It's true that the ACC was very good last year and I know it had the highest RPI against other conferences, but i don't think that any other ACC teams really deserved bids. The reason that the conference only got four bids even though the ACC was so good is that the talent in the ACC was stacked towards the top. In ACC play, UNC was 14-2, Duke was 13-3, and Clemson went 10-6, while Virginia Tech went 9-7 but also dropped 6 games out of conference. None of the other 8 teams managed to even break .500. Talent in the PAC-10 was pretty even, with 4 teams going over .500 in conference, 2 at exactly .500, and four going under. In other words, the strength of Duke and UNC, who only lost one out of conference game between the two of them and one or two other schools compensated for a weak group at the bottom of the conference. I don't really buy that Maryland or Virginia Tech was cheated out of a tournament appearance.