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Friday, March 18th, 2011
The #8 Butler Bulldogs appear to have regained the magic that made them last year's "Cinderella" team of the tournament, but this time around it took just a tad bit of luck to get by #9 Old Dominion. As the Bulldogs took the floor with what appeared to be the ...
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
The Butler Bulldogs are back! OK, maybe there wasn't really the need for that exclamation point. But the fact that last year's ultimate Cinderella team is going to be in the NCAA tournament field is pretty exciting.
Butler, a five seed a year ago, made a run all the way to ...
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
If you had asked me before the start of this year's March Madness if I thought Gordon Hayward had much of a chance to excel in the NBA, I would have said no. After watching the versatile Butler star lead the Bulldogs all the way to the NCAA title game, ...
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
This past season, the Butler Bulldogs men’s basketball team had one of the most amazing runs in the NCAA Tournament. They ended up losing to Duke in the National title game in what was, in my opinion, the most exciting college basketball game that I have seen. The game came ...
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
Call it the "Butler Way" or just the right way, Brad Stevens gets it.
The 33-year-old former three time Academic All-America nominee at DIII DePauw University, turned entry level employee at Eli Lilly, turned national championship game coach at Butler University has lead a team that captivated much of the nation ...
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
As Gus Johnson once famously said, 'the slipper still fits!' The Butler Bulldogs have completed their march through the West Region of this year's NCAA Tournament to earn a berth in the Final Four after narrowly defeating a rugged Kansas State team on Saturday that looked to be a bit ...
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
About ten years ago, Butler was one of the most prominent Cinderella stories in the NCAA Tournament. They were the team that was ranked number 11, number 12, or even number 13 and looking for the glass slipper. Now, they are the team with the bulls-eye on their back as ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
When people talk about the best college coaches in the country, you rarely ever hear the name Trent Johnson brought up. You will soon. In his first year in the Bayou at LSU, Trent Johnson has brought his third different program (Nevada and Stanford are the others) to the big dance.
I ...
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
At the start of the year, most pundits thought that the North Carolina Tar Heels, led by senior All-American Tyler Hansbrough, would be cutting down the nets come April. At one point, there was even talk of the 'Heels navigating a tough non-conference and competitive ACC schedule undefeated. That of ...
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