Lets be realistic here. We are a good team. Maybe a very good team. And all the players are great and seem like good people. They are a solid #2 seed. No shame in that, especially when you look at the rest of the athletic dept major teams. The team will make the post season. Did football, mbb, mens soccer or womens soccer. No they did not. Will baseball no they will not. Only WBB made the postseason. Lets give these kids credit for what they are doing to make the postseason for the 5th or 6th year in a row. But there is no curse, there is no slump, its not bad managing, they arent collapsing. Its simple analytics here, not advanced metrics like useless offensive efficiency and pitching efficiency, but wins and losses metrics. Of our 38 wins, 21 have come against teams with overall winning records and 17 have come against teams with .500 or losing records. But lets take that a step further, 13 of the 21 wins against teams with winning records are against teams that have .500 or losing records within their own conference. So 30 of 38 wins are against teams with overall .500 or losing records or overall .500 or losing conference records. Glad we beat south carolina but they are 5-13 in the sec. Glad we beat auburn but they are 3-15 in the sec. Of the 8 wins against teams that have winning overall and conference records, that list is Winthrop, USC Upstate twice, Clemson twice, Georgia twice (but only 10-8 in the sec) and Duke. Not a top 10 team on the list. We also have the 68th best strength of schedule and there are 53 teams playing softball in the power 4 conferences. How can you have such a lousy strength of schedule and be in a major league. With these metrics, its not surprising they lose some games. But it also doesnt mean they are bad or collapsing. They are a solid team and thats ok. But they will make the post season which is something virtually every Va Tech team fails to do. So lets give these kids credit and support them.