FFS this thread is so stupid. Name the last undefeated NC. Hell - in the last 20 years only two teams won the NC with 2 losses (and none had fewer than that) - Baylor in 2021 and Duke in 2012. A handful had 3 losses. The rest had 4 or more. Hell - KU in 2022 had 7 losses.
I'm not saying that we're going to win the NC this year... but this idea that our season is ruined because we picked up our 3rd loss of the season in what amounted to a highway robbery halfcourt shot is beyond stupidity, especially when most of the nation wasn't discouraged by ISU at all last night - especially under the circumstances (playing 2 quad 1 games in 3 days in extremely hostile environments, one of those teams winning 9 of its last 10, and coming within half a second of sweeping it).
I'm not saying that we're going to win the NC this year... but this idea that our season is ruined because we picked up our 3rd loss of the season in what amounted to a highway robbery halfcourt shot is beyond stupidity, especially when most of the nation wasn't discouraged by ISU at all last night - especially under the circumstances (playing 2 quad 1 games in 3 days in extremely hostile environments, one of those teams winning 9 of its last 10, and coming within half a second of sweeping it).