Editing Atlantic Coast Conference (section)

====2004–2005 expansion====
{{See also|2005 NCAA conference realignment}}
The ACC added three members from the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]] during the [[2005 NCAA conference realignment|2005 conference realignment]]. Initially, the conference targeted Boston College, Miami, and [[Syracuse University|Syracuse]].  The expansion was controversial, as [[University of Connecticut|Connecticut]], [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]], [[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]], and [[West Virginia University|West Virginia]] (and, initially, Virginia Tech) filed lawsuits against the ACC, Miami, and Boston College for allegedly conspiring to weaken the Big East Conference.  Then-Virginia governor [[Mark Warner]], who feared Virginia Tech being left behind in a weakened Big East, pressured the administration of the University of Virginia to lobby on behalf of their in-state foe.  Eventually Virginia Tech replaced Syracuse in the expansion lineup and ACC expansion was agreed upon. [[University of Miami|Miami]] and [[Virginia Tech]] joined on July 1, 2004, while [[Boston College]] joined on July 1, 2005, as the league's twelfth member and the first from the Northeast.