Greensboro fires back at Boeheim

Last night Jim Boeheim commented on the new location for the ACC tournament. He seems to think it's good business sense to have it in NY and there is no reason for it to be in Greensboro. Here's what he had to say:

I'm not going to be around much longer to care about it, but I think that's where the value is. I think there's a huge value in playing the tournament in those places. There's no value in playing Greensboro, none. It's there because the league's been there and the office is there, and they have 150 people that the ACC needs. That's why it's there. It should not be there.

I'm not going to be around much longer to care about it, but I think that's where the value is. I think there's a huge value in playing the tournament in those places. There's no value in playing Greensboro, none. It's there because the league's been there and the office is there, and they have 150 people that the ACC needs. That's why it's there. It should not be there.

Personally, I've always thought Greensboro was the perfect location. You can't tell me the state of North Carolina is not the biggest college basketball state in the Country. Greensboro is centrally located to all of the ACC schools in that state and is a short drive for VT and Clemson as well. That's 6 out of the 14 ACC schools (sorry Notre Dame) within 2.5 hours drive maximum. That's good for 42.8% of the schools in the ACC. While it's not quite as good as Ty Outlaw's 3-point percentage (49.1%), or Seth Allen's 3-point percentage (45.7%), or even Justin Bibb's 3-point percentage (43.2%) (damn, we are good at shooting the 3), that's still much more than the ACC has near New York. By my math (which is really really good, I'm kind of a big deal), that's just Syracuse. I've included an ACC map for the geographically challenged (You're welcome Jim).

I understand that Jim comments are about this conference tournament as a business, but I see it as a school tournament. School tournaments should be about the fans of those teams. No location is going to be prefect, but Greensboro is pretty darn close. Speaking of close, Greensboro had a pretty great response to Boeheim's unprovoked jab:

.@AdamZagoria @ACCSports We kindly disagree. But I guess you can lose in the 1st round anywhere. At least it's a quick ride home.— City of Greensboro (@greensborocity) March 8, 2017