something else to consider - probably quite minor and means nothing, but, here goes:
Humphries was really starting to play pretty well, gaining confidence- the A&M game was his best, of course, until the end.
I really believe that technical hurt his confidence to some degree; I think his play after that reflected it. His aggression was affected. If he hadn't been t'd up and continued to improve instead of taking a step back - would that have made a difference? I still maintain Lee could play well enough IF he had someone inside with him doing their job. I doubt, looking back, we'd have made a FF, but it might have given us another win in the tourney.
I know I know, probably silly, but something to think about