Good old BUTLERRR walked onto the court for the NCAA 2011 Collegiate Basketball Championship with the hopes and dreams of an entire nation looking for its first great underdog story since Villanova in '85, and left the court with the shattered hopes and dreams of Tonya Harding one day returning to figure skating.
What made Connecticut's eventual and abysmal 53-41 victory in the penultimate game even worse was the fact both Connecticut and Butler, which are known for good shooting and team play, showed a complete lack of both. If Butler won, then I would feel better about the "great defensive showing" by the Bulldogs, as no doubt the pundits would put it. Take the same game and plant it in the 1960s with the short shorts, no shot clock, no three point line, no dunk attempts, no Twitter, and lack of national and international coverage of the game and you have a classic! -_-
Butler's shooting percentage of 18.8% during the contest is the worst for any game in NCAA tournament history! If I knew this would happen (again), I would come up with a cheer for Connecticut. Maybe something like..."Connecccctiiiiiiiiicuttttt!" My teeth hurts saying that. >_<
I'm very upset with the game of basketball right now!
(For more on this game, check out THE NEW YORK TIMES' Lynn Zinser's hilarious take on the game)
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