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They played with the fewest amount of mistakes. And they just refused to allow us to win the game. It came out. As coaches, at least I reflect every day and every year. I took my foot off the pedal in practice and then we played that way the first half of the next game. I thought it took a toll. We have since that day and I fully understand now why they were so good. So when we did qualify with South Carolina in , reliving that Butler moment immediately popped in my head.

Butler was up seven in the second half, but then went nearly 11 minutes without a field goal. The Spartans had a chance for the lead in the final seconds, but Hayward defended Draymond Green into a miss, though Green might or might not have been fouled.

Ronald Nored hit two critical free throws for Butler. Until then he was 3-for from the line in the NCAA tournament. The Butler phenomenon moved on to the title game, Defense and muscle had gotten the Bulldogs by. They shot only I made the comment after I felt like the guy who shot Bambi. And then against Butler, I got caught up in realizing this was Cinderella at that time, and I had been Cinderella before.

And Cinderella in your own town. You lost, but you felt good for them. But in basketball, the thrill of it is that first weekend and all the upsets, and they carried that all the way through to the Final Four. They did it and they did it in their hometown.

The storyline, all of it, was very positive for basketball. And think about, it, we played in the Big Ten which back then we could block and tackle guys, They clutched and grabbed and held.

And finally, Duke. That Monday gave rise to one of the enduring memories of the Butler saga — being so close to campus, the Bulldogs actually attended class the day of the national championship. That night, they stood eyeball to eyeball with the Blue Devils. I was just star-struck with how beautiful it was. It was absolutely beautiful, and the atmosphere was electric. You had two private schools playing for the national championship, and a little bit it felt like a home game for Butler, so we were playing on the road in a national championship game.

The largest separation in the second half was five-point Duke lead with just over three minutes left. The Bulldogs rallied and the Blue Devils were facing foul trouble, which was ominous since they were getting little from the bench. The Duke reserves would not score a point. They were going to test you into the clock on the offensive end.

Defensively they were very physical. You were going to have to play through contact. I was a believer. When: Sunday, 4 p. This game was sold, on the larger national scale, as David vs. The mighty ACC school vs. My longtime Sporting News colleague, Hall of Fame writer Mike DeCourcy, was sitting about a dozen seats closer to halfcourt for this contest, and he'd spent most of the tournament telling anyone who asked that Gordon Hayward was a legit NBA talent, not some scrappy "Hoosiers"-esque overachiever from a small school in Indiana.

Both teams had two players drafted. Hayward left after that tournament run, his sophomore season, and was picked No. His teammate Shelvin Mack stuck around one more year and helped Butler get back to the title game, then left for the NBA and was the fourth pick in the second round of the draft. Singler was the second player from that Duke team selected in the draft; Nolan Smith was the 21st pick of the first round. The truth: Mike Krzyzewski is a true basketball coaching legend, a giant who entered that game with three national titles already under his belt.

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