Clerks
Ya know, we weren’t even supposed to be here today! I mean that. When the NCAA basketball gods put together the tournament brackets year by year the whole purpose of seeding the brackets 1-16 is that by the time two rounds end, or known to everyone as the Sweet Sixteen, only the 1-4 seeds of each bracket should remain. While this has never happened the intention seems pretty clear: there is a line of demarcation of the teams the tournament designers feel should make it far and there are teams the designers feel should not make it far. For the year of our lord, John Wooden, 2019, Auburn was NOT supposed to be this far and you don’t have to go any further than looking that Auburn was assigned a ‘5’ for its dance invitation. Quick recap of Auburn’s season: great start, a stumble out of the gate for the start of the SEC season where we were predicted to compete for another regular season championship marked by a series of narrow defeats, the absolute nadir when Auburn was house