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Going into the game with UCONN, Butler was 10-1 in the NCAA tourney over the previous two years and in 2011, had already beaten a 1, 2 & 4 seed. They were a good, well coached team.
Yes, and they still were unranked going into that tourney, unlike the previous year when they were ranked #12.
Again, I don't really care. As I said before, we could beat Austin Peay to win an NC and I'd take it no questions asked. But I'm not delusional enough to believe that others outside of OrangeNation wouldn't view it as a fluky NC.
I don't get those claiming 2003 was though, considering the gauntlet we faced to win it.
Cheers,
Neil