A preschool teacher at Triangle Day School decided to use UNC’s crushing buzzer-beating loss in last week’s national title game to teach her students to have compassion, so she helped her young kiddos write cards to send to the Tar Heels’ basketball team, according to Raleigh’s News and Observer.

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“You won our hearts,” wrote one little munchkin in a card addressed to Marcus Paige. Seriously too cute. Another wrote: “Sorry for not winning.” Leave it to kids to tell it like it is, no matter how blunt.