Our colleague Chris Low pointed out the teams he is buying and selling heading into 2017, so this is the perfect opportunity to look at the top 5 returning ACC teams and determine whether they are playoff contenders or pretenders.
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Reasons the Hurricanes are contenders: Believe it or not, the biggest reason is defense, a unit that finally showed its potential in Year 1 under Manny Diaz.