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A sweet upset: Butler defeats Pitt two games away from the Final Four

Butler, now riding an 11-game winning streak and two wins away from the Final Four, will face No. 4-seeded Wisconsin in the Sweet 16 Thursday in New Orleans after a 71-70 win against Pittsburgh yesterday. Matt Howard did it again. The ball ended up in his hands, and he found a way to win. “You

Howard’s layup extends tournament play

The No. 8 seed Butler men’s basketball team will play No. 1 seed Pittsburgh tomorrow night in the third round of the NCAA tournament after a 60-58 victory over No. 9 seed Old Dominion yesterday. But the Bulldogs (24-9) advancing to the third round and tallying a 10th consecutive win might not have happened, if

Buffaloes, Crimson unjustly left out

Co-Written by Sports Editor Steven Peek and Assistant Sports Editor Lance Rinker Each spring, a fever known as “March Madness” spreads across the United States, rendering millions of basketball fans immobilized, glued to their television sets, anxiously watching the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament. More than 350 Division I men’s basketball teams have

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