I know it doesn't matter and there really are no moral victories, but man does it stink to lose 3 NCAA games by a combined scoring differential of FOUR POINTS!!!!

We just need to add that one guy to get us the extra two points to move on next time around!!!

Gig Em!!!!

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Would it make it any better if we lost them by 34?

Well if we lost by 34 I would be over it already. It might make is easier, but not better.

That is actually somewhat of a compliment. It does suck, but amazing at the same time the level our BB program is at.

That is actually somewhat of a compliment. It does suck, but amazing at the same time the level our BB program is at.

I would like to believe that this will be the storyline for our team next year in the Tourney. Hopefully we'll get credit for this and get some love in the media. Unlikely I know, but worth hoping for.

Whatever, I'm still glad they changed the score.

Considering all things I do think this will give us that same preseason love next season like we had this season. Losing Kirk and Jones but, Davis, Jordan, Sloan all have ton of starting experience, one more year under their belt, Turge's second year, etc. That's the story line.

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Seriously... we were 3-7. If we'd had made 2 more... 5-7... that'd have been a respectable 71%. We'd have still been tied...

In the big scheme of things... don't you think regardless... UCLA was going to win?! I mean, seriously... If Got calls out Love for the moving screen, the non-call, Love had like 4 *blocks* where he was clobbering our guys... don't you really think they'd have just another chance here, or there... We'd have gotten called for an "and-1" here or there, to help them...

jeez... we lost... gave it our best shot... we lost... It is over...

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Seriously... we were 3-7. If we'd had made 2 more... 5-7... that'd have been a respectable 71%. We'd have still been tied...

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Anyone care to post how many misses were on the front end of a 1-and-1? I seriously don't know the answer, but FT stats are very misleading if you don't look at that as well.

Muy

Unless you can give me stats on how each player has done on 2nd end of that, does it really matter?!

We were 4-7, and Davis missed 2 from one foul... So, best case scenario, we had 2 1-and-1s that we lost a 2nd FT from...

This is crazy... UCLA was 7/11... a paltry 64%. If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nutz... we'd all have a merry Christmas... what if, because we hit 2 more FTs... they hit a couple more FTs... or how many of the 4 misses they had, were 1-and-1s.

What if we weren't 2-for-10 on 3Pointers... We average around 16 3-Pters a season, and so, we didn't take 6 that we've averaged... If we'd hit 2 more of the 10... or if we'd taken 6 more that were 3s instead of 2s, and hit 2 of the 6 (33%), that'd give us 2 more points, to tie...

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What if we weren't 2-for-10 on 3Pointers...

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This is the one that really kills me. We had multiple shots that bounced in and out.

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Would it make it any better if we lost them by 34?

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When I played basketball in high school, I heard our coach say that he'd rather lose by 34 than by 1 or 2. When you lose by 34, you got beat and there's not much to say or do about it. When you lose by 1 or 2, there are way too many what if's . . . what if we had hit the free throws, what if they had called the foul, etc, etc.

Sometimes that almost makes sense.

It is comical to me when someone has a typo in their subject title that completely changes the meaning of their thread

I wonder if the NCAA selection committee ever takes into account how well a team has represented themselves in recent tourneys? If so, we should have a couple years of invitation/seeding love built up. Each Ag team in the tourney the last 3 years has met or exceeded expectations and could therefore be considered underrated each time except last year. Maybe we will eventually get some residual lingering respect?

the 3 regular season losses for the football team in 2006 were by a total of 6 points. just 7 points overall would of had us as undefeated and in the Big XII championship with a chance for the MNC.

vs tards 31-27
vs ou 17-16
vs nebraska 28-27

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We'd still have to win the big12 championship!

So painful Muy....so painful.

FT's are where it counts in close games.