Saturday, March 19, 2011

VIDEO: Butler Stuns Pittsburgh



Butler (No. 8 Seed) defeated Pittsburgh (No. 1 Seed) in the second round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament Saturday, March 19, 2011. They will now advance to the Sweet 16.

A year after playing Duke in the 2010 National Championship, nobody expected the Bulldogs to go this far in the tournament, especially after losing Gordon Hayward to the NBA draft.

How did this happen?

Pittsburgh's Gilbert Brown was fouled on a controversial play with a second left in the game when Butler led 70-69. Brown made his first free throw to tie the game and missed the second. The game was tied at 70 with .09 seconds left on the clock when Pittsburgh's Nasir Robinson fouled Butler's Matt Howard on another controversial play. Howard then went to the line sinking a free throw to give the Butler Bulldogs a 71-70 win over the heavily favored Pittsburgh Panthers.

The announcers said they had never seen anything like it.

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