Posted on 03/26/2011 4:28:05 PM PDT by tcrlaf
NEW ORLEANS - Shelvin Mack scored 27 points, including five in overtime, and Butler returned to the Final Four with a 74-71 victory over Florida on Saturday.
Matt Howard scored 14 and Khyle Marshall added 10 for the Bulldogs (27-9), who showed again they simply won't give in, erasing an 11-point hole in the second half.
Mack's 3-pointer with 1:21 left in overtime gave Butler the lead for good at 72-70.
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The notion that there are major and mid-major schools in College Basketball are bunk, there may be money differences but in basketball all you need is a system and solid core players and one can win. Butler, Gonzaga, Memphis, Xavier etc are good programs in so called mid major conferences
What an absolutely great game. Kudos to both teams. Amazingly, Butler didn’t seem to have the heavily tattooed players so prevalent today. Florida didn’t have a lot of them either. One player, I believe it as Boynton, appeared to have tried to have his tats removed. By the way, who else thought Florida’s Chandler Parsons looked like Shaggy from Scooby Doo?
I just hope that Obummer picking Kansas is not the kiss of death card for KU.
It has been for the other #1's...we'll see.
Awesome, go Butler!
Nice job Butler! Now lets see if VCU can continue their quest and pull-off what would be the biggest upset of the tournament. Go Rams!
Before the game the coach will proclaim “Satan, get thee behind me”. It might help. LOL
It is truly a testament to Butler that they overcame the Florida size advantage to win this game. That is the sign of fundamentally sound players - that can beat size and talent.
Yesterday they said he was still in the 98th %tile.
I wanna know why the hell he had time to research and fill out a bracket.
It was the kiss of Death last year but this year KU got some anti-Obummber spray. They needed to kill the mojo the jinx presented them. I hope it works. After all Kansas is a GOP state.
He also had time to play golf that week and go to Rio....
My bracket went in the trash with the result of the UK-OSU game. I just wish ESPN would get off Zero’s jock already.
Cool! My better half attended Butler. Just great that such a small school (about 4000 students) can get into the Final Four. Go Bulldogs!
They got around to Butler and Florida and said "watch this game even if you don't watch any of the others".
That impressed me so I watched it. Best game of the tournament Fur Shur.
The Butler did it!
Illinois was the same way once. Having different classes, while nice for the small just dilutes the whola process.
You wind up with multiple champions, but who is the state champion?
Queue up the Hoosier soundtrack and a pep talk from coach Norm Dale.
UConn is South Bend Central now.
“It’s like Hickory High going to the Final Four. Queue up the Hoosier soundtrack and a pep talk from coach Norm Dale.”
In reality, Milan High had made a big run at the title the year before, but fell short. The next year, everyone knew who they were, but still sold them short.
HISTORY REPEATS, and Milan/Butler alum Bobby Plump and crew will be sitting in the audience next weekend.
Go INDIANA!!!! Home sweet home.
I’ve been a Butler fan since high school. Since the Hawkeyes can’t seem to get it done, they’re my go to team.
And Ohio State isn’t in the Final Four. There is a God.
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