Przemek Karnowski looks on as North Carolina defeats Gonzaga in the 2017 National Championship game in the University of Phoenix Stadium on April 4, 2017.
Inconsolable bite lingered.
Perspective will come, but in the locker room some 30 minutes after losing the National Championship game at the hands of North Carolina, 71-65, Gonzaga put on its best face and handled the loss just as it did all 37 of its program-record number of wins: with grace.
But the grace came with a hefty dose of pain. Understandably so.
“We did a lot of things that people didn't expect us to do this year.