PITTSBURGH — The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its men’s basketball teams will move an 18-game conference schedule beginning with the 2025-26 season. Pitt will retain Syracuse as its primary partner keeping the rivalry intact with the two programs playing twice a season.
The 18-game schedule features teams starting league play in late December and ending on the first Saturday of March. Each team will play one primary partner both home and away as well as one variable partner home and away. The variable partner will be determined each season. Teams will play one game, home or away, against 14 of the remaining 15 teams annually.
The breakdown of 2025-26 opponents and conference schedules will be announced at a later date.
The ACC has conducted 20-game conference schedules since the 2019-20 season and last played 18-game league schedules from the 2012-13 through 2018-19 seasons.
The decision to return to an 18-game conference schedule comes after continued strategic assessment, during which the conference office collaborated with athletics directors, coaches, external consultants and television partners.
This included working with multiple experts to conduct statistical analysis to examine the conference’s basketball product, metrics, and scheduling.
On the move
LOS ANGELES — Guard Rodney Rice is joining Southern California after reaching the Sweet 16 with Maryland this season. He started 32 of 36 games, averaging 13.8 points for the Terrapins.
USC will be his third stop after beginning his college career at Virginia Tech, where he played as a freshman and sat out his sophomore season because of injury. USC coach Eric Musselman says Rice will be a “huge addition” as a combo guard who can score and defend.
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