Baylor should be college basketball’s No. 1, plus the ACC is a mess

Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim was totally at ease during his first-ever virtual media day with reporters last week, confident that all the coronavirus precautions implemented by the team would allow the Orange to start the season as planned. No team meetings, no meetings between coaches, no film sessions, coaches wearing masks all the time, electronic gadgets to monitor social distancing, and more. Now Boeheim is in isolation and program activities have been paused.

It seemed inevitable COVID-19 was going to affect the NCAA tournament, but that doesn’t make VCU’s swift ending any less devastating.