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Message: [QUOTE="GemParty, post: 3339944, member: 518"] Doing some reflection on the loss from earlier this morning. Golden opportunity that slipped away several times. Knocking off two top 20 teams within 7 days would’ve felt great. Feels similar to the 6 OT Cuse lose. It was an exciting well played game, in retrospect, that just ended badly. It could be a springboard to the future. That year it was. At 1am, I was thinking the same as many of you. Why? How many times will we drive too deep and get stuffed? I had a headache from all the foul calls. The final Whaley one was ridiculous. How did Marshall, drop that deep 3? That was a gift. We get that rebound and probably wrap up a win. Just needed a few more bounces and a few better decisions to pull it out. Polley’s two off balance threes were a thing of beauty. AG at the free throw line, helped keep us close, for all his shortcomings, he shoots 65% but was cool at the stripe. I want the kid to succeed so bad! Bouknight appears better than advertised and I had high expectations. He will be hard to keep out of the lineup. Will probably be a 6th man playing starters minutes for as long as he doesn't foul out. A super talent. Relaxed. Confident. Is he more Ben Gordon or Jeremy Lamb? It’s a shame we didn’t get to witness him, take our final shot with 10 seconds left. The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing time & time again, while expecting a different result. There’s a touch of that on this squad. I believe upperclassman deserve big roles, but we’re looking for our first NCAA tourney in the Vital era. If you're not willing to sacrifice for the good of the team or diversify the late game playbook, you’ll be watching from home in March. Again. The team is talented and deep. This tourney has shown our young kids all have bright futures. How soon is that future? [/QUOTE]

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