This One Hurt - And That’s A Good Thing

[GoldenEagles03]

We added a pair of trophies to the trophy case this year and won a program best 29 games.

This isn't a cry because it is over kinda thing.  We are just getting started.  To get to the top, you have to go through the downs TOGETHER.  This team and program is built to last.  They'll use this as fuel moving forward.  Everyone has the ability to develop as much as they did this season yet again next season. Sky is the limit.

Fun times ahead. I hope these guys enjoy this rest period and appreciate what they did this year. It was a historic season in Milwaukee that ended earlier than most historic seasons do. We've only just begun. I believe that.

[79Warrior]

I have known many many soul wrenching disappointments in my long journey as a Marquette fan.  From Rick Mounts hitting a last minute shot to knock us out of the NCAA tournament on my 10th birthday to losing in the first round in 1978. 
This ranks right up there.  But the season was such a joy and a blessing and the highs experienced were totally unexpected.
Would I trade a run in the NCAA for what came before, yes.  But no one can take away this special season. 
I love this team more than I have since the Final Four team. 
They had a bad game.  So be it.
Thank you guys for the joy

I hated the draw, Izzo owns us. So, as bad as the loss feels, it was not unexpected. That loss to Miami of Ohio was brutal. That game we had no business losing. That may very well have have been the beginning of the end of Hank's era. Awful. Crickets in the Union after that one.