Can't Win for Losin'

Some teams just can’t win for losing.  Such is life on the bubble eternal for Seth Greenberg and the Virginia Tech Hokies.  Mere days after a “season defining” and “resurrecting” win over the #1 Duke Blue Devils, what does Virginia Tech do??  Opens up their doors for the Boston College Eagles and get their brains beat in on their home floor.

Suffice it to say no one will be storming the court tonight in Blacksburg. 

Hello...hello...anyone?  Anyone wanna storm me tonight?  Guys?

Perhaps no two-game swing in college basketball better analogizes the entire season better than these three days in the life of a Hokie.  In a year in which seemingly no one wants to be the top-ranked team in the country, it also seems like no one wants to play their way out of harm’s way before Selection Sunday.

For every “crippling loss” there is an equal and opposite “season defining” win; and the roles are played intermittently by the same exact teams.  Quick – off the top off you head, are any of the teams I'll list statuses any more clear than the ubiquitous and arbitrary “well, if they______ in their conference tournament then _____”?

Virginia Tech, Boston College, Richmond, Alabama, Tennessee, Baylor, Colorado, Nebraska, Marquette, Butler, Gonzaga, Michigan State, Illinois, Michigan, Southern Miss, UAB, Memphis, Wichita State, Missouri State, Colorado State, UNLV, Washington, Washington State, Georgia… seriously, is there really any difference?

While some might decry it, I’d contest that therein lies the true beauty of college basketball.  For all the conjecture and debate, there will be only one champion on April 4^th.  To find out who that team is, all you have to do is look up at the scoreboard. Until then your guess is as good as mine... well, almost...

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