The basketball Hogs lost their fourth game in a row tonight. For those keeping count, that means the team is 4-20 since conference play began last year. 4-20. That's hard to believe.

As crazy as this may seem, I'm not yet ready to abandon all hope: I think if/when Courtney Fortson and Michael Washington make it back and the other suspended players get into the swing of things, that maybe this team can do some good things. Maybe.

Having said that, there's no denying that the Hogs are just brutal these days. I watched as much of the game as I could on ESPN360.com, and it was an ugly, ugly affair. If prisoners of war were forced to watch it, then I'm fairly certain that their captors would be in violation of the Geneva Convention.

 As always, please chime in with your thoughts in the comments thread.