SALT LAKE CITY -- “Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.” - J.R.R Tolkien, Return of the King
Endings are hard; goodbyes are even harder.
As the clock ticked down to zero, it finally began to dawn on everyone in purple that it was really over. There was no more magic left in the tank. It had gotten them to the NCAA tournament, it had gotten them a win over Vanderbilt, and it had almost brought them all the way back against Gonzaga, but it ran out just a few minutes too soon.