Stugotz

And that's something that's really changed in me as I've gotten older.

And in 2023, it was all such a shock.

All right.

Like,

You had the Miami Heat, who were a play-in team.

Now, granted, the year before, they went to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

So it's a team that should have had expectation, all right?

And they had a terrible regular season.

They went from the first-ever play-in team to the NBA Finals.

Going on at the exact same time, so it was an every night thing for like two plus months straight, you had the Florida Panthers, who had a miserable regular season, pull off statistically the greatest upset ever in the first round of the playoffs, where they beat the all-time greatest regular season team, those Boston Bruins, coming back from 3-1, winning game seven in overtime, and going all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals.

They played a role.

They played a role.

You had the Panthers who went all the way to the Stanley Cup Final.

And by the way, inexplicably, the Miami Hurricanes go to the Final Four.

The most improbable of all the things that I just mentioned there.

FAU as well.

The ladies made it to an Elite Eight.

That's true.

So, like, the year 2023.

That's the year for fun losing.