While it brings up questions, mainly surrounding its “Atlantic Coast Conference” name, it’s built up one of the most impressive group of programs in women’s college basketball. These are the top 10 players in the new-look conference made of athletes all over Tobacco Road.

When Gene Corrigan arrived in Greensboro, North Carolina in September of 1987 to take over as commissioner of the ACC, he was shocked to read the local sports sections.

Freshman sensation Cooper Flagg has Duke as the clear team to beat in the ACC. Where do the other teams rank behind them?

Cooper Flagg could be the first freshman to win the Naismith Award since 2019 when fellow Duke player Zion Williamson won the award. The list of freshmen winners is small, with Kentucky’s Anthony Davis (2012) and Texas' Kevin Durant (2007) also winning the award.

As the ACC gets further and further into conference play, a few things are becoming increasingly clear. Duke is a cut above the rest of the teams in the confere