Butler missed 11 layups. They had the ball down 1 with the chance to win it. They shot 34%. They took more FT's than Duke did. They had their opportunity.
I really like Stevens as a coach. Outside of the obvious things, he gets the other teams to play the way Butler wants to play. Even Duke got lured into the trap. But the truth is that if Butler could shoot just a little bit, they would have won the national championship. And his players will all be selling insurance in a few years but Stevens looks like a star to me.
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