MINNEAPOLIS -- A great Final Four game deserved a better ending.
For three, maybe four seconds, Auburn thought it would be playing in the national title game for the first time in school history.
The Tigers, who launched an explosive run in the final minutes to take the lead over Virginia in the Final Four, embraced one another and screamed in unison after Kyle Guy's go-ahead 3-pointer over Samir Doughty's right-in-his-chest pressure clanked off the rim, and the final buzzer sounded.
But the cheers of Auburn fans quieted, and became stirring boos.