The Blue Devils are making back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time, while the Tar Heels earned their first bid since 2019.

As the ACC opened more collegial spring meetings, NCAA President Charlie Baker said he doesn’t know whether Donald Trump’s expected presidential commission on college sports will spur

setting the stage for a highly entertaining ACC Softball Tournament. The top 12 teams from the conference will head to the campus of Boston College with hopes of claiming the tournament title.

For a change, no one inside the ACC is suing to get out. The rest of college sports may be in upheaval, but the annual meetings at Amelia Island, Fla., will be an oasis of relative calm for the ACC. For once.