Where is Virginia Tech?
Where is Miami, which was a No. 2 seed when Boston first welcomed the NCAA as a first- and second-round site in 1999? And, most disturbingly perhaps, where is Wake Forest, a school that takes basketball very seriously? Wake’s demise was the biggest shock of this year’s tournament, not just that the onetime No. 1-ranked team in the country didn’t get out of the first round, but also that Wake was utterly demolished by Cleveland State. But the ACC really does have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do. It’s not supposed to be a big deal for a conference like that to have someone get to the Elite Eight. Duke players used to think it was in the school charter, but the Blue Devils haven’t been there since 2004. In that period, Big East members Louisville, Connecticut, Villanova, Georgetown, and Pittsburgh all have made it to at least one Elite Eight, with West Virginia and Syracuse making it into the Round of 16. That’s deep depth. Another question: What’s going on in the SEC? We know Kentucky is in up
