When Coach Tony Elliott entered the media room in the bowels of Bank of America Stadium Dec. 6, he took the podium and prepared to field questions on the Cavaliers’ crushing loss to Duke in the ACC Championship game. It was, understandably, a lower energy affair.
“It hurts,” Elliott said. “There’s nothing I can say to take away the pain.”
Elliott did not crack a smile until the very last question, from Mike Barber of CVille Right Now — as soon as the words “Eli Wood” left Barber’s mouth, Virginia’s coach shifted in his seat and allowed a grin to spread on his face…