Their eyes were already tearing up as they walked off the Old Dominion floor on Tuesday night, and a 10-minute wait during the victorious North Carolina Tar Heels’ press conference did little to change that.

For seniors Tasha Humphrey and Megan Darrah, the 2007-08 season had been a tough one to put in perspective, and the earliest exit of their careers from the NCAA Tournament did little to help.

“I think it was a season of ups and downs,” Humphrey said following the season-ending 80-66 loss to top seed North Carolina. “Sometimes we looked really good as a basketball team, and sometimes we didn’t.

I would have liked for us to be more consistent in terms of our intensity.”

Humphrey capped off her career as a Lady Bulldog with a 20 point, 10 rebound effort against the Heels and finishes at No. 2 in scoring with 2,272 points and No. 4 in rebounds with 1,080.

Still, Tuesday was not a night for Humphrey to reflect on personal achievement, as she dwelled instead on her team’s 24 turnovers that sparked a second-half collapse against the Tar Heels.

In terms of ups and downs, Tuesday night was a microcosm of the past four months.

Georgia used a 14-0 run to take a 33-26 lead over UNC, but gave up 20 straight points in a run that spanned the halftime break. The Bulldogs cut the deficit to seven but could never make up the ground they gave up.

Similarly, Georgia began its season winning 13 consecutive contests before dropping seven of the next 11, spanning the entire month of January.

The Lady Bulldogs regained some momentum with four straight wins at the end of February but were knocked out of the SEC and NCAA tournaments in the second round, their earliest exits since 2003 and 2002, respectively.

Humphrey’s classmate Darrah joined the 1,000 point club during the final week of the regular season and finished her career with her NCAA Tournament-best performance of 14 points against the Heels.

Darrah spoke on Humphrey’s behalf as well as she tried to sum up their contributions to the Lady Bulldog program.

“Tasha and I have had great careers here, and I’m really thankful for the opportunity to have played at Georgia and make it to four NCAA Tournaments and three straight Sweet 16s,” Darrah said. “To end like this is tough, but I’m thankful for the opportunity to be able to do it.”

Despite four 20-plus win seasons in Athens, something still rang hollow for the senior duo.

Fifteen minutes after their final game may not have been enough to put it into words, but the eyes said it all.