Butler Back Home Again…in…The Final Four!

Today, Butler completed one of the most unexpected runs to the Final Four in the history of the NCAA Tournament.

Sure, many of us Midwesterners knew how solid a program had been built at Butler, but not many actually thought the Bulldogs could navigate through the West region to play in college basketball’s famous final weekend.

With a win over #2 seed Kansas State, the 5th seeded Butler Bulldogs earned the right to do just that, and they will play in their first ever Final Four.

Fittingly, they will do it in their own backyard, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

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2010 Final Four Quick Preview:

• Butler Final 4 Date: Saturday, April 3rd (Title Game on April 5th)
• Butler Final 4 Tip Times: TBA
• Butler Final 4 TV: CBS
• Butler Final 4 Announcers: Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg
• Official Website: 2010 Final Four in Indianapolis

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It truly is incredible and a sign of the times in college basketball that Brad Stevens and Butler are two wins away the coach holding up his index finger not to signal play, but rather to signal his team’s spot in the final standings.

We’ll have plenty of Final Four coverage here on the site over the next week; this is just a quick post to congratulate the Bulldogs and give everyone in the basic info for next weekend.

Below, you will see all of the particulars of the 2010 Final Four, including links to purchase Butler Final Four tickets.

If I still lived in Indy, there is no question I’d be there. What an exciting moment for the city and for a basketball program that now legitimately stands alongside Indiana, Purdue, and Notre Dame as major college basketball programs from the Hoosier State.

Coach Stevens, all of us at Midwest Sports Fans salute you and your team. Rest assured, we’ll be cheering loudly and proudly for you next weekend, as I’m sure most Hoosiers will be doing.

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* – Brad Stevens photo credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images via ESPN.com

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