The team's energy felt different right from the opening buzzer. Key players seemed off, were in and out of the game. Free throws missed as often as they hit. The Cats had finally met a team that closed as strong as they do. Stronger, in fact.
If this was a decade ago, we'd be shaking our heads at what they could do next year, this young, freshmen team. But this group is a one-year wonder. Most of them will be gone next year, in the NBA, most probably.
It's hard to say that "one and done" is a failure when this team made it to the finals. But it's not the kind of basketball I grew up with.
Still, I have to say it one more time: Go, Big Blue!
(A UK dormitory building snapped from the UK Library.)