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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 4941602, member: 9403"] It's funny, because at the start of the season, I sure didn't - nor did the AP or Pac-12 voters: we were pre-season 15 and picked 3rd in the Pac-12. So I think Sweet 16 is about what I would have reasonably hoped for. Now once we saw how great Iriafen was, and at times when Brink and Iriafen managed to stay on the court for most of the game - think our romps against Indiana, UCLA, and at Arizona and Arizona State - then we looked like a legit Final Four contender. But we knew from the start our guard play was a big weakness, and we were basically a Brink Foul Trouble and Bad Outside Shooting Night away from losing to nearly any good team. And boy was the second half of our game against NC State exemplary of those dynamics... Trying to be grateful, still a little bitter... Speaking of bitter, if I were a UCLA fan, I'd be super bitter. They had a stacked starting five, and Osborne has played with way too much talent to have only made one Elite Eight in 5 years at UCLA. [/QUOTE]