These days, the SEC has veered into the ACC’s lane.

Lamont Paris' Gamecocks are back in action on Tuesday night to take on Virginia Tech in the ACC/SEC Challenge.

The ACC moving from 20 to 18 conference games was all about getting more teams into the NCAA Tournament, commissioner Jim Phillips said Tuesday, and without much regard to longstanding rivalries.

In an era when the NCAA tournament awarded just one berth per conference, the ACC transformed the sport with its own tournament -- to identify its champion (and its NCAA championship contender) -- ...