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ACC SQUAD - Chandler Morris SUING NCAA | How this ruling impacts Boston College

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Chandler Morris opens the eligibility conversation. The ACC squad looks at his NCAA lawsuit through the simple question of a seventh year, then asks whether Virginia could feel any fallout. After that, the show moves quickly to ACC Bracketology. Jackson Holzer steers the panel there, with the recording happening Tuesday evening, February 24. Joe Lenardi has eight ACC teams in the field. That is a solid number, but nobody on the panel treats it like the ceiling. Cal is close enough to keep talking about. Virginia Tech has more work to do, sitting sixth out and in next-four-out range. So the room keeps circling the same question: is eight the number, or can the league climb to nine or ten? J.J. Jackson wants the wins to keep coming because nine or ten would feel different. Half the league having a case would change the mood around the ACC, especially after recent seasons. Duke is part of the picture too. J.J. notes that Duke looks headed toward another likely number one seed, but he is more interested in the league looking like itself again. More ACC teams in March means more weight, more familiar pressure, and more national presence. Cal gets some attention as a team that could make the bracket more interesting. The panel also wants those teams to matter once they get in. Last year is still sitting there. Their read is blunt: the ACC was bad, and nobody wants to watch that happen again.

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A brisk ACC check-in tying eligibility drama to the league's March Madness stakes.

The ACC Squad splits its focus between Chandler Morris' lawsuit for a seventh year of eligibility and the ACC's March Madness outlook, giving the episode a clean two-part shape.

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Need the ACC's bracket picture and Chandler Morris eligibility fight in one quick hit?

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