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Madness draws near, two of the biggest conferences in college basketball could be thinking about a partnership that would elevate themselves to another level in the sport's landscape. RELATED: Against all odds,

SMU is in fourth (11-5 ACC, 20-7 overall), Wake Forest in fifth (11-5 ACC, 19-8 overall), UNC in sixth (11-6), Stanford in seventh (9-7), Pitt in eighth (7-9 ACC, 16-11 overall), and Georgia Tech in ninth (7-9 ACC, 13-14 overall).