Butler stuns No. 1 Pitt after foul-filled finish
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Pittsburgh head coach Jamie Dixon yells instructions during the first half of the Southeast Regional third-round...
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Team Stat Comparison
BUT | PITT | |
|---|---|---|
| Points | 71 | 70 |
| FG Made-Attempted | 24-52 (.462) | 26-46 (.565) |
| 3P Made-Attempted | 12-27 (.444) | 6-11 (.545) |
| FT Made-Attempted | 11-14 (.786) | 12-18 (.667) |
| Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) | 18 (0/0) | 18 (0/0) |
| Largest Lead | 12 | 5 |
Research Notes
Butler now has 5 wins by 2 points or fewer in the Men's Basketball Championship over the last 10 seasons (since 2001-02). That is 2 more such wins than any other team during that time span. |
4th straight season Pittsburgh has been eliminated by a lower-seeded team. |
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Matt Howard made one free throw with 0.8 seconds left to cap a wild final sequence, and Butler added another amazing victory to its list of NCAA tournament upsets, eliminating top-seeded Pittsburgh 71-70 Saturday.Each team had a chance to win it from the foul line in the last 2 seconds. After Butler's Shelvin Mack inexplicably fouled Gilbert Brown near midcourt with 1.4 seconds left, Brown made the first try to tie it.He missed the second, and Howard was fouled by Nasir Robinson while grabbing the rebound. Howard made the first shot, then intentionally banged the second attempt off the rim.Brown finished with 24 points, but he will forever remember the missed free throw.Mack scored 30 for Butler (25-9), which used a string of upsets to reach the championship game last year. Butler has won 11 straight overall and is 7-1 in its last eight NCAA tournament games.The Bulldogs will next face either Kansas State or Wisconsin in the Southeast regional.Pittsburgh (28-6), the Big East regular-season champion, trailed by 12 points in the first half and blew a five-point lead in the second.
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I just watched highlights from this game, and that was one of the craziest finishes I have ever seen except for buzzer beaters! I can’t recall ever seeing two fouls committed in the last 1.4 seconds of a game. It looks like both teams need to understand the importance of knowing the time, score, and situation in the game. I’m disappointed Pittsburgh lost because the defeat did some damage to the brackets I filled out.
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