Canada’s women’s basketball team never looked right and never played up to its immense potential. Whether in the Olympics in France or in qualifying earlier this year, a group loaded with experience, talent and up-and-comers, never put it all together.

As a result, they are going home early for the second Olympics in a row. Canada fell behind Nigeria 12-2 early on Sunday, rallied to lead by 10 in the second quarter and by four at halftime, before another disastrous quarter sank them. Canada needed to win by 10 points and to see France beat Australia later in the day just to have a shot at advancing, but the result did not matter. Nigeria cruised 79-70, and it felt worse than that.