Let’s remember, first, that just making the Elite Eight is something special. Even Kentucky, the team which has been there the most often, has only managed the feat 37 times in 80 years. Only nine schools have advanced that far more often than K-State1, and the Wildcats have only done it 13 times — once every 6 or 7 years, on average.
But man. When you haven’t reached the Final Four in 54 years, losing hurts. Losing like K-State did on Saturday hurts even worse.
Should fortune favor the Wildcats, next year will be even better.