[UVA Law alumnus] Griff Aldrich describes his career path as surreal. It certainly has not been linear but more of a full circle to get to this point as head coach for Longwood men's basketball, which clinched its first Division I NCAA tournament bid by winning the Big South Conference Championship. The tournament trophy sits in Aldrich's office, tiny compared with the workspaces of his former professional life as a partner in a large international law firm, a business owner and private equity executive.