A three-month ride full of joy and exceeded expectations ended in pain and frustration.
The NCAA Tournament is all about the stories and jubilation, the tears and the disappointment. The stories are so compelling and the emotions so real because of the finality and the reality that good teams lose to other good teams. Wichita State felt that cruel end to a season on Thursday in the First Four with a 53-52 loss to Drake at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.
It should not detract from the accomplishments of the 2020-21 season for the Shockers (16-6).