When the tournament starts Wednesday in Greensboro, N.C., the team to beat will be the newest member of the conference: Notre Dame, the top seed and one of the nation's last two undefeated teams. A tournament that has craved parity instead has been ruled by Duke, North Carolina and Maryland - who have combined to win every ACC tournament since 1999. ''Notre Dame did what they did, and they're a very, very good basketball team, and I think you can still look at our conference as a whole - even the teams that aren't doing particularly well right now are very competitive, in every game,'' Syracuse coach Quentin Hillsman said. More...