Coming off two losses, including one that played out almost exactly like this one (so that we could all stare at the left corner and see the shooter streaking open for a game-winning three-point opportunity, like some kind of recurring nightmare), you'd think this would be worse than Houston. That's three losses in a row, after all.
Maybe it is worse, empirically. I can't remember the last time we lost on two consecutive buzzer-beaters. And it's Yale. At home. Yeesh. It's like coming home to discover that all your pipes are leaking, and 200 pigeons have nested in your living room (just like losing to any other team in Connecticut should make us feel).
But Ollie has proven he can coach this team to an NC. That's a very different place from where we were after UConn lost to Houston on New Year's Eve. For all we knew then, UConn's elite years had come to an end, to be replaced with AAC mediocrity. Now, as bad as this feels, we still have reason to believe that KO will turn this around.
So, I think Houston was actually worse. I don't feel like the program might be slipping away. The team just sucks at the moment.