Go Butler

[bierce]

Up 5 and in the bonus with 11:30 to go. MSU shooting well but committing lots of turnovers. MSU has MOrgan with 4 fouls, roe and Allen with 3. Butler is a top 20 ft shooting team in the country.

 

[GoHornsGo90]

Cheering for Butler, bierce? Why's that?

 

[bierce]

That was more of a "Hey, check it out" kind of "Go," rather than a "I want these guys to win" kind of "Go,", but I would not mind at all seeing a non-major conference team in the finals.

 

[orangecat]

can they win without a FG in the last 12 minutes of the game?

I don't think I've seen that before, unless maybe go back to a super-slowdown, maybe like that ridiculous Texas-???? can't remember 39-38 game. That game was before the shot clock, I'm sure.
was that loss to Aggy?

 

[orangecat]

its' a shame all they can try now is 3s. too bad they can't get a foul now that they need one. If they were to somehow get a bucket, I think the game is over.

 

[orangecat]

well, live by the rebound die by the rebound? if he doesn't miss the rebound, they're ahead by 3 right now instead of 1.

Will the refs swallow the whistle? hope so.

 

[Uninformed]

Cool

 

[orangecat]

and they did. I agree completely with the no call. looked good by the bulldogs. Wonder what Izzo was doing with 5.5 left on the court?

Could he have instructed players to get past half court and then called time? If he could have done that with maybe 3.5 to 4.0 seconds left I think he might have had a decent chance.

 

[Chambless]

orangecat, that 39-38 game was excruciating, a loss to Arkansas in the 1979 SWC Tournament at the Summit in Houston.

 

[mr. sunshine]

I normally pull for the underdog, but I'm having a hard time getting behind Butler. It's probably just the realization that they've got a richer b-ball history than us. We're the Jones. That's rich.