Of the 68 teams that make the NCAA Tournament, 67 must deal with some degree of disappointment in that they didn't win the national title.
After the season ended for Saint Mary's with an 80-66 loss to Alabama in a second-round matchup in Cleveland on Sunday night, the Gaels acknowledged the disappointment but said their overwhelming emotion was pride.
There was pride in a 29-6 record, pride in a second consecutive outright West Coast Conference regular-season title and most important, pride in the way the Gaels reached almost all of the goals they established before the season began.