Monday Nite Hoops

Tell me hoop fans, what really did happen in the Monday night contest between the Butler Bulldogs and the Connecticut Huskies.. The time the game commenced was 9:36PM. 9:36PM is way too late for an East Coast start time. I know both teams were playing solid defense but the shooting was atrocious. Butler was 12 for 64 from the field. This was one of the most ungainly games ever played. Butler stalwart Matt Howard, a 6'8"/235 pound Power Forward was 1 for 16 from the field. Butler shot an uneventful 18.8%. I do not care how much defense is being played, that stat is just plain bad. Butler scored a total of 41 points for the game with 19 coming in the second half. The way Butler had been playing in the previous 5 NCAA games, they should have scored 41 points in one period alone. You know nerves can be distraction early in the contest, but not once the game swings into gear. And you know the Pitt Panthers were holding their heads in their hands because Pitt had 1 1 point lead on the Butler Bulldogs with 8 seconds remaining in the game to get to the Sweet 16. But UConn and the Big East ring up another Championship