The ACC is welcoming three new teams. Two Former PAC-12 members are set to join in early August, and one former AAC team joined on July 1st. Cal, SMU, and Stanford are the newest members of the Atlantic Coastal Conference, and their arrival has changed the landscape of college basketball. With that said, how does this affect the rest of the conference? Will these new members rise to the top, or fall to the bottom of the standings? The ACC is one of the toughest college basketball conferences, and none of these newbies will have an easy in-conference schedule.<\/p>\n
Stanford Men\u2019s Basketball is going through a rough patch, as the team has not made the NCAA Tournament since 2014. They recently got rid of Head Coach Jerod Haase<\/a>, with his departure, a few key players entered the transfer portal<\/a>. Andrej Stojakovic<\/a> has transferred to California, Kanaan Carlyle<\/a> is going to Indiana, and Brandon Angel<\/a> has committed to Oregon. Thankfully, the team\u2019s leading scorer from last season, Maxime Raynaud<\/a>, has decided to stay at Stanford. New Head Coach Kyle Martin has done a stellar job filling in the holes in the roster. He\u2019s brought in players such as Derin Saran<\/a> from UC Irvine, and Chisom Okpara<\/a> from Harvard. Martin should be able to fix some of the issues the team had last season, like rebounding. His 2023-2024 Washington State squad averaged 37.6 rebounds<\/a> per game, while Stanford averaged just 34.3 rebounds<\/a> per game.<\/p>\n