Journal Sports Writer
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As he traveled to New York on an Amtrak train over the weekend, Ed Cooley had time to think about the end of his team's season, the future and an opportunity lost.
College basketball, and the NCAA Tournament in particular, is almost always about opportunity. You work as hard as possible recruiting in July, during endless practices in the fall, and try to win games at faraway places on cold, lonely, wintry nights. If you're fortunate enough to navigate a path into the NCAA tourney, you can only hope that opportunity knocks.