ST. LOUIS — The door was open for the Bears to possibly make up for their disappointing regular-season but they couldn't take advantage.
The top three seeds of the tournament were all eliminated on Friday and the Bears needed to get past the No. 7 seed to advance to the championship game where they could have earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999.
It was all too good to be true.
BEARS BASKETBALL POSTSEASON COVERAGE
Instead, the Bears lost 89-82 on Saturday evening at the Enterprise Center in St.