I look back on those extremely close losses to Gonzaga and Arizona as the first murmurs of life of the upwards trajectory that has us where we are today (and still ascending, I might add). It was an eye-opener, coming off that miserable 9-22 (1-15) campaign where we ended the season with 17 straight losses...then to see us losing in the last seconds to national powers Gonzaga, and Arizona in OT. We largely avoided any silly losses in OOC that year (yeah, we lost to CSU and got murdered at Tulsa, but nothing ridiculous like losing to New Orleans or Montana State) And by January we were knocking off top 25 Baylor, taking KU to OT in February, ending that miserable road losing streak in March and nearly making the NIT. The momentum was underway...