"I was planning on going to the ACC Championship from the start, so I wasn't scheduling a game that weekend," James said. "It's just something that didn't really feel like it was going to be a fit for us this year. My hope was that we'd be in a position to be eligible for the ACC Championship, and so far, our guys have gone out and showed they deserve to be in that conversation and hopefully that's something that continues on. … I think if our guys take care of business and win out, there isn't a chance that they're not in. You look at the level of competition in the ACC and the success of programs in our league, if we're fortunate enough to be able to go through the league and the league championship without losing, I have full confidence that as the champion of the ACC, we'd be part of the four-team playoff."