Q&A: ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips on growing women’s sports

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Things are going pretty well for the Atlantic Coast Conference right now in women’s sports.

In ESPN’s bracketology for volleyball, two members of the conference — Pitt and Louisville — are projected to be No. 1 seeds. North Carolina and Virginia are first and second in RPI in field hockey. In soccer, Notre Dame, Stanford and Virginia are atop the latest coaches poll. In the preseason AP Top 25 Poll for women’s college basketball, Duke leads five ACC teams that are ranked.

Women’s basketball is where the ACC has really shined in recent history. Despite not winning a national title in the sport since 2018 — although Stanford

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