Early in Danny Hurley’s UConn tenure, after a loss, he basically said better get us while you can, because we’re going to be really good soon.
You could kind of apply that to the ACC this year.
The conference had some things line up that were historically bad: UNC had a keenly disappointing year. Picked for #1 nationally, the Tar Heels missed the post-season. Syracuse staggered to the end of the Jim Boeheim era. Virginia Tech was surprisingly mediocre and the bottom of the conference was undeniably horrible.
However, things never stay the same and in spite of those issues, Miami still got to the Final Four, while the Big 12, the SEC and the Big Ten are sitting at home, looking back at the fawning clippings and wondering what the hell happened.