As the record has gradually gotten worse and worse this year, I have found myself trying to place this season in context. For the last five seasons, ever since the 14-16 disaster of 2005-06, the late-season focus of Virginia Tech basketball has been the NCAA Tournament. In 2006-07, the Hokies made it, and in the four years after that took up permanent residence on the bubble.
This year, the bubble is a distant vision on the horizon. The NCAA Tournament isn't going to happen. So what's a Hokie basketball fan to think? To do?