These rankings are dumb and biased. Our loss may be top 10 most painful, but there were a lot more than 3 more painful than ours.
1 seed and defending champ Baylor losing in the 2nd round was way worse than our game when they should have been playing this weekend.
3 seed Wisconsin losing an in-state game to an 11 seed was way worse when they seemingly had a cakewalk to the sweet sixteen.
3 seed Tennessee losing to an 11 seed was way worse with the sweet sixteen on the line.
2 seed Kentucky and 3 seed Purdue losing to a 15 seed are both way worse when both of those teams should have been title contenders.
7 seed Murray State losing to a 15 seed for what would have been their first ever sweet sixteen was way worse.
2 seed Auburn losing to a 10 seed was worse when they should have been an elite eight team.
And since this is an index of painful losses, I’ll accept the Duke losing to UNC at the top of the list too.
So right there that is 8 losses more painful than ours. We were a 5 seed that wasn’t supposed to make it out of the first weekend. Losing a close one sucks in the first round, and it seemed the bracket was set up well for us moving forward. But looking at it after the results, I’m not sure we beat Providence and definitely not Kansas if we make it past the first game.