The bell rung on Sunday’s Elite Eight action. The fat lady sung. Charles Barkley was in tears on television.
“This is the greatest day in Auburn history,” Barkley said.
Entering this week’s Elite Eight matchups, this year’s NCAA tournament felt like another generic run. Duke was sure to dance last. Watching this year’s Madness unwind has been different than last year’s Loyola shock-campaign. Most of the teams in the Eight Eight and now the Final Four are all within the top-five seeds.
But over the weekend, several brackets across the country were flipped, kicked and knocked permanently unconscious.