Workaholics

The changing college sports landscape brings the conference to 15 schools, with Florida State, Miami and Notre Dame earning their first ACC championships. Tony Bennett and Zion Williamson each bring new excitement before the unimaginable happens.

As a new century dawns, Duke is more dominant than ever, winning seven ACC championships in eight years with a core of stars headlined by Shane Battier and Jay Williams. Roy Williams rejuvenates the Carolina program, while Clemson remains snake bit.

At Duke, Coach K puts together one of the most iconic teams ever with Christian Laettner, Grant Hill and Bobby Hurley. Wake Forest seeks a return to glory led by Randolph Childress and Tim Duncan, and Dean Smith's career ends in memorable fashion.

After previous ACC Tournament heartbreaks, Maryland’s Lefty Driesell and Georgia Tech’s Bobby Cremins both seek redemption. All the while, Mike Krzyzewski survives early calls for his job and helps turn up the heat on the Duke-Carolina rivalry.

Virginia's Ralph Sampson earns national player of the year honors three times, but never wins the ACC Tournament. Dean Smith seeks a title with freshman Michael Jordan, and the charismatic Jim Valvano leads NC State on a memorable Cinderella run.

Dean Smith's North Carolina teams may be the class of the ACC, but rivals also flourish, including a Virginia team led by Wally Walker, and a Duke program that re-emerges with a championship run in 1978 and a controversial title two years later.

An intense and high-impact rivalry develops between Maryland and North Carolina State, capped by the finale of the 1974 ACC Tournament in arguably the greatest college basketball game ever - and a battle that helps shape the future of the sport.

After a rough start, North Carolina's Dean Smith comes to be known for both dominance and dignity, playing a central role in desegregating the ACC with the recruitment of Charlie Scott, who emerges as a star on some of Smith's greatest teams.

While Everett Case is the ACC's original driving force, he's not the only icon on Tobacco Road to establish a legacy in the conference's early years. From North Carolina's Frank McGuire to Wake Forest's Bones McKinney new coaches emerge in the sport.

When Indiana native Everett Case arrives in Raleigh to become the coach at North Carolina State, his vision spearheads not just the rise of college basketball at his school and in the region, but the start of a conference that will change the sport.