I was thinking today, I was born in 1982 and had my formative years right in the middle of the Cooper era. As a pre-teen and into a teenager I felt like they should have played for a title in 1993, 1995, 1996, and 1998 but they kept blowing it. When they blew the '98 game against Michigan State I remember thinking that I'd never get to see them play for a title. Dramatic? Maybe, but they hadn't gotten that chance in my lifetime and it felt like it would never come.
Now, here I am with kids of my own, getting ready to watch them play for the title for the 5th time and possibly win for the 3rd time in my life.
I won't be in the game thread during the game, because it's my superstition not to be, but I wanted to take a minute to appreciate this team and what they've accomplished.
Fuck Bama, fuck TTUN, and go Bucks!