Go BU!

Most of you know that I greatly enjoy college basketball. Most of you also know that I like Butler Basketball. So, this past week was one of the greatest for Butler Basketball....ok second best in my experience. Second to their Sweet Sixteen run several years ago...that was the greatest. Anyway, for those of you unaware, Butler beat Notre Dame, then beat Indiana (yep, IU) to advance to the Preseason NIT semi-finals at Madison Square Garden. There they faced #21 Tennessee...and won. It was a great game, excellent close to the first half and a dominating performance in the second half. In the championship game, they faced #23 Gonzaga (who beat #2 UNC in the other semi). In that battle of the Bulldogs, Butler dominated. Had leads in the double digits for the majority of the first half and the second. Yep, Butler won the preseason NIT with wins over Big East, Big Ten, SEC, and two ranked teams. Awesome. Then, in less than 24 hours, won a double overtime game at Hinkle against Kent State.

After all of this awesomeness, Butler has been ranked. #18!! This is the second time that I recall Butler being ranked...the other being when they went 13-0 ('01-'02) before suffering their first loss (finished the season at 26-6...I think). I just hope that BU can continue playing at a high level...they should, but they are also going to get the best shot of every Horizon league team. Over the next few weeks, Butler will play most of the remaining Indiana based schools (Valpo, PU, ISU, Evansville). With a couple of wins, they can lay claim (again) to best college basketball team in Indiana (a pretty solid feat).

Ok, best wishes to Butler Basketball....sorry for taking another week to post.