"And Florida State wins it's first ever ACC Championship!"
It was March 11, 2012 and one of the quintessential Atlantic Coast Conference basketball broadcasters, Tim Brant, had just sent shivers down the spine of every Tobacco Road purist.
Florida State winning league titles in football? Well sure—success on the gridiron is the very reason the Seminoles were pursued by ACC brass. But winning a crown on the hardwood, by defeating Duke and North Carolina in back-to-back games? Preposterous.
And yet, this moment suddenly existed. Confetti streamed, and the Warchant blared, cutting through the cacophony of crowd noise.