Late in Saturday’s game, after draining his seventh 3-pointer of the contest, TCU junior guard Greg Hill glanced over at the Horned Frogs’ bench.

With feign disbelief, Hill held his arms out with his palms up as if to say, “I can’t explain it” – a la Michael Jordan after His Airness hit six 3s in the first half of Game 1 of the 1992 Finals.

Now, there should be absolutely no circumstance – ever – in which any player from the TCU men’s basketball team (let alone the immortal Hill, a reserve) finds himself in the same sentence as Michael Jordan.

But that’s what we have here.

And I think that’s a pretty good way to sum up today’s loss.

Other notes:
-My game story deals with the effort (or lack thereof) by the Falcons. After the game, Air Force coach Jeff Reynolds said his team had “no energy.”

He later took some responsibility for that, saying “I need to do a better job with them.” When I asked, how so, he said, “Get them to play harder and create a little more energy.”

-I thought this was one of the first games of the season that Air Force should have expected to win. The wise guys agreed, as the Falcons were a 1-point favorite in this afternoon’s game.

-I figured if Air Force won today, it might sneak out of the Mountain West Conference tournament play-in game. Now? I’m not saying to book an early flight to Vegas, but it seems all but assured that the Falcons will be playing in that contest.