(Shortened). Support Group Needed I come here in search of commiseration and the knowledge that my despair might find company. What we witnessed last night was a motivated opponent with the playbook playing against a team that, as Tony repeatedly tells us, has almost no margin of error. Because of the opponent, it was, it my opinion, THE embarrassment of the Bennett era, surpassing the NCAA debacle against Florida a few years ago. Observers will say that we looked flat, had no juice. Even that we looked intimidated. I grant you that Cassell is a tough place to play and that VPI is a tough opponent on their home floor, but last night's effort beggars belief. How can you look so bad against a team that seemingly wants to beat you more than you want to beat them? VPI would froth at the mouth at the prospect of beating us in an egg-rolling contest. We can't be bothered to come at them with the same energy? I don't get it. One thing about this team that I note is that we don't have any dogs or seemingly any real vocal leadership. I might be wrong about that but I don't see it. Here's the thing that galls me: this isn't our best team but VPI's bad teams routinely beat our good teams and our good teams can't beat their bad teams. That is an overgeneralization, but you know it feels that way. Not just talking basketball, either. It seems like this rivalry is completely in our heads and we cannot find a way to play ourselves out of it. It looks like they want it more. In everything. It is time that we approach this rivalry with the same energy that they do. They are not a cow school. They are not our inferiors. They are a team that routinely beats our ass. I hate writing that but facts don't lie. In hoops we split the season series seemingly every year, but we win in a squeaker at home and get housed at Cassell. (Instant classic: “VPI would froth at the mouth at the prospect of beating us in an egg-rolling contest”) VT BABY!!!