Which ACC basketball programs have been the greatest all-time? We’ve ranked them all 15 by all-time success.

The ACC is one of the premier college basketball conferences in the nation today and in NCAA history. Its depth of quality teams and historical dominance over the rest of the nation is extensive. But which ACC basketball programs have been the best all-time? Which programs have truly been the most successful? We have taken the argument out of this equation and presented the numbers.

Often times people misinterpret recent success with all-time greatness and forget the past accomplishments of once proud programs. Thus, I went through the histories of all current ACC teams and came up with a ranking system to adequately rank them all by all-time greatness.

I chose to weigh only NCAA Tournament success because conference realignment has resulted in different programs moving around to new conferences. Some programs have had the ability to win conference titles and conference tournaments every year whereas others have not. But every team has had the ability to have success in the NCAA Tournament each year.

Most would probably be able to guess a few of the teams at the top of the all-time ACC rankings, but there are a lot of surprises throughout the list. I used the below point system to mathematically rank each program based on all-time success in the Big Dance.

Point Breakdown:

Sweet Sixteen: 3 Points

Elite Eight: 4 Points

Final Four: 5 Points

Runner-Up: 6 Points

National Championship: 10 Points

ACC teams that have been consistently successful in the tournament obviously come in ranked higher than other teams. One thing is clear, the ACC is stacked with successful programs. This list isn’t opinion, it is merely representative of the all-time facts. Some will like reality more than others. Where does your favorite team land?