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Bulldog defense key to Butler’s improbable championship march
by Sean MorrisonIU Final Four News Bureau Butler coach Brad Stevens said he wasn’t happy with his team’s poor shooting in Saturday evening’s matchup against Michigan State. The Bulldogs barely cracked 50 points. They shot 70 percent from the free-throw line. They were outrebounded. Yet Butler continued its historic run with a 52-50 victory in…
Read MoreDuke overpowers West Virginia
by Zina KumokIU Final Four News Bureau It began with rebounds. Duke earned more second-chance points off the glass in its 78-57 national semifinal win over West Virginia. The Blue Devils now meet the Butler Bulldogs Monday evening in the national championship game. Duke had an only eight-point lead going into the second half, but…
Read MoreBulldog defense key to Butler’s improbable championship march
by Sean MorrisonIU Final Four News Bureau Butler coach Brad Stevens said he wasn’t happy with his team’s poor shooting in Saturday evening’s matchup against Michigan State. The Bulldogs barely cracked 50 points. They shot 70 percent from the free-throw line. They were outrebounded. Yet Butler continued its historic run with a 52-50 victory in…
Read MoreDuke overpowers West Virginia
by Zina KumokIU Final Four News Bureau It began with rebounds. Duke earned more second-chance points off the glass in its 78-57 national semifinal win over West Virginia. The Blue Devils now meet the Butler Bulldogs Monday evening in the national championship game. Duke had an only eight-point lead going into the second half, but…
Read MoreGordon Hayward: “Someone’s got to be national champion, so why can’t it be us?”
When it came to college, Gordon Hayward Sr. indoctrinated his son from Day One. He bought him sweatshirts, took him to football and basketball games and decorated both his kids’ rooms with a certain school’s colors: black and gold. As in, the black and gold of Purdue University. Hayward, Sr., and wife Jody were proud…
Read MoreSeven figure income now commonplace among college basketball coaches, new study shows
When Butler faces Michigan State in Saturday’s first semi-final game of the Final Four, its small school, underdog story will manifest itself in ways beyond the court. Like in the coaches’ wallets. In terms of the pay of the head coaches, Butler vs. Michigan State is a David vs. Goliath matchup. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo…
Read MoreNo one-and-dones here; Final Four showcases veteran play
Once upon a time, NCAA players played a minimum of three or four years for their school. That was the college basketball fairy tale. Even after the most statistically successful freshman year, players would anxiously await the next season for a chance to pursue and win a national championship. To these student athletes, living “happily…
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Read MoreGordon Hayward: “Someone’s got to be national champion, so why can’t it be us?”
When it came to college, Gordon Hayward Sr. indoctrinated his son from Day One. He bought him sweatshirts, took him to football and basketball games and decorated both his kids’ rooms with a certain school’s colors: black and gold. As in, the black and gold of Purdue University. Hayward, Sr., and wife Jody were proud…
Read MoreSeven figure income now commonplace among college basketball coaches, new study shows
When Butler faces Michigan State in Saturday’s first semi-final game of the Final Four, its small school, underdog story will manifest itself in ways beyond the court. Like in the coaches’ wallets. In terms of the pay of the head coaches, Butler vs. Michigan State is a David vs. Goliath matchup. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo…
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