It's always time for the blame game, of course. When disappointment lands with such a thunderous thud, as it did for the Kentucky baseball team on Memorial Day Monday, grievances become the predictable chain-reaction, complete with an inevitable dose of we-was-robbed.
After all, nationally ranked throughout the season, winners of 34 games with a No. 30 RPI ranking and more series wins against top-15 teams than any other college program in America, Kentucky did not find its name among the 64 filling the NCAA Tournament brackets announced by the Selection Committee.
The omission caused the normal social media outcry, especially from those that bleed blue, but when UK head coach Nick Mingione met with the media on Tuesday, he didn't join the chorus of boos.