After the announcement of Butler's 9 seed, I am honestly not surprised. I was hoping for a 7...maybe even a 6, but alas, a 9 seed is reasonably fair and all too predictable a seeding from the NCAA Committee. Honestly, there is no difference between an 8 seed and a 9 seed; either places Butler in the same bracket location. I believe we got the 9 seed bc 1) we lost the HL tourney final and 2) we are in a non-power conference (power conf. = Pac-10, Big 12, ACC, Big East, SEC, and Big 10). The results are out, so now the men's team must take things for what they are and start preparing for LSU.
The LSU Tigers are an incredibly similar team to the Bulldogs, although Butler has a deeper bench. LSU's backcourt is led by redshirt junior guard Marcus Thornton, and their frontcourt is led by senior forward Tasmin Mitchell and senior center Chris Johnson. Predicted defensive match-ups are Ronald Nored & Shawn Vanzant trading responsibility for Thornton, Willie Veasley guarding Mitchell, and Matt Howard controlling Johnson. This should be one of the best games of the whole NCAA Tournament, and poetically enough, it will be the first game of the whole process (beginning at 12:20 EST).
Go Dawgs!!
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