In the great tradition of Gary Williams, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim wondered Wednesday why the Atlantic Coast Conference should ever bother returning to Greensboro, N.C., (aka "The Gate City"!) for its men's basketball tournament.
Of course, the tournament's history is as North Carolinian as Bojangles biscuits. For the first 22 years of competition, it was held in the Tar Heel State, first in Raleigh, and later in Greensboro and Charlotte. The tournament didn't leave North Carolina until 1976, when it migrated for a year to Landover's Capital Centre.