We have waited months for this. That is the problem with the NCAA Tournament in all its glory. You can wait for it for an entire season only to have it cruelly end in the span of a few hours. That's what the 2012 baseball season felt like for Purdue. The Boilers were excellent for four months, better than any team in previous history. Then, in 24 hours, they were done with consecutive losses in tight ballgames.
That's how this weekend feels. There has been great anticipation for this tournament even before the season began. In fact, for most Purdue fans, the expectation got much higher because the football team was so bad.