South Alabama Jaguars
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - MARCH 21: Daon Merritt #5 and Demetric Bennett #10 of the South Alabama Jaguars embrace near the end of a loss to the Butler during the first round of the East Regional as part of the 2008 ...
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First Round Breakdown - East5 months ago
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Cinderella has become a monster5 months, 1 week ago
News from around the Net.
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Bill Trocchi: Going behind the scenes with Butler
4 months, 4 weeks agoThere's a lot of pressure when the head man did the scout the year before, and it was a winner ... I think he still knows more about them than I do.
Brandon Miller
As quoted by Sports Illustrated
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Vols' leading scorer Lofton has minor leg injury
Tennessee guard and leading scorer Chris Lofton has a minor leg injury but is expected to play Thursday against Louisville.
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Stats yet again courtesy of StatSheet.com . The usual caveats apply. Analysis with actual words below. Rankings4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Butler challenges Tennessee in second round of NCAA Tournament
...NCAA Tournament appearances. The Bulldogs captured their first Horizon League Tournament title since 2001 with a 70-55 victory over Cleveland State on March 11th, and their seven seed in this tournament is the second-highest in program history, as last year's...
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Tennessee overcomes Butler in OT
...Alabama. Lofton buried a long three 1:10 into overtime, giving Tennessee a 66-63 lead. Green responded with a shot from beyond the arc of his own, forcing a 66-66 deadlock with 2:57 to go. After Chism missed a pair of free throws, Graves drove and released...
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Butler has heart, but Tennessee survives
...South Alabama in the first round, Pearl called the Bulldogs a "matchup nightmare" for his team. Last season, in the semifinals of the preseason NIT, Butler had beaten Tennessee, 56-44. Pearl definitely knew. Tennessee (31-4) and No. 7 seed Butler (30-4) both...
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Murphy: Louisville has the look of a Final Four contender
...fans. What they missed was arguably the tournament's strongest two-game performance from Louisville. No. 1 overall seed North Carolina certainly can argue after amassing 211 points and 30-plus point victories in the first two rounds. Too bad they are in the...
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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UT Holds Off Butler In OT
...Alabama. Lofton buried a long three 1:10 into overtime, giving Tennessee a 66-63 lead. Green responded with a shot from beyond the arc of his own, forcing a 66-66 deadlock with 2:57 to go. After Chism missed a pair of free throws, Graves drove and released...
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Adams: Just good enough to advance
...UT's second-half perimeter defense against Butler sharpshooter Pete Campbell was another decisive factor in the victory. Campbell, who made eight of 10 3-point tries in the first round against South Alabama, was 3-for-7 against UT. He only had two 3-point...
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Tennessee Overcomes Butler In OT
...college basketball game between two pretty darn good teams," said Butler coach Brad Stevens. "And we came out on the short end, but due to no, certainly both teams played valiantly and played with terrific effort. And I think it was just a game of inches on...
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Vols expect tough battle
...a Sweet 16 game in Charlotte, N.C., and will play Thursday. Both programs are still stunned by the seedings they were given on Selection Sunday. The fifth-ranked Vols (30-4) felt they deserved a No. 1 seed instead of the No. 2 they received. Butler (30-3),...
5 months ago
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WKU part of rare matchup
...the NCAA Tournament so special and draws so much interest to it." Gonzaga began the trend in 1999 with the first of three straight Sweet 16 appearances. George Mason took it farther, to the 2006 Final Four. So although this second-round matchup is unexpected,...
5 months ago
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Quotes of the week
...Alabama guard Demetric Bennett, on facing Butler in the first round of the NCAA Tournament "I plan on being here. I'm here today, you'll see me tomorrow, and I'll be there the next day." - Isiah Thomas, about the Knicks' potential interest in Indiana Pacers...
5 months ago
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UT notes: Vols late-season experiment finds Prince at point guard
5 months agoJ.P. makes plays just like I do ... It's just another playmaker out there on the court looking for an open man. I don't think it changes much.
Tyler Smith
As quoted by Daily News Journal
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Butler's days as mid-major over
...college basketball team.'' No. 5 Tennessee advanced into the second round with a late-blooming 72-57 win over American and were rewarded with a game against Butler with a spot in the regional semifinals on the line. Butler set a school record with its 30th...
5 months ago
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Despite lack of name recognition, Butler no second-class citizen in NCAA tournament
...Joseph's 72-64. Butler set a school record with its 30th win, but has been hearing questions about its worthiness all week. First, the NCAA tournament selection committee slapped the Bulldogs with a seventh seed. Then they had to listen to the college basketball...
5 months ago
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Today's eye-openers: Highlights from Saturday's Birmingham News
...South Alabama left the men's basketball NCAA Tournament looking more like an ugly stepsister than Cinderella. Read it. We have wall-to-wall coverage of the tournament games in Birmingham, highlighted by Tennessee's win over American University. Read it. LIFE/STYLE...
5 months ago
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Grant Wahl: Now we've got exciting games
...big men--but his 8-for-10 game from behind the arc was breathtaking as the Bulldogs blew out South Alabama 81-61. Butler-Tennessee will be less like a No. 7-No. 2 game than a No. 4-No. 1 game (their more appropriate seeds, anyway), and both teams' fearless...
5 months ago
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Indiana looks to salvage season
...recruiting violations, a midseason coaching change, a threatened player boycott and a quick exit from the Big Ten tournament have made Indiana's high national ranking and legitimate Final Four expectations disappear as quickly as a dropped phone call. Now,...
5 months ago
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from ESPN
Permalink/CommentBig men pave Butler's blowout of South Alabama
...brackets against the 10th-seeded Jaguars (26-7), who couldn't live up to a much-criticized at-large bid. Butler advanced to play seemingly vulnerable second-seeded Tennessee after the Volunteers slipped past American's upset bid with a 72-57 victory earlier...
5 months ago
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Got to feel for the Drake
...Butler-S. Alabama). Or it can have more of the mid-majors play teams from power conferences. Sure, such a scenario might lead to the big-time schools routing the upstarts, but it also sets the stage for those upsets/Cinderella stories that make the tournament...
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - MARCH 21: Daon Merritt #5 and Demetric Bennett #10 of the South Alabama Jaguars embrace near the end of a loss to the Butler during the first round of the East Regional as part of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center on March 21, 2008 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - MARCH 21: Brandon Davis #21 and Domonic Tilford #3 of the South Alabama Jaguars react near the end of a loss to the Butler Bulldogs during the first round of the East Regional as part of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center on March 21, 2008 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - MARCH 21: Avery Jukes #24 of the Butler Bulldogs dunks the ball against the South Alabama Jaguars during the first round of the East Regional as part of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center on March 21, 2008 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - MARCH 21: Matt Howard #54 of the Butler Bulldogs fights for a rebound with DeAndre Coleman #1 and Demetric Bennent #10 of the South Alabama Jaguars during the first round of the East Regional as part of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center on March 21, 2008 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - MARCH 21: Demetric Bennent #10 of the South Alabama Jaguars fights for a loose ball with Shawn Vanzant #2 of the Butler Bulldogs during the first round of the East Regional as part of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center on March 21, 2008 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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