Sigh. First off it's not like we are on equal footing with Kansas going into the game. We were heavy dogs. Anything short of a couple of guys just hitting everything, we would likely be chasing KU for the entire game, with the goal of being close enough to have a chance to win. Most rational people would say if you are down 5 with 2min or so to go, you have a chance to win.
No matter, I doubt you could find 5 Wake fans that thought we would be in the game at the end, with the vast majority expecting a 20-30 point loss with the possibility of a late run if KU took the foot of the gas in a blow out.
In the end KU had to play the last two minutes. They had to make their FT's. Who knows if we would have executed and made the baskets we needed if they had missed or turned the ball over but we never got to see that. I don't think we ever had the ball when we were down 5. KU made the plays it had to. So you can discount it all you want, but it was probably 1000% better than anyone, including yourself, expected for this game.
All that being said, the guys need to prove this was not just a one game fluke and deliver against USC and whoever we play on Saturday.