This 22 team had the capability all year to win it all, had as good of a team as any other team in the country. We just had some painful issue with injuries' that slowed the growth of the team.
The 12 team was good, but UK was just that much better. Arguably we were the 2nd best team that year, but a far step away from UK.
The 08 team I felt was destine to win it. The way it ended, it was destiny without a doubt. Classic finish, will forever be an all time classic.
The 88 team was awesome. But that 88 team had so many breaks along the way and then had the storybook ending that just made a lot of sense. Tubbs & OU's Cabbage Patch kids had beaten us twice before, but 3rd time charm for KU!
That 88 team once lost 5 games in a row! We lost to NU!
But leading up to the tourney we had previously lost to KSU won 1 & lost 1 in season, then lost by 15 in the conf. tourney, beat them by 13, we lost to Duke in OT @ Allen, yet beat them in the Tourney , we even barely got by Murray State by 3 in the 2nd round of the tourney. To catch Oklahoma a 3rd time after having lost to them twice, just had a feel to it that we were going to win, based on the other games we lost to the same opponent previously to only get revenge in the end.