Upset Alert: UNC vs. Butler

[WayOfTheWarrior]

Butler beating No. 5 UNC by 6 with 11+ minutes left to play. The Battle 4 Atlantis is looking good for the Big East so far.

Hopefully they can pull it off!

[BM1090]

Butler up 13 with 08:40 left.

[MarquetteDano]

Go Butler! We really need to represent the BEast tomorrow after how well everyone else has done.

[Benny B]

Horrible clock management by Butler.  I completely understand keeping the pressure on, but lofting up contested 15-20 footers with 20 on the shot clock?

[WayOfTheWarrior]

Horrible clock management by Butler.  I completely understand keeping the pressure on, but lofting up contested 15-20 footers with 20 on the shot clock?

Yeah, I'm nervous. I can't believe Butler has 29 offensive boards! UNC really getting beat on the boards today.

[mreezybreezy]

I believe with a Butler win the Big East as a whole is 64-2 as a conference. Who are the yo-yos screwing up the perfect conference record?!

[Tums Festival]

Butler wins by 8!

[brewcity77]

Closer to 35-2, but yes, another big win. At least if Marquette isn't giving us much to cheer for the rest of the league is.

[muwarrior69]

I believe with a Butler win the Big East as a whole is 64-2 as a conference. Who are the yo-yos screwing up the perfect conference record?!

...and how many top 100 guys does Butler have?

[Oldgym]

Well done 'dogs!

[WayOfTheWarrior]

They did it! Big win for the BEast!

[leever]

Apparently NC does not practice free throws - missed 14.

[jsheim]

As a MU fan, This BE run gives me hope ....avoid disaster in the pre-conf with... say 6-6? Get the big guy....everybody plays better....13-5 conf plus 1-1 BET = 20-12 with some BE quality wins....we are in!   right?   

[keefe]

I think this defeat calls into question Coach Roy Williams' fitness for command. Is he playing an unqualified PG while superior talent languishes on the bench? Is he sending a cryptic message to the UNC administration regarding his outrage over the sham classes they constructed to facilitate athletic dominance without adhering to that troubling notion of student athlete? Regardless of intent, Roy Williams should be dismissed and for cause.

[brewcity77]

Great win for Butler. Marquette may not be giving us many moments to cheer, but at least the rest of the league is.

Who knows...maybe we are playing to the level of our competition and will up our game for three wins in Orlando!

[Ellisium]

Butler:

29 offensive rebounds while North Carolina had 26 Defensive rebounds.  Talk about an ass whoopin' on the glass!

 Butler outrebounded UNC by 17 overall.  I'm not sure if I've ever seen a UNC team be manhandled defensively like this before.  Butler is just as tall as UNC but much wider.  It looked more like a football team on the court for Butler.   They're going to give a lot of people problems.   It's too bad their offense isn't that good, otherwise they'd be a top 5 team.  They can't shoot the ball well at all - had they.... UNC would have been blown out by 20.  

Butler is easily a top 20 team this year.  They're going to outrebound a lot of teams and beat them with sheer physicality.  

[NersEllenson]

Shocked at this result.  Awesome for the league.

Butler may have found a keeper with their interim head coach.  Congrats to the Dawgs.

[Tums Festival]

Closer to 35-2, but yes, another big win. At least if Marquette isn't giving us much to cheer for the rest of the league is.

Seth Greenberg just mentioned the Big East is 37-2 after Butler's win.

[wyoMUfan]

Seth Greenberg just mentioned the Big East is 37-2 after Butler's win.

i cringe every time i hear that statistic, knowing we're the -2.

[Coleman]

As a MU fan, This BE run gives me hope ....avoid disaster in the pre-conf with... say 6-6? Get the big guy....everybody plays better....13-5 conf plus 1-1 BET = 20-12 with some BE quality wins....we are in!   right?   

I'll have whatever you're smoking please.

[warriorchick]

Shocked at this result.  Awesome for the league.

Butler may have found a keeper with their interim head coach.  Congrats to the Dawgs.

Brandon Miller just tweeted that his health issues have suddenly taken a turn for the better.

[Benny B]

Never been happier to remain the only team in the BE not undefeated.

[leever]

I'll have whatever you're smoking please.

He's dyslexic.  He meant 12-20.

[Ellisium]

I think this defeat calls into question Coach Roy Williams' fitness for command. Is he playing an unqualified PG while superior talent languishes on the bench? Is he sending a cryptic message to the UNC administration regarding his outrage over the sham classes they constructed to facilitate athletic dominance without adhering to that troubling notion of student athlete? Regardless of intent, Roy Williams should be dismissed and for cause.

But he didn't "know" anything about it.  So what is happening with this issue and why is the NCAA being so mute about it?  Are they still in the midst of a probe of their darling program?  Either way, the repercussions should be monumental.  Take away several titles... rip scholarships away..... post season ban ......etc.  If this happens, I suspect Roy would bolt town if the penalties for postseason/recruiting are more than 2 years in duration.  

Roy is the most overrated coach in NCAA.  His first title was with a team he didn't recruit and his second team only made it because it was senior laden with players who postponed bolting for the NBA.  He doesn't coach defense well, which is largely why an NCAA title avoided him all of those years @ Kansas.  You can take that same reason and apply it to Tarheels now as to why they have been as consistent in the last 5 years.  Defense = Consistency.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Are they on NCAA probation yet?