If you go by results, the Sweet 16 finish puts this team ahead of the 2013 NIT group and the 2016 Tyler Ulis/Jamal Murray squad that lost to Indiana in the second round. A month ago, I think all of us would have gladly accepted that fate; however, a strong SEC Tournament run and a suddenly easy path to the Final Four skyrocketed our hopes for something more, making last night’s loss even tougher to swallow. The past week felt too good to be true because it was. The reality is, this team never really had all the pieces in place to make a run, a realization that’s finally settling into place.
Closing the book on the season that could have been
