As discussed below, we clinch a double bye in the ACCT if we beat Louisville.

We also will, in my opinion, clinch an NCAAT bid with a win. We would probably still get in if we lose out, but I wouldn't feel very comfortable until I saw our name in the bracket. And I wouldn't be at all surprised if we showed up in the play-in games. But win Wednesday and it's a done deal.

We're playing a team we haven't beaten in literally 30 years, a team that was basically our arch-nemesis something like 4 or 5 conference geological eras ago.

There has scarcely been a regular season Virginia Tech basketball game I've ever wanted us to win more. Maybe Clemson at the end of the 2007 season when we could've clinched the 1 seed in the ACCT? But probably not. I can think of a handful of others that might be in contention.

STAKES!