Coming off the most lucrative NCAA tournament in the history of the ACC in 2015 — in which five league teams reached the Sweet 16, three more advanced to the Elite Eight, and the conference earned over $32 million in revenue from the NCAA’s tournament fund — the league stands to do even better this year.
That’s because the ACC has become the first conference in history to produce six Sweet 16 participants in a single year of the NCAA Tournament.
The league not only gets the prestige of having its teams heavily covered and exposed in the coming days, but it’ll also receive a windfall of cash thanks to the league’s combined 12-1 record over the first two rounds of the Big Dance. Get access to the rest of this article and unlimited access to the rest of ACCSports.com when you upgrade to Premium Access! Click on the button below to view all the benefits of becoming a Premium Access member.Get the rest of the story right now with Premium Access!
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