Portland's Top 25 Pit Stop Is Officially Over

Thanks for playing the Top 25 game, Portland. Now please report back to college basketball obscurity.

The No. 25 Pilots lost to Idaho by 20 points last night, after losing at home to crosstown rival Portland State on Wednesday. The Slipper Still Fits, the SB Nation blog for Portland's conference rival Gonzaga, says it best.

If you want to see a blueprint for how to become irrelevant in one week, just look at what the Portland Pilots have done. After finally securing a top 25 ranking for the first time in 50 years, the Pilots choked away a comfortable lead against Portland St, and then followed that up by laying an egg in Moscow. While the Idaho loss is galling because of the final score, the Portland St. loss at home is the most stunning. You just can't simply lose games like that if you want to be in the hunt for an at-large bid come March.

I know channeling Jim Mora is totally cliche, but I can't help it.  At-Large Bid?  We're talking about an At-Large bid?  You kidding me?  At-large bid?  I just hope we can not lose a game by 20 points to a team that lost to Texas Southern.