By Greg Ostendorf
AuburnTigers.com
SAN DIEGO -- Shortly after Sunday's loss to Clemson in second round of the NCAA Tournament, Bruce Pearl walked into the locker room and immediately went to the whiteboard where he wrote down three words.
"Adversity reveals character"
That's been the theme for this Auburn team all season long. They faced adversity when Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy were held out prior to the season. They faced adversity from the analysts and writers, who counted the Tigers out from the beginning.