Last night, Mike Gordon hit the game-winning 3-pointer. Ice in my veins, give me the rock, ‘Hibachi,’ SportsCenter jingle ‘ yes, last night was Mike Gordon’s night. The kid is a baller.

But for just one second, can we look at the bigger picture?

The Bearcats are 6-10. They needed a victory last night to climb out of the play-in game. As I write this, BU is celebrating seventh place at the Senior Night banquet, with an outside chance at the No. 6 seed.

This is the same team that last season finished second in the conference and posed a true threat to win the whole thing.

Wait. Scratch that. This is NOT the same team. Sebastian Hermenier and Andre Heard are long gone.

But all right, yes, Ben, we have Mike Gordon. (Couldn’t get to 500 words without repeating his name? It’s okay, word counts can be tough ‘ keep practicing.)

At times this season, Gordon, who stands at 6 feet on his tippy-toes, has resembled Superman. He picked up his third game-winning shot of the conference season last night, and the athletics Web site features a ‘Magic Mike’ section.

But Mike Gordon cannot do it all. Remember, this is the team that lost by 12 points at Stony Brook ‘ one of the worst D-I teams I’ve ever seen. (The Magical one was held scoreless that night.)

This is the team that twice lost convincingly to Boston University ‘ the team Bearcat nation is praying we draw in the conference tournament.

This is the team that was swept in the season series by UMBC by a total of five points. In the meeting in Maryland, UMBC point guard ‘ yes, point guard ‘ Jay Greene hit a go-ahead three with 57 seconds left.

And ‘Magic’ Mike was also on the court when his Bearcats let a 15-point second-half lead evaporate against the UNH Wildcats at the Events Center. (He would miss a potential game-tying 3 at the buzzer.)

Stony Brook, Boston, UMBC, UNH. What do these teams have in common?

Well, for one, they’re a combined 6-2 against us this season.

And two, they are bad.

B-a-d. All four of those teams. (Stony Brook is especially awful. The fact that the second game was even close is almost as bad as a loss.)

Call me the cynical reporter, fine, but we should be at least 6-2 in those eight games. Period.

Because in front of those four ‘contenders’ sit the two proverbial elephants in the room: Albany and Vermont.

We match up all right against those two powerhouses, having played four close games against them (and winning one), but they are both absolutely the odds-on favorites to make it to the finals.

While Albany and Vermont prepare to get deep into the tournament (again), we’re jockeying for sixth, scoreboard-watching the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

So, sure Ben. Mike Gordon is good. Can he win a close game for us? I’ll give you that.

But let’s see if we can actually keep it close enough for Gordon’s heroics to be in order. Best case scenario, we’ll face Boston next weekend ‘ in Boston.