The hurt washed over Bolu Olorunfunmi and his UCLA teammates as they lingered in the cold tubs. They had come within 24 seconds of beating Stanford, the team they had fixated on for most of the previous nine months, only to fall short once more.
The Bruins were left with a long stretch of games they would have to win just to possibly earn another chance to face the Cardinal in the Pac-12 Conference championship game.
In a moment most wanted to forget, UCLA Coach Jim Mora told his players to remember.