Technically speaking, this blog is now not-dead. And there was much rejoicing. Yay.
Another long and tough Bradley season has ended (this time with the firing of 9-year coach Jim Les), but at least it's Butler time. My mid-major tendencies had me excited coming into March Madness with a pretty strong field of representatives. San Diego State was a 2-seed. Old Dominion and George Mason were seemingly under-seeded, but pundits thought they'd take care of business anyway. And there was the matter of the great injustice that ODU's seed saw them playing mid-major royalty Butler (who were seeded about right at an 8). My thinking filling out a bracket was that all that was probably okay... Butler was having something of a rough season, and I thought ODU would take them out and then proceed on to the Sweet Sixteen or Elite Eight. Oops. ODU did give Butler the toughest game of the tournament so far, but Butler won and and since left top seed Pitt and Big Ten powerhouse Wisconsin in their wake to make it into the Elite Eight. GO BUTLER! Next opponent is Billy Donovan's Florida. Keep it up!
Oh yeah, and Duke bought the farm last night. N C A A YES! Down Duke! Viva Butler! And other such fanfare.
