Imagine being a player, coach or fan of West Virginia today.
You were just told Sunday night that your team was No. 69, missing the NCAA men's basketball tournament by a hair. You learn that the last team in the field was North Carolina, a blueblood with one win all year against an NCAA tournament-quality team – way back in December against UCLA.
And as you try to make sense of something seemingly so absurd, you hear that the North Carolina athletics director, Bubba Cunningham, is the chairman of the men's basketball selection committee.