My ability to live-tweet during Saturday’s games will, I suspect, be considerably limited, for toddler-related reasons. Nevertheless, I will once again be confining my tweets, and any comments thereon, to the window below. In addition, tweets (including retweets) from Kyle Whelliston, Andy Glockner, Pat Forde and Seth Davis and Mark Schlabach, and Butler student Sarah Black, will also appear automatically in the window.
You can join the dialogue either by clicking “Make a comment” at the top of the window below, or by tweeting something @brendanloy, or by emailing 14115@scribblelive.com.
[Live window removed; full transcript after the jump.]
GO BUTLER!!!!! BEAT SPARTY!!!!!
Also, um, er, Go Duke. *cringe*
UPDATE: Full live-tweeting transcript after the jump.
brendanloy: 11:04 PM Testing testing 1 2 3
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Troy_Lake: 11:06 PM #FF @uscarlos @USCnumber19 @scottenyeart @trojanwilliams @corcoran310 @brendanloy @arodwc21 @LisaHorne @BrianRWagner @ShawnFace
sarah_black: 11:16 PM @brendanloy He was just creeping around college parties.
aglock: 11:22 PM Hard to say. His team’s a joke. RT @agrinaker is there a more underrated player in the league than David Lee?
midmajority: 11:26 PM Butler girls rock. See you all for some pregame experimental theater tomorrow. #CBsisBJ
brendanloy: 11:38 PM Final Four live-tweeting ff.im
aglock: 11:53 PM Hubert Davis beating home flatworld stat about Butler “not allowing 60 pts in NCAAs,” even though all four PPP efforts were below season avg
aglock: 11:54 PM Butler’s really good defensively, but can we at least discuss their excellence with some semblance of context?
brendanloy: 7:42 AM Heh: Butler Doesn’t Understand What They Have To Do To Get Out Of Indiana ff.im
brendanloy: 7:45 AM RT @nytimes: Live Blogging the iPad’s Big Day nyti.ms
brendanloy: 7:45 AM OH THE HUMANITY!!! RT @sosweho Mutiny on the LAX parking shuttle
midmajority: 8:47 AM [POST by Kyle] The Day Before the Final Four | is.gd
brendanloy: 9:38 AM @midmajority Continuing my correction-nazi role, I think the sentence that begins “If the fact…” is missing the phrase “is any indication”
midmajority: 9:40 AM Just got word that all the basements in my neighborhood back in RI are under 2 feet of water… except mine. Days of miracles and wonders.
midmajority: 9:59 AM YES RT @TourneyTrip driving to Indy this morning. 3 Tom petty songs on the local FM dials in a row. A sign?
midmajority: 10:01 AM Michigan State fans eat babies. #smac
midmajority: 10:52 AM TMM coach sightings in the Hyatt! The Liberty staff, Charleston Southern, San Jose State, Creighton and Ohio’s John Groce! #tmmtmz
midmajority: 10:54 AM OMG is that Dana Altman? #papa #paparazzi twitpic.com
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midmajority: 11:02 AM Chicken Limoooooooooo! #byog RT @EvanStrange: I am riding in style to the Final Four twitpic.com #chickenlimo /via @mwmiller20
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midmajority: 11:04 AM Southland commish @TomBurnett2, son, and @ballybasketball at the Westin. Dreams come true. We are indebted. twitpic.com
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midmajority: 11:08 AM RT @kevinheaslip: @midmajority they should have a red line like a rollercoaster at the CPIA. If you are above the red line you can’t ro …
SethDavisHoops: 11:24 AM Starting our pregame rehearsal. Duke just finished closed practice. Here’s the view at 1:22 from the CBS set. yfrog.com
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midmajority: 11:57 AM Insider account of NABC meeting yesterday: coaches talking 96-team bracket. “Great idea. Anyone not in favor?” One man stood up: McKillop.
midmajority: 12:42 PM Design-wise, these are quite breathtaking. twitpic.com
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SethDavisHoops: 12:47 PM Just watched amazing feature on Oscar Robertson led high school tm that won 1955 Indiana title, 1st black team to do it. Will air pregame.
SethDavisHoops: 12:59 PM Kellogg-Obama HORSE game will be shown during 1st halftime. Outcome is closely guarded secret. CBS is afraid I’ll tweet it.
aglock: 1:17 PM You’ve already forgotten about Derby County 2007-08? bit.ly RT @STEIN_LINE_HQ Never seen a Prem team look so overmatched
aglock: 1:18 PM Hey tweeps, a reminder that there will be liveblogging fun at SI.com tonight. How about some predictions from you all (scores included)?
aglock: 1:22 PM For the (probably incorrect) record, I had Duke 73-67 and Michigan State 63-58.
aglock: 1:24 PM (@OlegZeltser suggested the other way on both games.)
aglock: 1:29 PM Is that even fun or fair at this point? Like fish in a barrel. RT @AndyHutchins: Just made a snarky comment about Omar Minaya
aglock: 1:30 PM (In yesterday’s tweet about brick-thru-TV moments, can we add the entire period from the 2006 NLCS thru today as a Mets fan?)
brendanloy: 1:32 PM Go Butler! Crush Sparty! RT @MelissaTweets: RT @sanuzis: Go Green! Go White! Spartan Basketball!!!
aglock: 1:33 PM The team already has gaping holes at 1B, 2B, corner OF, four starting pitchers and the bullpen. Now Beltran and Reyes on the DL. Woo, Mets!
MelissaTweets: 1:34 PM @brendanloy Talkin’ trash, already.
aglock: 1:36 PM That also gives you the awesomest women Tweeters in the nation, though. That’s something, right? RT @miketotheg I got Marquette …
brendanloy: 1:38 PM LET’S GO BUTLER! *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* RT @midmajority: twitpic.com
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SethDavisHoops: 1:42 PM Blue the Bulldog visits the set. Will be making cameo during the pregame show. yfrog.com
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aglock: 1:42 PM Anyway, time to be a dad for a couple hours and then it’s tweet/liveblog time. Should be fun. I’ll drop a link here when the blog’s up.
midmajority: 2:01 PM 8 over 1 in the A-Fun! twitpic.com
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midmajority: 2:13 PM More coaching staff sightings in the Hyatt lobby: UT Pan American, Radford, Loyola (Md). Big WAC representation! Nevada and La Tech too.
brendanloy: 2:14 PM Michigan State, Duke and West Virginia would like to take this moment to remind you that BIG THINGS ARE BEST. #ballysdream @ballybasketball
brendanloy: 2:15 PM RT @ButlerBlue2: You’re not going to believe this! flic.kr
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brendanloy: 2:16 PM RT @ButlerBlue2: I’ll be on the CBS Sports pre-game show around 4:10 PM; second segment. I’m sitting in Seth Davis’ lap for my cameo.
brendanloy: 2:16 PM RT @ButlerBlue2: Prepping for my shot on the CBS set. flic.kr
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midmajority: 2:16 PM The streets of Indianapolis. twitpic.com
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brendanloy: 2:24 PM Reminder: if Butler & WVU win, Sharon Greggs wins the LRT men’s pool. If Duke wins, Matt Wiser wins. If MSU & WVU… ff.im
midmajority: 2:27 PM The 2 big hotels, Hyatt & Westin (across from eachother, basically), have 2 different lobby vibes. Hyatt more coachy, Westin commissionery.
midmajority: 2:31 PM Going with the silver on black on black today. Plus the DAWG. twitpic.com
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midmajority: 2:43 PM Yes. Let’s do this thing. twitpic.com
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midmajority: 2:45 PM Let’s take it down. twitpic.com
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midmajority: 2:54 PM “Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of providence.” – E.G. Bulwer-Lytton twitpic.com
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midmajority: 3:16 PM Brad Stevens WINKED in his welcome video clip. “Welcome Butler fans, and thanks for making the 6-mile drive down to Sports Bubble Stadium.”
brendanloy: 3:19 PM RT @butleru: One hour.
midmajority: 3:25 PM Game No. 84 – Michigan State at Butler, NCAA National Semifinal, Sports Bubble Stadium.
brendanloy: 3:27 PM @midmajority is in the Bubble. @sarah_black is in the nosebleeds. My (lucky?) Butler t-shirt is in the dryer. LET’S DO THIS. #midswin #fate
brendanloy: 3:30 PM twitpic.com – GO DAWGS. CRUSH SPARTY.
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brendanloy: 3:36 PM U. of Denver star bringing the sub-Red-Line, @midmajority love. RT @naterohnert Butler!!!
brendanloy: 3:41 PM Bubbleicioius! @midmajority RT @indystarvisuals: The view from the worst seats in the house. #finalfour #butler twitpic.com
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brendanloy: 3:42 PM RT @haillz13: At hinkle watching the game on huge screens!! Go BUTLER!!!!
brendanloy: 3:42 PM RT @mwmiller20: Half an hour to tip, Sec 128, Row H, Seat 14. Little known Final Four fact, everyone gets a free seat cushion!
espn4d: 3:42 PM My predictions for tonight, worth the cyberspace they’re written on: Butler by 4 over State; WVU by 5 over Duke. Close and low-scoring.
jskarp: 3:48 PM #midswin Tweeps to follow today during the #toobigyo Festival: @midmajority @brendanloy @Allanjlewis @polarscribe
espn4d: 3:53 PM Impressively loud in here. Better setup than any other basketball-in-a-football-stadium venue.
espn4d: 3:56 PM Hard to tell by sight, but we’ll know by sound soon. RT @Ryan Lee Freeman Little_Coach Have to Butler fans shown up as predicted?
brendanloy: 3:58 PM Crazy to see players with uniforms that say “Butler” alongside Duke, Michigan St. & WVU on the prepackaged CBS pregame intro. #goosebumps
brendanloy: 3:59 PM RT @indystarvisuals: The man of the hour for #Butler. Coach Brad takes the floor at Lucas Oil. twitpic.com
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brendanloy: 4:00 PM RT @slmandel: For a 70,000-seat football stadium, this is actually pretty cool hoops venue. Like a REALLY, REALLY big Hinkle
espn4d: 4:00 PM Izzo just came out to loud applause. Pumped a fist at Kalin Lucas on the State bench. Lucas returned the pump.
espn4d: 4:01 PM Sounds like a pro-Butler crowd for sure. What effect it has? No idea. Hard to rattle Sparty, but should provide life for Bulldogs.
sarah_black: 4:06 PM HOW IS HAYWARD SO DAMN CUTE
espn4d: 4:06 PM All five Butler starters have petted the Bulldog. Officially go time for Butler.
aglock: 4:07 PM Yup, brutal. RT @CHJournal: These produced team intros are so cheesy and awkward I can hardly handle it.
brendanloy: 4:10 PM TIPOFF!!!!! GO BUTLER!!!! @midmajority #season6forever #midswin #toobigyou #fate
brendanloy: 4:11 PM RT @ESPNAndyKatz: Don’t compare this to George Mason. This has a totally different felt. Butler is no fluke. Mason was a clear underdog.
brendanloy: 4:11 PM Indeed. Butler is better, and there’s no Florida here. RT @ESPNAndyKatz
Don’t compare this to George Mason. [That said: 6-0 MSU. *gulp*]
dmataconis: 4:12 PM @brendanloy @ESPNAndyKatz Which is why us Mason alums were so frakking proud of them
espn4d: 4:12 PM Lucious two 3s, Hayward one so far. Shooting background? Not an issue.
midmajority: 4:13 PM AT&T’s network is completely saturated in here. You may get this in 5 minutes.
sarah_black: 4:15 PM TOO BIG YO
brendanloy: 4:15 PM From 6-0 Sparty to 7-6 Dawgs. Lucky(?) Butler t-shirt still in dryer. Will try to retrieve at first TV timeout.
espn4d: 4:16 PM Lucious tweaked ankle … being looked at on bench. Could be a disaster for Sparty.
aglock: 4:16 PM Here’s a link to SI.com’s live blog: bit.ly Make sure you tweet some questions/comments in and spread the word.
brendanloy: 4:16 PM RT @polarscribe: Let’s do it, Butler.
brendanloy: 4:16 PM RT @RedZoneIUPUI: WE’RE ALL BULLDAWGS TONIGHT! LET’S GO BU! #DAWGPOUNDWOOF
brendanloy: 4:16 PM RT @thrashsoundly: We’re all Bulldogs today. Go Butler! #butler
brendanloy: 4:17 PM “Big things are best?” #hellno #eachteamhasachance #fate @ballybasketball RT @AllanjLewis Michigan State robots?
espn4d: 4:17 PM Lucious bouncing around during timeout, looks like he’s going to be OK eventually. But out for now.
aglock: 4:18 PM This also doubles as the prime chance to crush @goodmanonfox and take the #TwitterHoops title, so come strong Tweeps!
espn4d: 4:21 PM Raymar Morgan second foul. Bad development for MSU. And another off-the-ball foul on MSU here on Allen.
espn4d: 4:23 PM And now Matt Howard second foul. Delvon Roe nice job getting the refs to call that with a collapse in the lane.
SethDavisHoops: 4:27 PM You couldn’t tell by looking at the crowd that we were in Butler country. Looks even between he 4 schools. Homecourt factor overplayed.
brendanloy: 4:28 PM RT @Andy_Staples: Michigan State is, on the whole, faster and stronger, but Gordon Hayward looks like the best player on the floor.
brendanloy: 4:28 PM RT @RedZoneIUPUI: Gus Johnson is on the radio, folks. #radiomatters
espn4d: 4:29 PM MSU up 18-14 under 12 timeout. Spartans want Morgan to work on Hayward in paint. Hayward has been tremendous offensively so far.
aglock: 4:29 PM I don’t like how this game is unfolding for Butler. Other than Hayward, having trouble finding clean looks and Howard’s stupid foul trouble
aglock: 4:30 PM Nored is doing a nice job shackling Summers, but MSU seems to have more legit options to score (which is somewhat funny)
aglock: 4:31 PM I’m right here, man. Bring it. 🙂 RT @goodmanonfox: Where are you sitting? I need to get some trash-talking out of my system.
espn4d: 4:33 PM Raymar Morgan third foul. What are you thinking, son?
brendanloy: 4:33 PM Loyette, by herself, somehow navigated to this @midmajority page on my iPod touch & said “See picture of Bally!” twitpic.com
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aglock: 4:33 PM Did I accidentally flick on an NBA game? Nice continuation
aglock: 4:34 PM Awful by Morgan to get a cheap third foul
SethDavisHoops: 4:34 PM This game being called really tight. Helps Butler.
aglock: 4:34 PM Shockingly silly foul trouble for Morgan and Howard in this game.
jskarp: 4:35 PM @brendanloy Tech savvy and already a mid-major junkie. That’s award-winning parenting. #midswin #kidswin
brendanloy: 4:38 PM @RedZoneIUPUI Gus Johnson on radio where? I’ve got Bill Raftery, Kevin Harlan and John Thompson
SethDavisHoops: 4:38 PM Keep in mind Hayward shot 30 pct from three this season, 29 pct in tourney. He’s a great player but far from a lights out shooter.
brendanloy: 4:38 PM Michigan State 22, Butler 20 at eight-minute TV timeout. GO DAWGS
espn4d: 4:39 PM Sparty up 22-20, under 8. More productive offense than anticipated at this point. Butler shooting 47 percent, Mich State 50 percent.
brendanloy: 4:41 PM twitpic.com – I’m wearing the t-shirt & Loyacita’s outfit has a dawg print pattern.
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aglock: 4:42 PM I can’t see Butler winning a 75-73 game. They need to start stopping MSU, who has 22 pts despite minimal off rebounding
sarah_black: 4:43 PM Yo lady behind me: Despite what some may say, you are not Tom Izzo so STFU.
brendanloy: 4:43 PM twitpic.com – OK, maybe they’re supposed to be bear prints. Whatever. Close enough. 🙂
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aglock: 4:43 PM Hmmm, was that a charge?
aglock: 4:43 PM yeah, guess so?
brendanloy: 4:44 PM @aglock Huh? Both teams on pace for ~60.
aglock: 4:44 PM Thx! 🙂 RT @chrisdenker: This guy has been on fire all tourney long, big upsets, stock has risen…what a competitor…@aglock #twitterhoops
RedZoneIUPUI: 4:45 PM @brendanloy I’m out of the car now haha
brendanloy: 4:45 PM Michigan State suddenly can’t hit a shot, but Butler isn’t taking advantage. Frustrating. Still 22-20, approaching four-minute timeout.
aglock: 4:45 PM Now they are. MSU hasn’t scored in like 4 mins. RT @brendanloy: @aglock Huh? Both teams on pace for ~60.
brendanloy: 4:47 PM @aglock Ah. Didn’t realize that tweet was a while ago.
espn4d: 4:47 PM What was that I was saying about productive offense? Fusillade of missed shots, now 24-23 under 4 time. Hayward/Mack have 22 of Butler’s 23.
sarah_black: 4:48 PM What horrible thing did I do to deserve to be surrounded by MSU fans?
brendanloy: 4:48 PM Photo of the viewing party at Hinkle. RT @butleru tweetphoto.com
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brendanloy: 4:49 PM No tweets from @midmajority in last 36 minutes, due to AT&T network being overwhelmed at Sports Bubble Stadium. THIS SUCKS.
aglock: 4:51 PM They have started to figure out MSU… but are getting in big foul trouble inside. RT @miketotheg Butler plays unbelievable halfcourt D
brendanloy: 4:52 PM Brad Stevens calls timeout, down 28-23 with 2:42 left, first half.
aglock: 4:53 PM BTW, so much for that extra week of rest helping Roe. He can’t move.
aglock: 4:53 PM Big 3 mins here for Butler. Can’t see this get to 9-10 pts at the half
brendanloy: 4:53 PM Butler’s mascot is worried about the refs. WOOF. RT @ButlerBlue2 It’s the three guys dressed in white & black that have me concerned.
aglock: 4:54 PM I’m not sure if Butler should feel lucky to be this close, or pissed they’re not winning.
brendanloy: 4:55 PM RT @goodmanonfox: Hayward and Mack are 8-14 from the field. Rest of team is 0-for-7.
aglock: 4:55 PM Anyone have any questions for the live blog? I’ll try to answer some at halftime.
brendanloy: 4:56 PM Loyette just said “GO ZAGS!” Ah, the confusion of having a mid-major bandwagon fan for a dad. 🙂
sarah_black: 4:57 PM My trash talking game is going to quickly devolve from witty jokes to “f*ck you”s.
espn4d: 4:58 PM There are shots that miss by a lot … and then there’s that Draymond Green 3. Barely stayed in the building.
espn4d: 5:00 PM Major momentum switch there with strip of Lucious and Mack transition three. Butler fans got back into this game in a very big way.
espn4d: 5:01 PM Good half!
brendanloy: 5:03 PM RT @slmandel: All things considered, Butler should be THRILLED to have tied it at the half despite no Howard.
brendanloy: 5:03 PM RT @ESPNAndyKatz: Shelvin Mack’s 3-pointer to tie the game finally got some life into a crowd that had become somewhat dead. 28-28 at th …
brendanloy: 5:03 PM RT @greggdoyelcbs: Halftime. 28-all. Talk amongst yourselves
brendanloy: 5:03 PM But Boeheim is COY. RT @TheBigLead How does Brad Stevens do it? only 2 guys scoring, MSU shooting 45% to Butler’s 37% and yet it is tied.
sarah_black: 5:06 PM Okay, so yelling “BULLDOGS WILL NOT BE DENIED” didn’t go over as well as I had hoped.
brendanloy: 5:07 PM If Butler wins, someone needs to loan @midmajority a non-AT&T cell phone for the title game. No Kyle tweets during game = massive AT&T #fail
brendanloy: 5:07 PM (And the stupid thing is SPONSORED by AT&T! “AT&T at the half” my a$$. Get your damn network working!)
brendanloy: 5:08 PM @jtannenwald I read somewhere they were to have a coin toss.
dmataconis: 5:09 PM @brendanloy Hence the reason I will not own an iPhone until its untethered from AT&T
sarah_black: 5:12 PM Get ready for the kickline!
brendanloy: 5:12 PM Obama praises Northern Iowa. Looking ahead to 2012? #swingstate
TheBigLead: 5:13 PM @brendanloy when was voting done? Boeheim did do a great job – no top 50 recruits and won BE, great season
sarah_black: 5:14 PM Yelling “low budget program” doesn’t exactly shock or offend anyone.
sarah_black: 5:15 PM PS Check the sideline for balls…waiting on the rack.
brendanloy: 5:18 PM More bandwagon confusion: Loyette now singing “Rocky Top.” Hey, she was born in Knoxville, cut her some slack. 🙂
brendanloy: 5:20 PM Fraud, cried the maddened thousands, and the echo answered… RT @CBSSportsGang: score was P-O-T-U-S…to P-O-T-U…..Mr. President wins!!!
brendanloy: 5:20 PM RT @jscottfitzwater: Kellogg threw that game like Obama threw the public option. #iwentthere #fb
espn4d: 5:21 PM Stat sheet replicates score: about dead even. Mich State not able to dominate glass, Butler not able to score around hoop.
aglock: 5:23 PM RT @JohnGasaway: A 29-possession 1st half. Just three offensive boards apiece.
espn4d: 5:23 PM Gonna guess at Izzo’s halftime message to Raymar Morgan: Don’t go out like this, son.
brendanloy: 5:24 PM Let’s hope not! RT @greggdoyelcbs: Butler’s Matt Howard is practicing walking to bench for when he gets 3rd foul at the 17M mark
aglock: 5:25 PM Kellogg: “MSU has had more players involved offensively.” MSU has three players with 22 of their 28 pts. Not exactly communal.
sarah_black: 5:26 PM Big frame, big game
brendanloy: 5:29 PM @InTheBleachers @darrenrovell1 I’m not naive — I know Duke-Kansas or Syr (or Kentucky-Kansas) would get better ratings — but MSU-Duke???
kramtsew: 5:30 PM @brendanloy how great was Clark v. O in a game of POTUS?
brendanloy: 5:31 PM @InTheBleachers @darrenrovell1 I think Butler-Duke more compelling than MSU-Duke. David vs. Goliath instead of two warmed-over quasi-powers.
kramtsew: 5:31 PM @brendanloy also Iowa isn’t a #swingstate. you win Iowa and you win it all.
espn4d: 5:31 PM Butler fans have to like the way this half is unfolding. More guys getting involved offensively.
brendanloy: 5:32 PM @InTheBleachers @darrenrovell1 (MSU and Duke are legit powers in general, obv, but not powerhouse teams *this* year, a la Kansas, UK, etc)
aglock: 5:33 PM Michigan State is playing very sloppy, stupid basketball at the moment.
brendanloy: 5:34 PM Butler 34, Michigan State 33 with 15:54 left.
InTheBleachers: 5:34 PM @brendanloy “if butler wins” was the condition. MSU-Duke at least would have the Izzo-K angle going into Monday. Butler has no juice.
aglock: 5:36 PM After the first eight minutes, this game has changed very much into Butler’s way of thinking.
InTheBleachers: 5:36 PM @brendanloy Butler’s more Gonzaga than George Mason though. They’ve been a top 15 team all year. They’re not some cinderella a la GMU in 06.
aglock: 5:37 PM MSU has 11 pts in the last 15 mins of game time. The Butler defensive vice is cranking down on the Spartans.
aglock: 5:38 PM Howard picks up a senseless third foul. Some of the lamest foul trouble ever tonight.
espn4d: 5:41 PM Morgan fourth foul. Nightmare game for him. And Butler already in bonus at 12:38.
aglock: 5:42 PM MSU is in a lot of trouble.
aglock: 5:42 PM This game is getting away from them, slowly but surely.
brendanloy: 5:43 PM RT @rushthecourt: We do not think it’s coincidence that Gordon Hayward resembles Bally of @midmajority fame.
brendanloy: 5:43 PM RT @greggdoyelcbs: Raymar Morgan with 4 fouls. I’m calling it. This game’s about to be over.
sarah_black: 5:43 PM V-SMOKE
espn4d: 5:44 PM Do not like the 3 from Avery Jukes there — Butler has MSU on the ropes, don’t let ’em off the hook with bad shots.
brendanloy: 5:45 PM @InTheBleachers Agreed but still structurally/historically/financially David vs. Goliath matchup. I mean, it’d be DUKE and BUTLER.
brendanloy: 5:46 PM Be careful what you wish for, ‘Eers. RT @GaryParrishCBS: FWIW: The West Virginia fans seem to be cheering for Butler.
brendanloy: 5:46 PM RT @AllanjLewis: #OMGDUNX!!!!!!!!!! 44-37 BUTLER #TOOBIGYO #MIDSWIN
InTheBleachers: 5:50 PM @brendanloy yeah but its not gonna sell or get TVs turned on. Duke-Butler is what CBS doesn’t want.
brendanloy: 5:50 PM RT @lukewinn: If we learned anything from ‘Cuse + K-State games, it’s that Butler will blow this lead, then make 2-3 HUGE, late plays to …
aglock: 5:52 PM MSU showing extreme frustration at the moment and they’re in horrible foul trouble
espn4d: 5:53 PM Butler just got charged with a timeout Stevens didn’t want. Wanted Howard out of game, and instead refs called a time. Butler down to 2 TOs.
SethDavisHoops: 5:55 PM Game has been called super tight, then Draymond Green gets body slammed and no call? Weird.
espn4d: 5:55 PM Matt Howard getting looked at on sideline. Might be out of it — and out of this game. Looks dazed.
aglock: 5:57 PM Man, Butler’s halfcourt defense is really, really good.
espn4d: 5:58 PM Butler up five with ball, under 8. See what they get off this BLOB (baseline out of bounds). A basket ratchets up the pressure.
jayljohnson: 6:00 PM @brendanloy that would be the correct song for her to sing, FWIW. #RockyTop
aglock: 6:02 PM Butler winning TO battle 14-17, has taken 8 more FTAs and has limited MSU to 3 off rebs = formula for W
aglock: 6:03 PM MSU has 19 pts in the last 23 mins or so
espn4d: 6:06 PM Butler has three huge shots there … and misses all three. Matt Howard is taking the ball up like they’re playing Valpo, not Mich State.
espn4d: 6:07 PM Yep. RT @ goodmanonfox Gotta love Brad Stevens – instead of getting upset Butler missed putbacks, just claps his hands applauding effort.
brendanloy: 6:08 PM Points off turnovers: Butler 19, Michigan State 2. Wow. Dawgs by 4 with 4:13 left. #finishthem
espn4d: 6:09 PM Michigan State can’t figure out how to score. Butler defensive rotations almost error free.
brendanloy: 6:09 PM RT @AllanjLewis: 3:46 left, last Media Timeout=this is crunch time. BUTLER BY 4
aglock: 6:09 PM Butler will kick itself repeatedly if it lets this one slip away. Ample opps to stretch the lead out.
espn4d: 6:11 PM Wow. Shelvin Mack to the locker room for Butler. Hasn’t played much this half. If Butler can pull this out without him, jeez.
aglock: 6:13 PM Butler totally failed to exploit the mid-half span where MSU’s foul trouble was a major factor. Now it’s not anymore.
espn4d: 6:14 PM Last two Butler possessions have ended with Veasley and Hahn threes. Umm, Hayward, guys?
brendanloy: 6:15 PM RT @slmandel: I mean, seriously. These teams have combined for seven points in the last eight minutes!
aglock: 6:17 PM Irony that the biggest play of the game could be a BUTLER off reb?
brendanloy: 6:20 PM Butler 50, Michigan State 49 with 56.3 seconds left. @aglock is right, if Butler lets this slip away, they’ll have epic regrets.
aglock: 6:20 PM This is challenging the MSU 53-41 win in 2000 for the worst FF game I can remember.
aglock: 6:20 PM But it’s close and up for grabs!
espn4d: 6:21 PM Hayward all alone on wing with Mark Kebler … passes. Nored drive lips out. Now Michigan State can win it.
aglock: 6:21 PM Irony that the “David” could win 50-49 in a reverse of the 1989 G’town-Princeton final score?
brendanloy: 6:22 PM Butler layup to go up 3 excruciatingly rolled around & out, now MSU ball, down 1, shot-clock off, 23 seconds left. *gulp*
aglock: 6:22 PM Yes [/Enberg’d] RT @ACCSports: Did Nantz just say “game tied, 56 seconds!”
brendanloy: 6:22 PM RT @goodmanonfox: Let’s see what Tom Izzo can draw up on this play with Michigan State down 50-49 and ball with 23 seconds left.
brendanloy: 6:22 PM RT @PeteThamelNYT: Butler assistant coach greets the team on the bench: “One stop, baby.” 50-49 Butler with 23 seconds left. Sparty ball.
sarah_black: 6:22 PM This is
aglock: 6:23 PM That looked like a foul.
aglock: 6:24 PM Didn’t he hammer Green on the arm??
espn4d: 6:25 PM Ronald Nored. Cool dude.
aglock: 6:27 PM Kellogg totally lost here and just saying what we all see on TV. Not his best moment.
aglock: 6:28 PM This has all been so ugly.
espn4d: 6:29 PM The Butler Way is the way to the national title game. What a story.
aglock: 6:29 PM Good for Butler. They did what they needed to do to win, despite shooting like 7% in the second half.
brendanloy: 6:30 PM WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! BUTLER WINS!!!!!!!!!! THE HORIZON LEAGUE IN THE NATIONAL TITLE GAME!!!! #holyf–ings–t #midswin #season6forever #fate
brendanloy: 6:30 PM CNN Breaking News — Butler reaches NCAA basketball final with 52-50 victory over Michigan State
aglock: 6:30 PM It doesn’t. RT @HoopsTournNet: Why does that matter? RT @aglock: This has all been so ugly.
sarah_black: 6:30 PM #CBSISBJ
brendanloy: 6:30 PM RT @polarscribe: BUTLER IS #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO #TOOBIGYO …
brendanloy: 6:30 PM RT @stfhoops: (MA) TOO BIG YO!!!! Super Ugly, But I’ll Take It!
brendanloy: 6:30 PM RT @jskarp: This unreal sub-Red Line odyssey continues!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS! I’d give anything to be on Butler’s campus ton …
brendanloy: 6:30 PM RT @julia_flyer: BUTLER WINS OH MY GOD!!!
brendanloy: 6:31 PM RT @AllanjLewis: BUTLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #TOOBIGYO
brendanloy: 6:31 PM RT @GaryParrishCBS: Butler will play for the national title. Unreal. Place is going bananas. Just a super scene.
brendanloy: 6:31 PM RT @BracketDobber: @midmajority One more game
brendanloy: 6:32 PM RT @polarscribe: @midmajority Thank you for leading us down this road, showing us how beautiful Our Game can be. So thrilled you’re ther …
brendanloy: 6:32 PM RT @polarscribe: Suck on it, Duke or West Virginia. You’re going down. Butler is #TOOBIGYO.
aglock: 6:35 PM Hayward’s lip in HD is not very appealing
brendanloy: 6:37 PM RT @BFeldmanESPN: True. RT @CoachFairchild So Butler gets to play for the National Championship. Too bad such a great story would never …
brendanloy: 6:38 PM RT @rloyola: Just two games left to play. Mid-major national champion still a live possibility. Historic, unforeseen, delicious. (via @J …
brendanloy: 6:38 PM RT @ButlerBasketbal: I repeat, we’re playing for the national championship. Wow.
aglock: 6:38 PM CBS executives just gathered in a quick prayer circle that Duke wins this next game.
brendanloy: 6:38 PM @raphiellej Money doesn’t matter in basketball? Please see www.midmajority.com and get back to us.
raphiellej: 6:39 PM @brendanloy Didn’t say that it didn’t. Simply stated that basketball still gets to play it out on the floor.
raphiellej: 6:44 PM @brendanloy Once you step on the floor it’s 5 vs. 5, which was my point.
MelissaTweets: 6:47 PM Dear @brendanloy don’t say a word. #sad
aglock: 6:48 PM Did Butler shoot 6-25 FG in the second half and won a game that was tied at the half?
aglock: 6:50 PM RT @miketotheg: @MillerParkNorth Very true. Nice job by Lucious to step up. @aglock wrote how they might be better on O without him. Def …
aglock: 6:50 PM Yeah, tonight, the lack of a secondary ballhandler really was a problem.
aglock: 6:51 PM Izzo with a few too many excuses in this interview? Anyone (dis)agree?
aglock: 6:53 PM You could also tell he didn’t think Butler was very good. RT @stlouis0: @aglock Izzo brought his “A” game in excuses
aglock: 6:54 PM Of course, Butler also didn’t have it’s second-best player on the floor.
aglock: 6:56 PM I thought that last play was a foul, but his team didn’t get hosed RT @armadillosports: @aglock Izzo thought his team got hosed. I disagree.
midmajority: 7:01 PM Wow. twitpic.com
midmajority: 7:01 PM 
midmajority: 7:01 PM Who won? I slept through the game, but let me tell you about the beautiful dream I had.
midmajority: 7:04 PM RT @RedLineUpsets: [RED LINE UPSET ALERT] Butler 52, Michigan State 50 | is.gd
midmajority: 7:06 PM There is really only one thing to say: #CBsisBJ
aglock: 7:07 PM Whew, thank heavens I just got my email update on the Temple women’s tennis match today. Nice job by the Owls to take down GW.
espn4d: 7:10 PM Spartans always do. Reflection of Izzo. RT @LKassenbrock MSU handling themselves with class.
aglock: 7:10 PM Could a Butler-WVU title game, with its epically low TV rating, stop the NCAA from opting out of the last three years of its CBS contract?
brendanloy: 7:11 PM If Butler beats Duke for the national championship, I win my office pool. I could use $65. Therefore: Go Duke! #washingmymouthoutwithsoap
aglock: 7:13 PM Did Huggins just tell Krzyzewski: “There’s still some ink on your forehead?”
aglock: 7:14 PM Not really, no. Your team lost and had ample opp not to. RT @jimbocardamone: @aglock do you want examples to prove my point?
aglock: 7:16 PM SI.com started a new blog for the second game: bit.ly Ignore the error if you get one; it will be fine once an entry is in it
brendanloy: 7:17 PM RT @polarscribe: Butler’s hoops budget in 2009: $1.7 million. Ranks 142nd out of 344 reporting D-I schools. Mid-majors do more with less …
brendanloy: 7:18 PM RT @RedLineUpsets: [RED LINE UPSET ALERT] Butler 52, Michigan State 50 | is.gd
brendanloy: 7:19 PM RT @BracketDobber: RT @DougHed: WTH? Dook sign “Hobbits love the Schyer” SO WRONG. Gack, I need a nerd shower and whisky to make that go …
midmajority: 7:19 PM Please indulge me for a second. Unfollow if that’s what you do.
brendanloy: 7:19 PM RT @jppalm: Man, is there going to be a party on the streets of Indy tonight, or what?
aglock: 7:19 PM Nance: “Not like the first one. (Gets electroshocked by CBS producer) … but I like that action.”
midmajority: 7:19 PM This is for Vermont 2005, overwhelmed by MSU in the 2nd round. It was Game 100 of the 100GP. First time we said, “It always ends in a loss.”
midmajority: 7:20 PM It’s for Temple 2008, taken out by a big 1st half run. It’s for Robert Morris 2009, which tried so hard but didn’t have enough. I was there.
espn4d: 7:21 PM Joe Mazzulla got his head split open on drive. No call. Who’s shocked?
midmajority: 7:21 PM It’s for NMSU 2010, which beat MSU by the rules but not in the eyes of the refs. Each call that went against Sparty tonight was payback.
midmajority: 7:21 PM It’s for Northern Iowa, up by seven at halftime and down by seven at the end. Every mid-major dream crushed by Michigan State is avenged.
midmajority: 7:22 PM We’re all in this together, Hoops Nation… Butler is making so many wrong things right, I can’t even count them all anymore.
aglock: 7:25 PM The Washington Monument disapproves. RT @AndyHutchins: Apple’s shows aerial visual of Eiffel Tower, maybe world’s most famous phallus
aglock: 7:26 PM They had an actual airhorn in STL. RT @jppalm: The scoreboard here has the LAMEST horn ever created. It’s a soft, whiny little noise.
espn4d: 7:26 PM WVU comfortable switching everything, even if it means Mazzulla on a 7-footer. Duke getting big guys involved well so far.
aglock: 7:30 PM Katz and dogs! RT @ESPNAndyKatz: Just saw Butler’s Bulldog in the press room. Finally got water. I gave him a good scratch above his head.
espn4d: 7:33 PM Singler getting it rolling now with five straight Duke points. DaSean Butler got completely lost on screen that time.
midmajority: 7:35 PM RT @PsyMar: @midmajority And it’s for Indiana State, the last sub-redliner to make the NCG (with Bird), only to lose to Michigan State ( …
midmajority: 7:35 PM Later: Philosophy. Now: Horchata Waterslide Blue Body Paint Party. @jllanclos does it HAVE to end in a loss?
brendanloy: 7:36 PM @raphiellej Fair enough, but my point is, pretending the label “mid-major” has no relevance or meaning is a complete and utter fiction.
brendanloy: 7:36 PM @raphiellej More on this topic: espn.go.com
raphiellej: 7:36 PM @brendanloy Didn’t say it had no meaning.
brendanloy: 7:36 PM @jayljohnson Heh. She was singing it again, unprompted, at the grocery store this evening. She’s even getting the “whooo!” down.
midmajority: 7:37 PM Later: Philosophy. Now: Horchata Waterslide Blue Body Paint Funn Explosion. @jllanclos does it HAVE to end in a loss?
brendanloy: 7:37 PM RT @MattZemek_CFN: THIS. IS. AMAZING. RT @BigEZ Most amazing stat I’ve seen: That’s Izzo’s first tournament loss EVER in a game decided …
raphiellej: 7:37 PM @brendanloy Obviously it does. My point was that a team like Butler can play with anyone regardless of finances and they showed that.
midmajority: 7:37 PM RT @VCUPav: @Midmajority its for VCU 2007, who came from so far behind to tie Pitt and force OT, only to be outgunned in the extra time.
brendanloy: 7:37 PM RT @indystarvisuals: Awesome shot. #Butler fans going crazy at Hinkle tonight. #ncaa #finalfour twitpic.com
brendanloy: 7:37 PM 
midmajority: 7:38 PM BUTLER FUNN ADVISORY: Mid-Majority/Butler Bally Banner™/#toobigyo/#CBsisBJ CUPCAKE PARTY at 46th and Rookwood SUNDAY at 6:30 pm. RT RT RT RT
brendanloy: 7:38 PM Another reason to root for Duke, aside from 1) my office pool chances & 2) David-Goliath storyline: avoid confusing Butler vs. Butler issue
brendanloy: 7:39 PM @raphiellej OK then I think we agree. I think you were just saying, don’t use mid-major as a pejorative. I certainly agree with that.
brendanloy: 7:40 PM RT @midmajority Later: Philosophy. Now: Horchata Waterslide Blue Body Paint Funn Explosion. RT @jllanclos does it HAVE to end in a loss?
aglock: 7:40 PM Dear WVU, you might want to have someone w/i 10 feet of Scheyer when he readies a 3-pointer.
raphiellej: 7:40 PM @brendanloy Yup. We’re on the same page now haha.
raphiellej: 7:41 PM @brendanloy A lot of people who don’t understand the “Red Line” use it as a “Little Engine that Could”-like term. Unfair to Butler.
raphiellej: 7:41 PM @brendanloy A lot of people who don’t understand the “Red Line” use it as a “Little Engine that Could”-like term. Unfair to Butler.
jskarp: 7:41 PM @brendanloy @midmajority I totally don’t know what Kyle is participating in…but I want in.
midmajority: 7:42 PM At HT, I was in the bathroom and some MSU fans came in announcing, “Any Butlers in here? We want to buy some Butlers. Offering $20K a year!”
brendanloy: 7:42 PM RT @indystar_sports: Only 12,316 (0.26%) of the 4.8 million brackets on ESPN.com had Butler in the national title game. bit.ly
espn4d: 7:42 PM WVU defense is good, but Duke’s offense better. Singler and Scheyer big-time hoops.
brendanloy: 7:43 PM YEAAAAAARRRRRHHH!!!!! RT @jskarp: @midmajority just spouted off an awesome Howard Dean-esque Twitter pep talk. It..was…awesome.
brendanloy: 7:43 PM RT @butleru: had to share… RT @JessicaSimpson: OMG! Congrats Butler University!!! Dreams come true! Love the underdog!!!!
brendanloy: 7:44 PM Non-basketball-related, but timely and funny. RT @andylevy I’m now referring to my iPhone as my iPad Nano to make myself feel better.
midmajority: 7:44 PM 1 hour later, those same MSU fans had moist eyes, trying to dump their Mon. tix. Then a few got busted for scalping in the stadium. #SUCKIT
brendanloy: 7:46 PM @jskarp @midmajority We’re gonna go to California, and beat UTEP and Murray State!!! And then we’re gonna go to Utah, and beat Syracuse…
brendanloy: 7:47 PM @jskarp @midmajority …and Kansas State!!! And then we’re going to go to Indianapolis, Indiana, and take home the title!!! YEAAAAARH!!!!!!!
jskarp: 7:47 PM @brendanloy @midmajority AND THEN WE’RE GOING BACK TO THE CAPITAL OF HOOPS NATION AND TAKE BACK THE SPORTS BUBBLE!
espn4d: 7:48 PM Duke lighting it up now. Threes from everywhere. WVU man not working; time for 1-3-1 Huggs?
midmajority: 7:48 PM Also, special F4 shoutout to AT&T, official cell net of the NCAAT, which can’t even supply enough bandwidth for the stadium it’s held in.
sarah_black: 7:49 PM All marching bands should add “Seven Nation Army” to their repetoire (sp? I don’t care, Dawgs is hawt)!
midmajority: 7:50 PM And we’re keeping with our longstanding policy of blocking “that’s not an upset” idiots. Dawgs is hawt. #toobigyo #CBsisBJ #cleanyoass
brendanloy: 7:51 PM @jskarp LOL… that’s much better that mine. PERFECT. @midmajority
midmajority: 7:51 PM Again: 6:30 pm SUNDAY is the time for Mid-Majority/Butler Bally Banner™/#toobigyo/ CUPCAKE PARTY at 46th and Rookwood RT RT RT RT
brendanloy: 7:52 PM @jskarp Also, the last state mentioned in Dean’s scream speech was, in fact, “MICHIGAN!!!!!!” Gotta work that in somehow 🙂 @midmajority
midmajority: 7:52 PM RT @writesdave: @midmajority It’s for Princeton, a rimmed-out buzzer-beater from knocking off No. 1 seed Georgetown in 1989.
midmajority: 7:52 PM RT @thejccw: @midmajority It’s for 2003 UNC-Wilmington, who gets their hearts broken by Maryland all over again every time that damn pho …
espn4d: 7:52 PM Brad Stevens just left press row where he was watching Duke-WVU. Shook hands on the way out, typically unaffected.
espn4d: 7:53 PM If I’m Stevens and Duke keeps up this shooting display, I’m not sure I even show my team the tape. Too discouraging.
brendanloy: 7:53 PM @midmajority You HAVE to find someone to lend u a non-AT&T phone for Monday. Butler in NCG without your live tweets = crime against humanity
brendanloy: 7:56 PM RT @indystarvisuals: #Butler wins, heads to national championship game! #ncaa twitpic.com
brendanloy: 7:56 PM 
aglock: 7:56 PM Winner. Oops. RT @ACCSports: If I’m K I sit Nolan until end of half. His skills too unique for Duke to lose down the stretch.
midmajority: 7:57 PM Also for the 2008 Butler seniors, edged by Tennessee in OT, and Butler 2007 – they outplayed Florida for 33 minutes in the S16. #thanksdawgs
midmajority: 7:57 PM RT @jllanclos: @midmajority It’s for (2000) Louisiana, who beat Tenessee 5-on-5 but couldn’t survive an 8-on-5 barrage at the end
midmajority: 7:58 PM Indeed. #thanksdawgs RT @sonic710 It’s for Iona’s loss to Syracuse on a ‘Cuse buzzer beating 3 pointer ='(
midmajority: 7:58 PM #thanksdawgs RT @jllanclos It’s for (2000) Louisiana, who beat Tenessee 5-on-5 but couldn’t survive an 8-on-5 barrage at the end
midmajority: 8:00 PM #thanksdawgs RT @uiwwildthing It’s for Coppin State who lost by 1 to Texas to almost make the Sweet 16 in 1997
midmajority: 8:01 PM Of course. It’s for all the 5-vs-8 games. #thanksdawgs RT @NUHF 1986 when Northeastern played 8 on 5 against Oklahoma and lost by 6?
midmajority: 8:01 PM #thanksdawgs RT @countdown2march It’s for Albany and East Tennessee State, 16-over-1 upsets for 35-37 minutes apiece in the last few years.
espn4d: 8:01 PM Great half for Duke, up 39-31. But it could have been worse for WVU. Devils were close to blowing it out but WVU hung in.
aglock: 8:02 PM A halftime tribute to Dick Enberg? Nantz already gave him one by yelling the wrong score in the final minute of the MSU-Butler game. 🙂
aglock: 8:03 PM “Lovaza isn’t for everyone. Tell your doctor if you’re allergic to fish…” Umm, what???
brendanloy: 8:03 PM @midmajority It’s for Gonzaga ’99, back before they became UMPFW, when they almost derailed UConn’s title run in the Elite 8.
aglock: 8:04 PM Yup, just wrote that in SI blog. RT @ACCSports: If I’m WVU I go after Smith on every possession. Duke’s offense w/out him: non-existent.
midmajority: 8:04 PM Oh, ain’t it though. #thanksdawgs RT @JohnWillmott it’s for 2008 belmont, who came up one possession short of knocking off hated duke
midmajority: 8:05 PM You’re going to like S7. #thanksdawgs RT @brendanloy It’s for Zags ’99, back before they became UMPFN, vs UConn’s title run in the Elite 8.
sarah_black: 8:05 PM This has gotta be an alternate reality because good things are happening to the best people.
midmajority: 8:06 PM That hurt. #thanksdawgs RT @charles_star It is for 2004 St. Joe’s who took their “undeserved” #1 seed to the E8 before falling to OSU by 2.
midmajority: 8:07 PM #thanksdawgs RT @laplanck It’s for the 2007 Miami RedHawks, who cut it to one against Oregon with 40 secs left after a 20-0 Ducks run.
midmajority: 8:08 PM The life of TMM Season 6 was depending on it. RT @jeffshelman I take it you are pleased with the outcome from the early game.
brendanloy: 8:08 PM @midmajority It’s for #16 Fairfield in ’97, which played with #1 UNC for most of the game and almost halted Dean Smith’s march 2 the record.
aglock: 8:08 PM That highlight they just showed was embarrassing for WVU: No one touched Zoubek on a boxout and four guys watched kickout to an open Scheyer
brendanloy: 8:08 PM @midmajority It’s for #15 Central Connecticut State in ’00, which almost accomplished vs. #2 Iowa State what Hampton would finish in ’01.
midmajority: 8:09 PM #thanksdawgs #thankstom RT @TomBurnett2 Don’t forget ’79 Magic-led team that bounced Lamar out of the 2nd round! Old SLC wounds linger! 🙂
midmajority: 8:12 PM Deng and Duhon. Ugh. #thanksdawgs RT @jskarp And how about Xavier’s 1st big run in ’04, derailed by 3 by Duke?
brendanloy: 8:12 PM @midmajority Intriguing hint. I am indeed looking forward to S7. But for now, I say again, #season6forever
midmajority: 8:13 PM JFTanner
By 6. #thanksdawgs RT @JFTanner It’s for 1997 Chat., stunned Tubby Smith’s Georgia and Illinois, came up short to Prov in S16.
midmajority: 8:14 PM #thanksdawgs RT @KraigW For the 2003 #15 seeded USU Aggies, missed a game tying 3 at the end of regulation vs the national runner-up Kansas
brendanloy: 8:14 PM @midmajority Also, #fate
midmajority: 8:15 PM End of the Penn dynasty. #thanksdawgs RT @jtannenwald If people are going back to ’79, ask about the team MSU beat in the nat’l semis.
MattZemek_CFN: 8:15 PM @brendanloy: Kyle tweeted a few weeks ago that he was strongly considering a WAC/WCC/Big West-heavy docket for Season 7. 🙂
aglock: 8:16 PM Duke can’t only have 22 poss. RT @ACCSports: Wow, Duke’s offensive efficiency 177.3, per @scacchoops bit.ly
midmajority: 8:16 PM Friends-in-arms, even through they don’t realize. #thanksdawgs RT @maxwasserman It’s for Xavier, who always play hard yet always fell short
aglock: 8:17 PM In fact, they have 28. RT @aglock: Duke can’t only have 22 poss. RT @ACCSports: Wow, Duke’s offensive efficiency 177.3
midmajority: 8:18 PM God, yes #thanksdawgs RT @rosslancaster It’s for Kent in 2002, won a 2OT classic vs Pitt in S16, fell short against Indiana, all those 3s.
brendanloy: 8:18 PM @midmajority It’s for… Butler 2007! The only team that came close to knocking off Florida (and might have, if not for some #5on8 action)
midmajority: 8:18 PM I had money on that. Before I cleansed myself. #thankstmm RT @jeffshelman What about Tulsa in 99. Losing to Carolina in regional finals.
espn4d: 8:19 PM Duke living up to its tough new image, waxing WVU on glass 17-10. And made seven first-half threes.
midmajority: 8:19 PM Yeah, Michigan. #thanksdawgs #iwillwritethatbooksomeday RT @TypoDC It’s for the 1966 Hilltoppers, who didn’t quite get to play UK.
espn4d: 8:21 PM You don’t just watch a game live and then not study the film. RT @EJXD2 @espn4d why would they need the tape? Aren’t they there watching?
midmajority: 8:22 PM Don’t worry, I know the feeling. RT @maxwasserman By the way, as a GW fan, it was really hard for me to campaign for Xavier right there.
midmajority: 8:23 PM Still have never seen that shot. RT @gmoore21566 It’s for Davidson a three away from beating Kansas in the Elite Eight in 08. #curryrules
midmajority: 8:23 PM RT @ChrisForman12: @midmajority It’s for the 1986 Navy Midshipmen that reached the Elite Eight that lost to Duke. #thanksdawgs
brendanloy: 8:23 PM RT @goldman: Damn. Using Twitterrific on the iPad feels like tweeting from the bridge of the Enterprise. I’m in the future!
midmajority: 8:24 PM If you’re just joining us, #thanksdawgs is for all the close ones that got away somehow, all the family business Butler is setting right.
midmajority: 8:25 PM Two clank FT’s. RT @mjpettinato It’s for the 16th-seeded 1996 Western Carolina Catamounts, who came up just short of taking down #1 Purdue.
aglock: 8:27 PM When Lance Thomas is making 20-footers, that’s probably a sign your D is making the other team comfortable.
midmajority: 8:27 PM Cuttino Mobley. What a player. RT @raphiellej What about the 1998 Rhode Island Rams? Lost a heartbreaker to Stanford in the Elite 8.
jaredallenk: 8:27 PM @brendanloy Want a free iPad?! I thought it’s a scam but I just got mine! See if your area qualifies,enter zip code here! u.nu
midmajority: 8:29 PM In overtime! #thanksdawgs RT @mariobc8 Its for Butler (2000) that lost to Florida on a last second layup.
midmajority: 8:30 PM Just think how different history would be if a quarter of these went the other way.
espn4d: 8:31 PM Da’Sean Butler is close to snapping. Spending too much time complaining to refs — and Curtis Shaw will T him in a heartbeat if he persists.
midmajority: 8:31 PM Folks there always remind me they very nearly pulled a 12/5 the year before… RT @ErikNell Don’t forget about ’98..Valpo & Bryce Drew
midmajority: 8:34 PM Butl and SIU came up so close on Th and Fr in that S16 RT @rickgregg 2007 SIU, nearly knocked off Kansas, hurt by a missed 35-sec viol.
espn4d: 8:39 PM Deniz Kilicli is Turkish for “Disastrous stretch of play.” My gosh.
espn4d: 8:41 PM If you’re Kilicli at home scoring at home, that’s 1) blown switch; 2) travel; 3) foul a guy shooting a 3; 4) turnover.
aglock: 8:42 PM That was like NBA Jam … and that was a weak T
espn4d: 8:42 PM Aaaaaaand Curtis Shaw finds a way to get a T into the proceedings. That’s why they call him Quick Draw Curtis Shaw.
aglock: 8:44 PM Old-school Quakers fans are seeing a lame T on a rim-hang with a 14-pt lead and 12 mins left and thinking of Canisius and Shawn Trice.
espn4d: 8:49 PM Ballgame. This is done.
espn4d: 8:51 PM DaSean Butler down injured — not sure whether knee injury or banged knees with Mount Zoubek.
espn4d: 8:52 PM Huggins has both arms around Butler’s head on court, talking two inches from his face. Amazing scene. Never seen a coach do that.
espn4d: 8:52 PM Butler cannot put any weight on left leg while being helped off court.
aglock: 8:53 PM That blows, and ends any chance WVU had to come back, too.
midmajority: 9:03 PM TASTE THIS STAT: 595 teams won games on neutral courts in 09-10. Only two shot worse than Butler did tonight (30.6%). This was the Final 4.
midmajority: 9:06 PM [The other two: Duke vs Conn, PNIT @ NYC 11/27 – 29.2%, Boston Univ vs Indiana, Puerto Rico Tip Off 11/29, 29.3%]
espn4d: 9:10 PM Duke 10-21 from three-point range, 18 assists, only six turnovers. That’s some gorgeous offense.
midmajority: 9:11 PM The Butler formula: shoot horribly, get beat on the glass, win on ball control. Alert your nearby TV folks, who are still getting it wrong.
espn4d: 9:12 PM Blood on regular jersey, had to change. RT @Aschick41 @espn4d any answer as to why mazzulla has his name blacked out on his jersey?
aglock: 9:15 PM Duke -6 against Butler? That feels low.
aglock: 9:16 PM This has been a very impressive and very convincing win for Duke. Color me impressed.
brendanloy: 9:16 PM Duke 75, WVU 57 with 1:20 left. If Duke beats Butler, I finish second ($20) in my office pool. If Butler wins, I finish first ($65). w00t!
espn4d: 9:16 PM Butler-Duke it will be Monday night. Wow. Unbelievable contrast of programs.
midmajority: 9:16 PM Will leave this up top, got buried: 6:30 pm SUNDAY: Mid-Majority/Butler Bally Banner™/#toobigyo CUPCAKE PARTY at 46th and Rookwood RT RT RT
aglock: 9:18 PM Brad Stevens? 🙂 RT @UNC_Bball: @ACCSports As I told @aglock when he wrote this about Izzo: You’ll be writing about another coach on Monday.
brendanloy: 9:18 PM Duke 78, WVU 57, final. Matt Wiser wins the 15th annual Living Room Times men’s NCAA pool. Full update later. ff.im
brendanloy: 9:19 PM RT @espn4d: Butler-Duke it will be Monday night. Wow. Unbelievable contrast of programs.
aglock: 9:19 PM That’s extremely sumo of him. RT @lukewinn: Curtis Shaw just left his sneakers on the court. Walked off in socks.
aglock: 9:21 PM Yeah, realized my typo. Thx. RT @NussCoug: @aglock Not sumo. International wrestling. And what a silly gesture for a referee.
aglock: 9:23 PM I don’t. RT @ESPNAndyKatz: Don’t mistake predicting Duke will be picked to win for not thinking Butler can. I do think Bulldogs can win.
aglock: 9:26 PM I don’t think they have much of a chance against Duke’s size and shooting. RT @Chilltown1491 You don’t think Butler can win? Really?
aglock: 9:28 PM I’d love to see a mid-major win the national title, but I think this Duke team is a horrid matchup for Butler
brendanloy: 9:29 PM CNN Breaking News — Duke defeated West Virginia 78-57 to advance to NCAA title game, where they will face Butler.
aglock: 9:32 PM Huge. That’s why we’re experts. RT @ACCSports: So … yeah. Looks like @NDotSmitty’s third foul was a big deal, huh?
sarah_black: 9:34 PM Make sure you come to my cupcake party with @midmajority tomorrow at 6:30 pm in front of the banner.
aglock: 9:41 PM Said what? RT @Title_BU LOL youre a parrot. You’ve said that for a month, just stop.
brendanloy: 9:44 PM RT @BeyndArcMMiller: RT @darrenrovell1 Last year, Duke spent $394,068 per PLAYER. Butler spent $347,108 on player expenses for the ENTIR …
brendanloy: 9:44 PM RT @andylevy: I’m now referring to my iPhone as my iPad Nano to make myself feel better.
aglock: 9:46 PM No hating. He’s a Butler fan. Hey, I hope I’m wrong. RT @ben_nett: Dang people hating on @aglock! Why? Great writer, had some good tweets
jskarp: 9:47 PM Thanks to all ya’ll #midswin Tweeps for being so entertaining tonight. I’m hearing Howard Dean in the back of my head thanks to @brendanloy.
polarscribe: 9:51 PM @jskarp @brendanloy Sigh. I was in the Val-Air Ballroom, West Des Moines, Iowa, when he gave that speech. Maybe this time we can win.
sarah_black: 10:33 PM “Rothbury was the bee’s knees, brah.” Get this guy out of my life.
sarah_black: 10:44 PM Just saw the mastermind behind “we dancin’!” sorry boutcha @midmajority
midmajority: 10:46 PM [POST by Kyle] #thanksdawgs | is.gd
brendanloy: 10:52 PM #thanksdawgs ff.im