(Editor's note: The following piece was originally published March 14, 2019, and has been resurfaced in advance of the ACC Network's airing of the 10-part series "The Tournament", beginning Monday.)
Santa Claus, snow days and the big black TV cart.
For so many southeastern schoolkids stuck in so many classrooms during so many dark, cold winters, those were the three saviors, but not in that order. With all due respect to St. Nick and school closures, there was no more certain signal that spring had arrived than on the second Friday of March, aka Quarterfinal Friday.