament: Virginia (first four), North Carolina, Clemson, NC State, and Duke.

Check out the All-ACC teams from this past basketball season.

2024-25 ACC AWARDS

Player of the Year – Cooper Flagg, Fr., G/F, Duke

Defensive Player of the Year – Chucky Hepburn, Sr., G, Louisville

Rookie of the Year – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke

Most Improved Player – Donald Hand Jr., So., Boston College

Sixth Man of the Year – Jeremiah Wilkinson, Fr., G, California

Coach of the Year – Pat Kelsey, Louisville

2024-25 ALL-ACC TEAM

FIRST TEAM

Name, School, Points

• Cooper Flagg, Duke, 400
• Maxime Raynaud, Stanford, 392
• Chucky Hepburn, Louisville, 364
• Chase Hunter, Clemson, 328
• Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest, 257

SECOND TEAM

• RJ Davis, North Carolina, 241
• Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 238
• Ian Schieffelin, Clemson, 225
• Kon Knueppel, Duke, 208
• Jamir Watkins, Florida State, 150

THIRD TEAM

• Terrence Edwards Jr., Louisville, 125
• Tyrese Proctor, Duke, 72
• Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 72
• Boopie Miller, SMU, 71
• Jaland Lowe, Pitt, 62

HONORABLE MENTION

• Matthew Cleveland, Miami, 49
• Andrej Stojakovic, California, 48
• Naithan George, Georgia Tech, 40
• Isaac McKneely, Virginia, 38
• J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 32
• Donald Hand Jr., Boston College, 29
• Cameron Hildreth, Wake Forest, 26
• Khaman Maluach, Duke, 23
• Viktor Lakhin, Clemson, 20
• Eddie Lampkin, Syracuse, 19