Three for three. Imperfection. Good enough to get there. Not good enough to win there.
UCLA has become the Buffalo Bills of college basketball, Ben Howland the Marv Levy of his sport.
The Bills made it to four straight Super Bowls and failed to win any.
Now the Bruins have gone to three straight Final Fours and failed to win any.
"It's hard to be here three years in a row," Howland said glumly, "and not come away with a championship. I thought this was our best team."
But as the country found out, not as good a team as Memphis. Not nearly as good a team.
UCLA has become the Buffalo Bills of college basketball, Ben Howland the Marv Levy of his sport.
The Bills made it to four straight Super Bowls and failed to win any.
Now the Bruins have gone to three straight Final Fours and failed to win any.
"It's hard to be here three years in a row," Howland said glumly, "and not come away with a championship. I thought this was our best team."
But as the country found out, not as good a team as Memphis. Not nearly as good a team.
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