The image that sticks is another wide-open shooter swishing another jumper, and Bill Self shaking the palms of his hands on either side of his temples, presumably to keep from punching someone or himself.
This was supposed to a different ending for Kansas, and that's not a reference to a national championship. That was always unlikely, even after Devonté Graham and Malik Newman pushed this group from being called the softest Self had coached at Kansas all the way to the Final Four. So, no. This isn't about a championship, thrilling as that would've been.
The ending to a season that pushed the proud history of Kansas basketball forward came with a thud, with a fist, or perhaps most accurately with 18 mostly swished three-pointers by Villanova in a 95-79 loss on Saturday that forced all that awkward hey-don't-hang-your-head-fellas talk that always follows the hardest disappointments.