The Atlantic Coast Conference is trimming the league slate from 20 games to 18 to make room for more marquee non-conference contests, CBS Sports reported Wednesday.The ACC is making the change effective with the 2025-26 men’s basketball schedule in order to help reverse a recent trend of dwindling NCAA Tournament bids, per the report.The 18-team conference’s athletic directors reportedly approved the move in a call on Wednesday morning.The ACC sent just four teams to the 2025 NCAA Tournament, including the controversial choice of North Carolina. It marked the lowest percentage (22.2 percent) of ACC teams in the field since it expanded to 64 teams in 1985.The Southeastern Conference, by comparison, sent a record 14 teams to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.The ACC sent seven teams to the 2021 tournament, followed by five in each of the next three years and four this season.