CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Of all those who are upset about Louisville coach Rick Pitino's absence from the ACC's Operation Basketball, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim and North Carolina coach Roy Williams are not among them.
Both Boeheim and Williams faced tough questions last year from the league's media contingent who grilled them about their respective school's NCAA investigations.
Both coaches admittedly would have rather skipped the event, with Boehiem even warning reporters when they first gathered around that he bet he'd "get up in 15 seconds." Yet both coaches stayed put.
Both coaches endured the scrutiny.