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though, his team-high 18 points didn't mat- ter a whole lot. Different Cavaliers took the gut-wrench- ing defeat in different ways. Third-year forward Isaiah Wilkins said the sting went away once practices began in the summer. Third- year guard Marial Shayok said the loss still serves as motiva- tion. As for Bennett? "You think about it," he said. "When I prepare practices, what are things we can work on when we play them [Syracuse] again? What would have I done differently? What personnel decisions, substitutions? If we could have finished a couple of those press-break baskets, would that have been just enough separation? We could have guarded the curl better. "We couldn't guard them. Our defense let us down in that. They made some big- time shots. "So I see a lot of those things. I think about that, when it's appropriate and time to do it." Bennett is in a league where he's surrounded by peer accomplish- ment. Between Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, North Carolina's Roy Williams, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, Louisville's Rick Pitino and Miami's Jim Larrañaga, there are 33 Final Four appearances and 10 national championships. The most decorated of this bunch feels Bennett will soon join the club. "Going to the Final Four is like a right passage so to speak," Krzyzewski said. "You go to a different place in coaching and "That's a burning desire. And I'm very competitive and I want that." HEAD COACH TONY BENNETT ON REACHING THE FINAL FOUR