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**2023-24 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball**

USC (No. 6) reaches highest AP Top 25 rankings since 1994
South Carolina remained the unanimous choice at No. 1 from the 36-member national media panel. The Gamecocks cruised to two easy wins over the Thanksgiving holiday. UCLA, Stanford, Iowa and NC State round out the top five.

ACC Women's AP Top-25
No.5: NC State (7-0)
No.9: Virginia Tech (5-1)
No.15: Florida State (5-!)
No.18: Notre Dame (5-1)
No.22: Louisville (5-1)
No.24: North Carolina (5-2)
 
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Arizona rises to No. 1 in AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll​


It is Arizona's turn to sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll. The Wildcats rose to No. 1 in Monday's poll for the first time in nearly nine years, making Tommy Lloyd's squad the third team to hold the top spot this season. Last week's No. 1 team, Purdue, slid after an overtime loss at Northwestern. Arizona claimed 59 of 63 first-place votes to move up one spot, putting the Wildcats comfortably ahead of preseason No. 1 Kansas. The Jayhawks rose three spots to No. 2 with a win against last season's NCAA champion, UConn.

ACC AP Top 25
No.9: North Carolina | 7-1
No.15: Miami | 6-1
No.22: Duke | 5-3
No.24: Clemson | 7-0
 

UConn women fall to No. 17, worst AP poll ranking in 30 years​


UConn dropped to 17th in the Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll Monday, its worst ranking in 30 years. The last time the Huskies were ranked this low was the second poll of the 1993-94 season when they were 18th. The drop also ended a 357-week stretch of being ranked in the top 15, which was the second longest in the history of the poll, which dates to 1977 (Tennessee had 428 consecutive appearances).

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ACC AP Top 25
No.3: NC State | 9-0
No.14: Notre Dame | 6-1
No.15: Virginia Tech | 5-2
No.18: Louisvile | 8-1
No.20: Florida State | 6-2
No.24: North Carolina | 5-3
 
2023-24 College Football Games Schedule, CFP Matchups
The 2023-24 college football bowl season is almost here. There are 43 bowl games, beginning Dec. 16 with Georgia Southern facing Ohio in the Myrtle Beach and ending Jan. 8 with the College Football Playoff National Championship. The College Football Playoff semifinals are set with Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama selected to battle for the title.

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Atlantic Coast Conference Bowl Schedule

Thursday, December 21, 2023
RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl
South Florida vs. Syracuse
FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)
8 p.m., ESPN, ESPN+ and the ESPN App

Friday, December 22, 2023
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. UCF
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
6:30 p.m., ESPN, ESPN+ and the ESPN App

Saturday, December 23, 2023
Birmingham Bowl
Troy vs. Duke
Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)
Noon, ABC, ESPN+ and the ESPN App

Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Military Bowl presented by GoBowling.com
Virginia Tech vs. Tulane
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
2 p.m., ESPN, ESPN+ and the ESPN App

Duke's Mayo Bowl
North Carolina vs. West Virginia
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
5:30 p.m., ESPN, ESPN+ and the ESPN App

DirecTV Holiday Bowl
Louisville vs. USC
Petco Park (San Diego)
8 p.m., Fox

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers vs. Miami
Yankee Stadium (New York)
2:15 p.m., ESPN, ESPN+ and the ESPN App

Pop-Tarts Bowl
NC State vs. Kansas State
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
5:45 p.m., ESPN, ESPN+ and the ESPN App

Friday, December 29, 2023
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
Clemson vs. Kentucky
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
Noon, ESPN, ESPN+ and the ESPN App

Saturday, December 30, 2023
Capital One Orange Bowl
No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 5 Florida Stste
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
4 p.m., ESPN, ESPN+ and the ESPN App
 

Arizona strengthens hold atop AP Top 25 ahead of Purdue showdown​

Arizona strengthened its place atop the Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday, setting up a showdown this weekend against Purdue, the former No. 1 team in the nation.

ACC Men Top 25

No.9: North Carolina | 7-2
No.13: Clemson | 9-0
No.21: Duke | 6-3
No.22: Virginia | 8-1
No.24: Miami (Fla.) | 7-2
 

WOMEN'S BRACKETOLOGY: 2024 NCAA TOURNAMENT​

We will project the field of 68 every week from now until Selection Sunday on March 17. Our bracket updates every Tuesday through December before shifting to semiweekly projections (Tuesday and Friday) once conference play begins in January. Albany, New York, and Portland, Oregon, will host the regionals, as the two-site format remains for a second consecutive year. It all culminates in Cleveland at the Final Four on April 5 and 7.

ACC | 10

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2024 NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKETOLOGY | Men​

Bracketology is now in its 30th season on ESPN.com. From now until Selection Sunday on March 17, we'll keep you up to date on the postseason chances and projection of your favorite teams. Our brackets update Tuesday during the nonconference schedule before shifting to twice a week -- Tuesday and Friday -- once conference play hits in earnest in January. We culminate with daily updates throughout Championship Week in March, all with an eye toward the 2024 NCAA men's basketball tournament.

ACC | 5

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North Carolina basketball star Eric Montross dies at age 52​

Former North Carolina and NBA big man Eric Montross, who began treatment for cancer in March, died Sunday at the age of 52, his family announced Monday. Montross played for Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith at UNC from 1990 to 1994, and he was the starting center when the Tar Heels won the 1993 national championship. He was a first-team All-ACC selection that season, and he was a two-time Associated Press second-team All-American. Montross was selected ninth in the 1994 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. He also played for the Dallas Mavericks, the New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors during his eight-year NBA career. Since his playing career, he had served as a radio analyst for UNC game broadcasts for 18 seasons and worked as the senior major gifts director for the Rams Club, the fundraising arm of UNC's athletic department. He was also known for his charitable efforts, such as helping launch a father-child basketball camp for Father's Day weekend to support UNC Children's Hospital.

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Purdue returns to No. 1 spot in AP men's college basketball poll​

Purdues slide from No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll turned out to be brief. The Boilermakers headlined Monday's latest poll for the second time this season after beating former No. 1 Arizona aover the weekend. The Wildcats had spent two weeks at No. 1 after Purdue's loss to Northwestern ended the Boilermakers' stint at the top after one week. Purdue received 48 of 62 first-place votes in the latest poll to jump from third with the Arizona win, which marked the program's first win against a No. 1 team in 23 years.

ACC Top 25

No.11: North Carolina | 7-3
No.18: Clemson | 9-1
No.21: Duke | 7-3
No.22: Virginia | 9-1
No.5: UConn | 10-1

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Men's Power Rankings: Purdue tops Arizona, Kansas for No. 1​

After two weeks atop the rankings, Arizona suffered its first loss of the season to Purdue on Saturday. It means we need to change the No. 1 team for the fourth time this season, but it's going to be a familiar one. Kansas opened at No. 1 before Purdue took over following Feast Week. With Arizona's loss, who rises between the Jayhawks and Boilermakers? Kansas was No. 2 last week and all the Jayhawks did was rally for their first true road win at Indiana. Purdue was No. 3, but knocked off the No. 1 in impressive fashion.

ACC Top 16

No.13: North Carolina | 7-3
 

South Carolina remains No. 1 in AP women's college basketball poll​

South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 in the Associated Press women's basketball poll Monday, while Washington was ranked for the first time since 2017. The Gamecocks received all 36 votes from a national media panel after winning their only game last week in a rout. Many teams were finishing off their break for exams, and there wasn't much movement, with the top 10 unchanged from the previous week.

The Miami Hurricanes fell out of the Top 25 and were replaced by No. 25 TCU, which made its first appearance in the poll since 2020. Washington also entered at No. 23, the first time it has been ranked since the final poll in 2017. The Huskies' first game as a ranked team will be at No. 19 Louisville on Wednesday.

ACC Top 25

No.3: NC State | 11-0
No.14: Notre Dame | 8-1
No.15: Virginia Tech | 8-2
No. !9: Louisville | 10-2
No.21: Florida State | 8-3
No. 24: North Carolina | 7-4

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Women's Power Rankings: Sophomores ready for spotlight​

Star freshmen have often taken center stage this season, but the biggest matchup of this pre-Christmas week puts a spotlight on sophomores. Monday, UCLA travels to Ohio State in what would be a very good win on either résumé. Lauren Betts, a transfer from Stanford, is the leading scorer, rebounder and shot-blocker for the Bruins, who continue their hold on No. 2 in ESPN's women's college basketball Power Rankings. Fellow sophomore Kiki Rice leads the Bruins in assists and steals.

ACC

No.3: NC State | 11-0
No.13: Notre Dame | 8-1
No.16: Virginia Tech | 8-2
 

WOMEN'S BRACKETOLOGY: 2024 NCAA TOURNAMENT​

The Atlantic Coast Conference checks in with 10 teams in the field for the second consecutive week. Will that come to be in March? Probably not. But while nine seems possible, 10 is the reality right now. Due to a quirk in the schedule, just one league game has been played in the ACC

Conference Breakdown

ACC | 10
Pac-12 | 8
Big 12 | 7
Big 10 | 7
SEC | 6
Big East | 3
Mid-American | 2

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MEN'S BRACKETOLOGY: 2024 NCAA TOURNAMENT​

Bracketology is now in its 30th season on ESPN.com. From now until Selection Sunday on March 17, we'll keep you up to date on the postseason chances and projection of your favorite teams. Our brackets update Tuesday during the nonconference schedule before shifting to twice a week.

But there is an even more important similarity in the two cases. Both Purdue this season and Virginia in the 2019 campaign brought back measurably better teams than their immediate predecessors. Already defensively elite, the Cavaliers jumped from No. 30 to No. 2 in offensive efficiency when they won the title.

Conference Breakdown

SEC | 9
Big 12 | 8
Big 10 | 7
ACC | 5
Big East | 5
Pac-12 | 4
Mountain West | 4
American | 2
 

Ranking the top 25 players in women's college basketball​

Hail to the newcomers! There are nine players in ESPN's updated ranking of the top 25 players in women's college basketball for the 2023-2024 season who weren't included in the preseason rankings in November. One thing didn't change: Iowa senior guard Caitlin Clark was the unanimous selection at No. 1 on all 21 ballots. She leads Division I in scoring for the 11-1 Hawkeyes. Determining the top 25 was enormously difficult

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ACC Top 25

No.22: Saniya Rivers, NC State
 

Florida Atlantic hits highest ranking in AP men's hoops poll​

Florida Atlantic's run to the Final Four last season was viewed as a nice story, a small program making a surprise run before sliding back into anonymity. The Owls are showing this season that that was no fluke. Coming off a double-overtime win over No. 4 Arizona, FAU moved up seven places to No. 7 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll released Monday. It's the Owls' highest ranking as a program after being No. 10 in the preseason poll. Purdue maintained its top ranking for the second straight week, receiving 46 first-place votes.

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ACC Top 25

No.9: North Carolina | 8-3
No.16: Duke | 8-3
No.18: Clemson | 10-1
 

South Carolina still No. 1 in AP Top 25 women's hoops poll​

The Gamecocks received all 36 votes from a national media panel, marking the seventh consecutive week that they've been No. 1. South Carolina had a run of 38 straight weeks as the top team over the previous two seasons before LSU was the preseason No. 1 this year. With most teams having a light schedule last week ahead of the holidays, the top 10 were unchanged. UCLA, North Carolina State, Iowa and Texas followed the Gamecocks.

ACC Top 25

No.3: NC State | 12-0
No.13: Notre Dame | 9-1
No.14: Virginia Tech | 9-2
No.19: Louisville | 11-2
No.22: Florida State | 9-3
No.24: North Carolina | 8-4

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Florida State suing ACC over grant of rights, withdrawal fee​

The Florida State board of trustees voted unanimously Friday to sue the ACC to challenge the legality of the league's grant of rights and its $130 million withdrawal fee, a necessary first step to plot the school's future and potential exit from the conference. The 38-page lawsuit, filed in Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Florida, seeks a declaratory judgment against the ACC to void the grant of rights and withdrawal fee as "unreasonable restraints of trade in the state of Florida and not enforceable in their entirety against Florida State." The university alleges "chronic fiduciary mismanagement and bad faith" in the way the ACC has handled its multimedia rights agreements and undermined its members' revenue opportunities. Florida State is also accusing the ACC of breach of contract and failure to perform.

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