We didn't really lose. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be. You're supposed to play as hard as you can. Ngounou, Frank Wilkins and Erick Woods had played their final games for St. Joe's. The rest of them will be back next season.
Reinforcements are on the way.
The future never has looked brighter. It had made a very strong case that its guard line is the best in America. In a game that was televised to most of the nation in prime time on Saturday night, it had outshot the best shooting team in America and played so well for so long that it somehow didn't seem right that the Hawks won't get to play anymore. Finally, the locker room cleared out and the bus headed back for the hotel. They cleaned out their rooms, got back on the bus and headed for the charter plane they never wanted to see.