The top tier of the ACC — Duke, Clemson, and Louisville — is playing its best basketball of the season as we come down the home stretch of the regular season, giving the conference three squads in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the first week of December.
In bubble territory, Wake Forest’s big win over SMU last weekend has the Demon Deacons on the right side of the bubble for now. Meanwhile, SMU, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh, each seem to be on the outside looking in as they continue to fight for their NCAA Tournament lives.