RALEIGH – After leading Matthews Butler High to its second straight North Carolina state 4-AA football title on Saturday, Bulldogs coach Mike Newsome made an emotional recruiting pitch for senior running back Jahwan Edwards.
“Why the big schools aren’t in here trying to sign this guy, I just have no idea,” Newsome said after a 44-0 win over Wake Forest-Rolesville in N.C. State’s Carter-Finley Stadium.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - After a slow start in his homecoming, freshman guard Kyrie Irving had a big finish this afternoon as top-ranked Duke overcame another significant obstacle on its nonconference schedule.
Irving, who is from West Orange, N.J., failed to score in the first 16 minutes, 33 seconds, but erupted for 17 of his 21 points in the second half as the Blue Devils defeated Butler 82-70 at the Izod Center in a meeting of the teams who played in the NCAA final last season.
Duke junior Kyle Singler and Butler sophomore Gordon Hayward went
against each other in the NCAA championship game Monday night and in a
way, they’re still at it.
With both weighing their NBA worth, it’s ironic that they bring almost identical skill sets to the pro marketplace.
ESPN's Hannah Storm asked Doug Gottlieb on SportsCenter this morning if
Butler could pull off an historic upset, like N.C. State or Villanova, in tonight's national championship game.
Hold the analogous phone right there.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Forget “Hoosiers.” How about the Bulldogs?
Butler, a tiny school that plays in the old gym where the famous hoops movie was filmed, is making its own dramatic story. The Bulldogs beat Michigan State
52-50 to advance to the NCAA title game.
GREENSBORO (AP) — Marcus Thornton scored 30 points and LSU held off a late rally to beat Butler 75-71 on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Tasmin Mitchell had 14 points and Chris Johnson added 12 points for the Tigers (27-7), seeded eighth in the South Regional. They advanced to Saturday's second round against the North Carolina-Radford winner.
