SWC75
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I always dread waking up the morning after our last loss, remembering what happened and saying "Oh, ". It didn't happen this time and I wondered why.
- I prepared myself over the previous week by looking the possibly of defeat in the eye and not being afraid of it. I thought we would win but if we didn't, I was emotionally prepared for it. I focused on how tired I was of worrying about games and that we'd either win or "spring" would begin when watching sports is just for fun again.
- I kept in mind that I really never expected this team to get this far. A 7-2 post season is pretty good for a team with so many limitations that had been playing so poorly at the end of the regular season.
- Michigan is a very good team who could win the national title. I will be rooting for them (Beilein > Pitino and I want to have lost to the National Champs after giving them a good battle).
- The calls at the end were frustrating but we should never have allowed the game to come down to them. If we'd played defense from the beginning the way we did in the second half, (and the rest of the tournament) and/or if we'd made some big shots in the second half when we were on the verge of catching up, we could have made the officials irrelevant. I'd rather blame (1) the other team and (2) us than (3) the refs and I think we need to do that here.
- I prepared myself over the previous week by looking the possibly of defeat in the eye and not being afraid of it. I thought we would win but if we didn't, I was emotionally prepared for it. I focused on how tired I was of worrying about games and that we'd either win or "spring" would begin when watching sports is just for fun again.
- I kept in mind that I really never expected this team to get this far. A 7-2 post season is pretty good for a team with so many limitations that had been playing so poorly at the end of the regular season.
- Michigan is a very good team who could win the national title. I will be rooting for them (Beilein > Pitino and I want to have lost to the National Champs after giving them a good battle).
- The calls at the end were frustrating but we should never have allowed the game to come down to them. If we'd played defense from the beginning the way we did in the second half, (and the rest of the tournament) and/or if we'd made some big shots in the second half when we were on the verge of catching up, we could have made the officials irrelevant. I'd rather blame (1) the other team and (2) us than (3) the refs and I think we need to do that here.