joshua wilsher

NIT Champions

Mike the German and I raced back to US soil Friday night in hope of catching the broadcast of Butler competing in the NIT Championship game at Madison Square Garden. (The reason we needed to be in the US is becasue Canada does not have ESPN2). We had planned to make it to our hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan in time for the 7 o'clock tip-off, but our plans were thwarted due to slow traffic coming out of Toronto, as well as a back up of cars at border control. So we had no choice but to head downtown Detroit in hope of finding a bar. We did find a really cool place where I think we were lucky to get one of the screens to show the game as there were NBA and Hockey games being played in Detroit that same evening.

We caught the last 10 minutes of the game in which Butler won. We couldn't believe it. The following day the team travelled home (as did Mike and I) for yet another tough match. And what a diference a few wins make with Hinkle Fieldhouse being a lot busier than usual. And the Dawgs win yet again... in a double-overtime thriller.

Would you believe? Little Butler University is now ranked within the top 25 college teams in the entire country. Wow!

posted by Joshiesmoov @ 11:29 AM