Tonight, the Wahoos take on the Syracuse Orange in the ACC tournament semifinals...wait, what? It's the Elite Eight? Oh, my bad...I just assumed.
No but seriously, tonight is the night. Virginia is playing in their first Elite Eight since 1995, vying for a spot in their first Final Four since 1984. The Hoos got here by handling 16-seed Hampton, outlasting 9-seed Butler, and dominating 4-seed Iowa State. Tenth-seeded Syracuse, who has been hassled by national media for their "easy draw", took down pesky 7-seed Dayton, handled the same 15-seeded Middle Tennessee State that downed the Michigan State dragon, and squeezed by the consistently March-tough Gonzaga, an 11-seed.