BUTLER has nothing to be ashamed of!!!! written by Ronald Carthen

In the last 13 seconds of this "David vs Goliath" matchup between the Duke Blue Devils and the Butler Bulldogs, we were all anxious to see an upset in the making. With the Bulldogs down 60-59, all "Duke Haters" were ready to spread and rub in the hate all over the world while all Duke fans were nervous, praying, and maybe wet their pants full of liquor as they hope they don't witness a college basketball miracle.

When the whistle blew, it was up to Bulldogs forward Gordon Hayward to carry his team and the city of Indianapolis to victory. Gordon tried his best to get to the paint and get an easy two, but Duke forward Kyle Singler and center Brian Zoubek did an amazing job to force him to shoot a fadeaway jumper from the baseline and came just short, but it wasn't over.

With over three seconds left in the game, Brian was fouled and sent to the line and had to shoot a pair of free throws. When he made his first free throw, I had a feeling he would miss the second free throw while the Bulldogs had no timeouts. As he missed the second free throw, Gordon grabbed the rebound and had one more chance.

When he threw the ball up from halfcourt, it felt like one of those slow motion sports movie moments for me. It really looked like this was going to feel like a Cinderella fairy tale ending, but that moment came to brief when the ball hit the rim and Blue Devil coach Mike Krzyzewski and the Dukies celebrated his fourth national championship.

Thank you Butler Bulldogs for putting up a good fight for all underdogs around the world. It doesn't matter that if you have all the All-Americans and one and done future NBA prospects, you need to have a group of players who will have great chemistry and believe you can win it all. Man they gave it there best shot and they can keep their heads up.

This tournament will not be remembered for Coach K becoming only the third coach to win four or more championships, this will be about Gordon Hayward, Shelvin Mack, 33-old coach Brad Stevens, and other Bulldogs with a chance to do the unthinkable.

The Bulldogs may not have won the championship, but they have earned the respect from every basketball fan around the country.