A First Round NCAA Tournament loss obviously hurts now .
Richard Pitino 's club -- assuming it stays together and makes a normal level of improvement -- should be just as good , if not much better , in 2017 - 18 .
A First Round NCAA Tournament loss obviously hurts now , but Richard Pitino 's club -- assuming it stays together and makes a normal level of improvement -- should be just as good , if not much better , in 2017 - 18 .