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NCAA Tournament Championship Open Thread

by Ken DeCelles on Apr 4, 2011 6:14 PM EDT in Off Topic

Well this is it for this year. In one corner we have the Butler Bulldogs. A team who would be the real life version of Hoosiers if they pull it out tonight. By coincidence, the championship game between Hickory and South Bend Central was played at Hinkle Fieldhouse, which is the homecourt of the Bulldogs.

They have a bright young coach in Brad Stevens, a Tampa kid in Shawn Vanzant, a cold-blooded killer in Shelvin Mack, and the Serie A level flopper Matt Howard. This is a program that would be a logical choice if you like the little guy taking out the big underdog. I would be lying if I wasn't rooting like hell for them to beat Duke last year and was bummed when Gordon Hayward's prayer glanced off the back of the rim.

But this year is different. I want a Big East team to win. It has been far too long since Calhoun raised the trophy in 2004. Hopefully the drought ends tonight and I have a very good feeling about it. As our friends at TheUConnBlog keep pointing out to us, UConn has Kemba Walker and Butler doesn't.

Go Huskies.

#BigEastSolidarity

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I sooooooooo wanted that shot to go in.

That would been have been The Second Greatest Thing That Has Ever Happened In The History Of Sports.

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by GarySJ on Apr 4, 2011 8:09 PM EDT reply actions

OK kids, here we go.

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by Jamie DeVriend on Apr 4, 2011 9:26 PM EDT reply actions

Kemba on the bench

I don’t know what this means

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by Ken DeCelles on Apr 4, 2011 9:43 PM EDT reply actions

Also Butler can't guard the paint at all

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by Ken DeCelles on Apr 4, 2011 9:44 PM EDT reply actions

Matt Howard flopped a good 20 feet on that last foul.

I hope he’s declared ineligible somehow.

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by Jamie DeVriend on Apr 4, 2011 10:11 PM EDT reply actions

He cheats so well

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by Ken DeCelles on Apr 4, 2011 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Good to see some consensus on Matt howard

by Matt Opper on Apr 4, 2011 10:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

The flops, the hooks, the moving screens, the scary faces

I hate him so much

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by Ken DeCelles on Apr 4, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Butler only made one basket inside the arc

UConn did make a 3 point shot.

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by Ken DeCelles on Apr 4, 2011 10:12 PM EDT reply actions

USF thinks Butler is struggling on offense.

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by Jamie DeVriend on Apr 4, 2011 11:12 PM EDT reply actions

Who had the under 8 for "Walker, Texas Ranger" in the Nantz pool

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by Ken DeCelles on Apr 4, 2011 11:15 PM EDT reply actions

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