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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 1725090, member: 285"]
This season really underscores what a crapshoot the NCAA tournament really is.

First, we go from a team that often played like butt this season and barely belonged in the tournament to a great great run to the Final Four.     We were fortunate to have a manageable path.    Maybe the MTSU upset of MSU opened an opportunity that would not have existed had the upset not occurred.   Maybe we would have beaten MSU, maybe not...who knows.   
     
      Then you see a team like Oklahoma who is supposed to be a pretty strong team a 2 seed and they run into a Villanova team who shoots 71% for the game against them.     The performance from Villanova would have beaten any other team in the tournament, and probably would have been enough to take out most teams most years.

Anyway I guess my point is I was thinking this year was great, but assuming Mali and Lydon are back we should be positioned for a better season next year.    But even if we have a fantastic season there is no way to project that we will go further than we did this season.   And no matter how good you are if you run into a team that has a night like Villanova had last night you are done.

I guess its a long way of saying, enjoy the achievement of this season because it isn't easy to get as far as we did and there is no guarantee no matter what kind of team we have next season that we have success in the tournament.
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