J.T. Miller said the team felt ready to go entering Tuesday night's game against Illinois State.
The Bears entered the game having lost their previous three. They also lost two teammates to a whole-body cryotherapy incident.
But something felt different to Miller going into Tuesday.
"We've been practicing hard. We had two good practices in a row and shots had been going in. We just felt good all around."
When it became game time, that confidence quickly went away
Illinois State jumped out to an early 9-2 lead on its way to a wire-to-wire 76-60 victory.