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[QUOTE="Ts5034, post: 3497236, member: 737"]
For me, 1995 and 2002 were devastating. In both of those years, if we were playing somebody other than who we played (UCLA 95, MD 02), we would have made the Final Four. I think they were just bad matchups for us. In 2002, we were playing better than anybody in the country riding a 12 game win streak into that Elite 8 game vs Maryland, but they were just too tough for us. That same Maryland team beat us by 12 earlier in the season. If it was anybody else we would have won.

Elite 8 losses are the toughest so swallow in my opinion. I remember Calhoun always said that the Elite 8 game is always the hardest because of the pressure of being only 40 minutes away from the Final Four. I look at it like getting to the Final Four is an accomplishment because at least you get to hang a banner and have something to show for it. There is an enormous difference between reaching the Final Four and losing in the Elite 8, even if your trip to the Final Four ends without winning it all.
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