Big Cat

Right?

Because that's a team that did not have a ton of talent, and Ben McCollum got them so far.

Bennett Sturtz played all 160 minutes of the 160 minutes available to Iowa in the tournament.

He never came off the floor, and they pushed it to the absolute limit, and you just have to think that Ben McCollum will have a more talented team.

No offense to those guys, but a more talented team going forward, and he's proved there's nothing.

The first year for Ben McCollum could not have been more of a success, given the roster they had.

If you're an Iowa basketball fan, you have to be over the moon with what the future holds.

You were pumped about this year.

In the moment, you're like, bless you, we might not ever get back.

But after that kind of wears off, then you have to take a big picture and you say, this is fucking awesome.

Hopefully we'll get better and we're going to have fun basketball seasons for the next foreseeable future.

But in the moment, they were pissed off.

Because when you're this close and you're that kind of program like Iowa, you really think that the luck's going to keep going.

Yeah, I'd say the fan bases that are ranking them one through four dealing with this the best is probably Iowa one Tennessee because you just never were in it.

Yeah, Purdue and then Duke four because again, how does that Braylon Mullins shot go in?

How?

There's just no way.

Yeah, there's just no way.

Until the judge rules, then you haven't actually lost yet.

Right, right.