re: Auburn folks - Justin Powell is transferring? Where did that come from?

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The same Auburn team that was a blown ref's call away from playing for a national championship was also a missed jumpshot away from losing to 12 seed New Mexico State in the first round. It's that uncertainty that makes the tournament such fun.

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Yep, the prior year's team was actually a better regular season team, but hit a string of bad luck in March. The Final Four team got scorching hot at the right time.