Elite Eight vs. Kentucky

Sunday afternoon March Madness.
Auburn vs. Kentucky in the Elite Eight from Kansas City.
1:20 on CBS.
The Tigers are a 4.5 point underdog playing without Chuma Okeke.
Okeke has a torn ACL.  Sitting on the bench today, he will have surgery on Tuesday.

Auburn starts tight and cold from the field.
Good looks but shots not going in.
Auburn 3  Kentucky  9  15:45
Auburn 7  Kentucky 17 11:52
Good looks but shots still going in.
We could lose this game from the get-go.
Auburn 11  Kentucky 20   9:50
Auburn 13  Kentucky 22   7:53
Kentucky extends their defense to defend our three point opportunities.
Kentucky is bigger and more physical.
Auburn 17  Kentucky 27  5:00
Half: Auburn 30  Kentucky 35
As the half closes the Tigers pick it up a bit.
Sonny Smith says we need Jared Harper to penetrate the lane to open up shots.
Can we defend the lane in the second half without fouling?
Will the Tigers be a second-half team again?

40-37 Auburn out first lead 17:45
Good start to the half: a 10-0 run.
42-39 Auburn 15:47
As the half rolls on our big people get into foul trouble.  We don't need this.
46-44 Kentucky
This is an INTENSE game!
56-50 Auburn
56-52 Auburn
58-56 Auburn 3:28
Auburn is playing so hard.
60-38 Kentucky 51.9
60-60 OVERTIME!

In overtime the Tigers do it!
Jared Harper takes over.
26 points.  The tournament MVP.
We hit the necessary free throws.
Spencer is our only player to foul out.

FINAL SCORE
Auburn 77 Kentucky 71

Auburn is headed to the FINAL FOUR!
I never thought I'd live to see this.
This is a SPECIAL Auburn basketball team.

On TV we see Chuma Okeke in a chair lift the tournament trophy.
We see the Auburn players celebrating.
We win!!!
On to Minneapolis to play Virginia.
How do you beat Kansas, North Carolina, and Kentucky in a row?
Like Auburn just did it!!!