I think we had assumed our early season blemishes would be forgiven due to adding Stokes and a strong closing. Apparently, we were wrong. Blemishes seem to matter a LOT.
Colorado and Saint Bonaventure winning their leagues put UT in a position where it looks like they would have had to win the SEC to make the field.
We were projected as one of the first teams left out. We had to get a win or 2 in the tournament, but after shitting the bed against Ole Miss, we were toast.