luckiest team to win it all (and you certainly need a little luck along the way). They faced no high seeds in the tournament. They got a flu ridden Auburn team. They hit a lucky shot in the Purdue game. And in both the Auburn and TTU games, they needed the benefit of the whistle. Most teams do not get all of those things to fall in to place in quite that way.

Congrats to them. They responded to the things they needed to respond to. But recognizing these things isn't sour grapes.