Reply To: Bucknell/Butler

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I thought it was a lot more about Butler winning it in the last 6 than Bucknell losing it in the last 6. It’s so obvious that Butler is so, so tough mentally, and Stevens had all of his guys believing that they had to out-work and out-hustle Bucknell in order to win – and they did. When they went down 6 Butler didn’t panic, they simply regrouped and waited for Clarke to heat up. Eventually he did and that was the end for Bucknell.

When the picks were announced I let out a groan that Butler was Bucknell’s matchup. Over the course of the week I convinced myself they could beat the Bulldogs – and it’s true, they could have. But in the tourney a key ingredient for the upset is, like Duke last year, a high ranked team overlooking the tiny underdog, and Butler didn’t do that. Hats off to them. They played a great game to win.