Surely Graham Neff was exhaling deeply Friday evening when he walked away from FedEx Forum.

And not just because of the uncomfortable and uniquely awkward time spent sitting directly beside the ACC commissioner in the midst of dueling lawsuits filed this week, and in the midst of the conference in a court hearing with Florida State in Charlotte on this very day.

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We're not saying Neff would have made a change at head coach had the Tigers laid another egg against New Mexico after a really bad night against Boston College in the ACC Tournament.

But shoot, it's hard for us to believe he wouldn't have had a decision to make under that hypothetical in this, the year Clemson was equipped to do something memorable for the right reasons.