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[QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4513352, member: 71"]
This may be an unpopular opinion but I believe that this game will pay dividends down the road.

I remember the 2008-2009 team seemed to be missing something, up through the BET.  That squad was immensely talented and when things went well (which for that team was most of the time) they would roll the opponent.  Where they had trouble was when games were tight, when grit, desire and basically will to fight as much as necessary in order to win was needed and in those games they would fall short.  The six OT loss to Cuse toughened them up and showed them how hard they needed to play and how deep they needed to dig in order to win those games.  If we won that game in regulation, I don't think we get to the final four that year.

The team could have easily mailed in the second half.  Yes, we threw away a number of big offensive possessions over the last few minutes of this game but the team should now be far better for what they did tonight.  I doubt they'll wilt the next time they get punched in the mouth.
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