Case's North Carolina State teams dominated the early years of the ACC with a modern, fast-paced style of play.
Partly to counter Case's personality, as well as the dominant success of his program, North Carolina convinced St. John's head coach Frank McGuire to come to Chapel Hill in 1952.
McGuire knew that largely due to Case's influence, basketball was now the major high school athletic event of the region, unlike football in the South.
He not only tapped the growing market of high school talent in North Carolina, but also brought several recruits from his home territory in New York City as well.
After State was slapped with crippling NCAA sanctions before the 1956–57 season, McGuire's North Carolina team stepped into the breach and delivered the ACC its first national championship.
Accordingly, this table sorts the schools primarily by number of tournament wins, using first-place regular season finishes and NCAA championships as tiebreakers where needed.