Last year, Duke was out in Round 1. This year, they’re out in Round 2. The Blue Devils lost to West Virginia 73-67 in a game they looked solid in the first half, and awful in the second. Duke was just 5-22 from beyond the arch and only 19 of 50 from the field. West Virginia looked sluggish in the first half, often turning the ball over and incapable of dealing with Duke’s pressure D, but didn’t seem to have any problems after Bob Huggins’ inspirational, drunken halftime speech.

You know you’re an annoying team when someone picks you in their bracket (that someone being me), and is still rooting for you to lose.

Conference Tournaments have been kicked off, and some bubble teams are doing their best to punch their way into the tournament, while others have done their best to punch their way out. Here’s what’s going on.

-Villanova: They lost bad to Georgetown, but still have 20 wins, and if you gave them a win in that very controversial game against Georgetown a few weeks back, they’d have 21. They’re on the outside looking in, but depending on how the rest of the tournaments finish up, they may make it.

-Syracuse: Say hello to the NIT for the second consecutive year.

-West Virginia: They were a bubble team, per se, but they were probably more in than out. After beating UCONN today, you can probably stamp them in, barring a miraculous screw up by the selection committee.

Games to watch:

-Pitt vs. Louisville: If Pitt can win this game, they’re in. If Louisville can win the Big East, they’re a two seed. Both have something at stake.

Louisville 66, Pitt 53: It was 36-19, Louisville at the half, and Pitt never could fully recover. David Padgett led all Cadinals players with 16 points, in a game that Louisville desperately needed to try and make a case for the tournament (yeah, they have 18 wins, but their resume isn’t very impressive).

West Virginia 53, Georgetown 71: So much for being in the top 25, West Virginia. After climbing in last week with their big win against UCLA, they might have just climbed themselves back out. West Virginia’s leading scorer had ten points, which is never a good sign, especially when the other team has three players who top that total.

Ok. State 54, Texas 83: I watched the first game between these two teams, and I will remember it fondly for quite some time. It was one of the best college basketball games I’d ever seen. Thankfully, I didn’t waste two hours of my life watching the encore. Kevin Durant led Texas in scoring (again) and rebounding (again), and Ok. State was outscored 52-30 in the second half. Mario Bogan did his part, putting in 16 points.