Go Bulldogs

If there was an NCAA tournament this year, and it hadn't been canceled due to irresponsible negligence on the part of the selection committee, I'd be cheering for Butler. They're probably my favorite mid-major program (not counting Buffalo last year). I was quite pleased to see that ol' Joel Cornette, that ultra-lanky forward who was a Freshman in Butler's near-miss against Florida in 2000 and a senior when they made the Sweet 16 in 2003, is still with the program as the "coordinator of basketball operations." And who informed me of that little knuggaht? Kim Baxter of the Post-Standard in a special to ESPN.com article.

Anyway, if a bracket existed, we might find that Florida has two highly well-coached, well-performing teams in it's way. First Purdue, who if they had played Arizona, would have revealed the Wildcats to be a very talented, very poorly-motivated team, just like most of Lute Olsen's teams. Purdue is not as talented as the Wildcats, but they play hard, and would give Florida a good run in the second round. If there was a tournament this year.

But Florida would probably survive, setting up a rematch of the epic 2000 game with Butler. The winner of that game would likely get Wisconsin in our theoretical bracket.

But I digress. The bottom line is: go Butler.