Butler and Iowa are both done, but both exited in VERY different fashion.
Despite not having much of a bench, Butler gave No.1 seed Virginia all they could handle, coming to within 3 points in the last minute, and were a missed Kellen Dunham three away from a tie game. Despite a 2nd half defense that was shoddy at best, the Bulldogs fought and clawed to stay in the game. As 22 mentioned, Andrew Chrabascz had 25 points to keep Butler in the game; going 9/13 from the field, including 4/4 from deep! Dunham got smothered by Virginia's top-ranked defense, and a a result, didn't get much going. I do wish Holtman would've ran more set plays for Dunham to get him open. But, I'm proud of the way they played.
I didn't watch the Iowa game this morning, because I knew what was going to happen. Iowa has looked downright dreadful the last few weeks of the season, including losing a Big 10 tournament clunker against a terrible Illinois squad. I'm honestly surprised they got past Temple. Something clicked off for them since their days as a Top 5 team. I don't know what it was, but I'm assuming they looked bad against Villanova today. It's a shame, because Gesell, Uthoff, and Woodbury were higher rated players coming out of High School. They definitely had their moments, but I think their careers (especially Gesell and Woodbury's) were tremendous disappointments. I thought they'd be much better than they were, especially after basically four years of starting for both of them.
Gonzaga looked GREAT last night. And with 10 seed Syracuse or 15 seed Middle Tennessee up next, they'll have a great chance to get to the Elite Eight.
It looks like Notre Dame now starts two white guys in Vasturia and Matt Farell. It would be nice to see them advance.
