Where does the Duke win rank all-time in Tennessee's tournament wins? Where does ON's performance rank all-time in Tennessee player performances in the tournament?
The FAU loss was a return to reality from being on cloud 9 after the Duke win and ON's performance. It hurts, it sucks. But if anything we broke even this year in the big dance. Especially without our starting PG, and given the lull(s) we hit this season.
This loss certainly doesn't hurt as bad as last year's Michigan loss, the 2018 Loyola loss or the 2021 beatdown by TWELVE SEED OREGON STATE. That loss still pisses me off. In some ways, the FAU loss makes those other losses even worse.
The 2022 and 2018 teams/tournament opportunities were squandered worse than this year's, in my opinion.