Conference realignment is a funny thing. Twenty years from now, we might look back at the last decade of movement as one of the most "turbulent" times in college athletics, but as we're here in the moment, it seems less dramatic. The coaches, players and fans have been directed to detours from their established traditions, as powerless as a daily commuter dealing with road construction.
For Notre Dame, the move from the Big East to the ACC in 24 of 26 sports, including men's basketball, was part of "arguably the most noteworthy across-the-board change in the history of Notre Dame's sports programs.