I remember reading an article before the 2018 dance saying because we had the lowest average victory margin of the #1 seeds (and maybe 1 and 2) that we had more than our share of "luck" during the season and that gave the analyst pause..turned out to be right in hindsight. I remember beating Creighton and Georgetown in last second, Struss rimming a 3 to tie the last game, Kanter coming up big in both St Johns games at end..our losses were not really close (Vilanova(2) and Providence). This year Naj hit some 3s to keep us in game, but a few more foul shots against Mrauette and Butler(even Providence) would have put us comfortably into the (non) dance.