He had us as an 11 seed just last week and then shuts us out after winning both of our games this week. Here’s his solid reasoning behind his choice on cbssports.com.

Also falling out was Virginia Tech. The Hokies did not lose this week, but when a team is as close to the bottom of the bracket as they are, and has played a non-conference schedule that isn’t just bad, it’s historically bad, you can assume it will get left out.

And as if that wasn’t bad enough, Virginia Tech also has a weak conference schedule, relatively speaking. The Hokies only play each of the six ACC teams in today’s bracket one time. They have home-and-homes with the non-contenders, and they already lost two games to those teams.

There just isn’t much room for error for the Hokies. They won’t be able to crawl onto the bottom of the bracket so they have to be a no-brainer for the committee. That’s why this week’s games are crucial for them: home against Wake Forest and at Duke. It’s their only regular-season shot at each team.

Not the worst reasoning in the world, but not after having us in the tournament just last week. He must have watched the first half of the Hoos game.

If we the games we should, starting with Wake Forest tomorrow, we’ll make the tournament.