It was a helluva run

Great season Blue. Thanks for the thrills and the supreme effort.

'shoes

Ditto, I don't even like the game but they captured my attention.

Go Blue!

Still VERY proud of the Maize and Blue!!!

Go Blue!!

They played with class, win or lose.

While it hurts to come so close and not finish the deal, it was a great and largely unexpected three weeks. I had almost forgotten what a deep march run was like. It was a lot of fun.

Perfectly said, all of you. No slit wrists and/or blown-out brains, please. I'm still astounded at the fact, as commentators pointed out, that we fielded, day-for-day of age, the youngest team in the entire 68-team bracket. And there are 66 other teams that wish they had gotten where we did.

Great season, effort, and thrill, Coach B and men!!!

2ndComingOfBo wrote:

Ditto, I don't even like the game but they captured my attention.

Go Blue!

Basketball will always be a distant second to football in my eyes but I really have enjoyed the game the last several years. Even during the dreaded Brian Ellerbe and Tommy Amaker seasons, I enjoyed filling out brackets, watching them go up in smoke during the second round and watching the tournament in general. Just like with college football, I have a list of several schools I joyously root against and cheer when they're knocked out of the tournament (Duke, Kentucky, UNC, etc.)

But this year was extra special since I got to see my own team go on this run. I was down on them at the end of the season thinking like the media, that they were early exit team. In my bracket, I went with my head instead of my heart and had VCU knocking us out in the second game. For once, my bad picks actually helped in a reverse jinx up until last night. I did pick Louisville to win it all. That's the only thing that survived in my bracket.

Oh well. It was still a great season overall. And the program is in so much better shape now, obviously. I hope Beilein can keep up the good work.

It was a great run and I'm so proud of the way they fought. Remember they beat three really good teams to get to the finals. It was a brutal stretch and they have earned the right to hold their heads high.

That said, I still can't get the last 2 1/2 minutes of the first half out of my head. I watched them lose that 12 point lead and I knew right there it wasn't in the cards last night. That Louisville run will haunt me until football starts.

sandyeggo_blue wrote:

...I still can't get the last 2 1/2 minutes of the first half out of my head. I watched them lose that 12 point lead and I knew right there it wasn't in the cards last night...

Unfortunately, Sandy, [victory in Monday's game] was in the "Cards"...

You and your puns...

2ndComingOfBo wrote:

You and your puns...

Ahem...you just now arrived at that realization/conclusion?

Trust me, 2nd, I've taken heat from many, many people regarding my sense of "humor".
And I invariably quote the late British actor David Niven, in his role in "Guns of Navarone":
"Hey---if I didn't crack a bad joke once in a while, I'd go completely insane..."

Oh I've known about your puns for quite a white. But that one deserved commenting on...