Win and In

I've been sick as a dog these last two days, and haven't had a good chance (or the energy) to give a proper overview of tonight's revenge game against the Hokies.

But let me take a quick second to boil it down to the simplest point possible:

-- A win tonight coupled with a win at Maryland on 3/4 or a win in the first round of the ACC Tournament puts us in the Tournament.

-- A loss tonight would set up a scenario in which we either need to beat UNC here on Saturday, or beat FSU here on 3/1 in order to secure a bid to the Big Dance.


This is Virginia Tech's third game in six days, and Victor Davila is likely out for the game and thus the Hokies are down to just two true post players.  We lost to Tech when we shot 1-for-14 from three.  I don't expect that to happen again, and I'm looking for our defense, Mike Scott, and our superior coaching to carry the day in tonight's game.

Get this one, and we are in very good shape.  In front of the 8-ball yet again.  Lose it, and... well... we need to dial up a Tarheel- or Seminole-sized upset.

Mike Scott's calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; nobody fools Mike Scott.

An excerpt from Eamonn Brennan's latest Bubble Watch on ESPN:

The Cavaliers can't afford to be careless. Last week's 12-point loss at Clemson is the kind of thing that causes people to poke around your once-surefire resume with a finer-toothed comb. Once that happens, you find but one good win (Michigan at home Nov. 29), a smattering of questionable losses (Va. Tech at home, TCU on a neutral floor, at Clemson) and a nonconference strength-of-schedule figure (No. 229) that will make the selection committee wince. Fortunately, in the form of home games vs. UNC and Florida State, Virginia has two really good chances to seal this thing up for good. A win in either game would lock it up, and make the result of Tuesday night's road trip to Blacksburg a nonfactor. But if the Cavs stumble down the stretch, nothing is guaranteed.