ATLANTA—Johni Broome wanted his South Region championship T-shirt. The rest of the Auburn Tigers already had them on, and he kept asking around the team’s celebratory cluster until he got one—it was too small. After a little more searching, he found one that would fit across his 6' 10", 240-pound frame.
As Broome slipped the gray shirt over his shoulders, a grimace crossed his face. No doubt about it, the right elbow that he injured with 10:37 left in the game against the Michigan State Spartans still hurt. Limbs aren’t supposed to bend the way that one did. But the pain couldn’t pierce his joy in the aftermath of a 70–64 victory that sends Auburn to the Final Four—one of a quartet of No. 1 seeds advancing to San Antonio.
