My dad and his whole family went to UVA so I’ve been a fan my entire life. The UMBC game was one of the worst days of my life, literally my last bad panic attack happened right after that game. After losing to Florida State in the ACC tournament and sobbing over it being DeAndres last acc game, I watched all the games with a vengeance. The final minutes of Purdue were some of the most stressful of my life. When Mamadi hit that buzzer beater my mom, dad and I screamed like we were being murdered or something lol. The house hadn’t been that loud since Dre hit that bank shot against Louisville in 2018. Then my dad dug around and found the Final Four shirt he bought when he drove from Cville to Philly to watch it in 1981! For Auburn, I had the extreme misfortune of having a gymnastics competition at the same time. My parents dropped me off and went to a nearby bar to watch, which obviously I couldn’t blame them for. Both my meet and the game were ending at the same time, and one of my coaches had been reading my the live play by play. I didn’t even know Kyle was fouled, and when I found out we were going to the finals for the first time ever I rolled around the floor sobbing in front of probably 100 or more people. No shame. Even though I tried my best to convince my dad to drive to Charlottesville for Monday, We swatched the finals from our living room and I was just shaking the whole time. We FaceTimed the whole family throughout the last few minutes and we all screamed and cried way more than any of us would like to admit at the end. Literally one of the best nights of my life. I’ve never felt so good and I have never been so happy for a group of people that I’ve never met. So much love and pride for that whole team. Wahoowa forever, baby!
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