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from the Washington Post

This can be proved by objective evidence: 100% of the people in my survey agreed. And so do all these people.

I’m sitting here enjoying a very close game between North Carolina and Georgia Tech. The first two games today were upsets (Virginia over Boston College, Miami over Wake Forest [dang!]), and this one may will end up that way.

Growing up as I did in ACC country, you just know that ACC basketball is the best. I’ve only been to one tournament, and my brother-in-law Sonny is there this week. I’d give the NCAA tournament as a whole second place in my ranking, but nothing can match the ACC’s intensity. You have to buy tickets for the NCAA long before you know who’ll be there. But everybody knows who’ll be in Greensboro.

I went to Duke; I worked for Wake Forest; my sister works for Clemson; my nephew went to Virginia; good friends went to UNC and Georgia Tech. So I cheer for Duke over any team in the country, and any ACC team playing any other team than Duke.

I know why conferences want 12 teams. But I miss the old 8, before the interlopers Florida State, Boston College, Virginia Tech and (especially) Miami joined. But, that means 4 more games in the tournament, so OK.