That one hurt.
It didn’t sting. It doesn’t ache.
It hurts, all the way down.
This was supposed to be the time it finally happened. This was the team of destiny, the team of fate. This was the night Mississippi State was going to win its first National Championship. This was supposed to be MSU’s history, MSU’s moment in the sun on top of the college basketball world.
For years, it’s felt like the water was rising and the pressure was building – eventually, the dam would burst and after over a century of drought, Mississippi State would win its first ever National Title in any team sport, the crowning achievement in the school’s long history.