Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishLEXINGTON, Ky. — Auburn senior center Dylan Cardwell got to the private meeting room at the Marriott City Center at 10 a.m. sharp Friday morning, ready for a team breakfast to start a critical day of preparation. He looked around the room.“It was me, the walk-ons, Denver Jones and Addarin Scott,” Cardwell said. “Everybody else no-showed.”Cardwell was telling this story Saturday night in Rupp Arena, sitting in his stall in the Auburn locker room after a dominant second half — an Auburn-looking second half — delivered an 82-70 win over Creighton and the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance in six years. He was smiling. That was the vibe of the room. Loud chatter filled it. But understand, about 36 hours earlier, these people had Cardwell at his wit’s end.Missing the team breakfast? Really? If this doesn’t sound like a big deal to you, at least acknowledge it’s a little off, which is a good way to describe Auburn’s play of late. Every moment spent together at this time of year matters. This isn’t early February at a Fairfield in Starkville. This is the NCAA Tournament.“I was like, ‘We don’t care anymore. We’ve lost our fight and our care,’” Cardwell said. “And I called it out.”GO FURTHERAuburn’s Sweet 16 run required Dylan Cardwell getting after the no-breakfast club
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