Mid-February is usually where writers for mid-to-lower tier college basketball teams go to die.
The NCAA Tournament is just around the corner, and the entirety of the college hoops season — from early season MTEs to cross-conference rivalries to the slog of conference play — is structured around the building of a resume. But when you’ve come to the point of acceptance that your team won’t be dancing, everything sort of dulls. Sure, there’s always the grains of hope that lead into the next season. However, that sort of feeling can wear on you over the course of a few weeks, especially if it’s one with which you’ve become acutely familiar.