New ACC basketball coaches ready for challenge of 'best league not in the NBA'

Posted Nov 2, 2014
In a league that features 10 teams in the top 60 of the SI.com's preseason predictions and four Hall of Fame coaches – Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, North Carolina’s Roy Williams and, now, Louisville’s Rick Pitino – the ACC’s trio of new leaders may have a hard time getting headlines and, especially, wins in a conference that Buzz Williams says is “the best league in the world that’s not the NBA.” (Sports Illustrated)

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