Yes, Monday’s college basketball national championship game was exciting. Yes, it had a memorable finish. Yes, it was a great game. At the sake of alienating Duke fans, Butler should have won it.
Yes, I know Duke fans from the Carolinas to California hate me for saying this, but Duke didn’t win the game so much as Butler lost it. I am really not trying to take anything from Duke; they are the national champions, they played the best, and that is that.
However, look at the stats from that game. Butler shot 34.5% from the field. 34.5%!! And sorry Dukies, that is not so much Duke’s defense but Butler missing easy shots. I watched the game, and while Duke did a solid defensive job, they were not that good. Butler missed open shot after open shot, layup after layup. Shooting like that is not going to get you a national championship.
I don’t know why Butler shot that poorly (they shot 10% below their season average.) Maybe they were not ready to handle the pressure. Maybe they were still surprised or in awe that they even made it to the championship game. I really don’t know. All I do know is that Butler shot as poorly as the Imperial Stormtroopers in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (search Wikipedia for principle of Evil Marksmanship to see what I mean).
In the end, congratulations are in store to both Duke and Butler. Butler made an incredible run and did what few thought they could do. Duke won the national championship, simple as that, and at the end of the day, that matters most.
Yes, I know Duke fans from the Carolinas to California hate me for saying this, but Duke didn’t win the game so much as Butler lost it. I am really not trying to take anything from Duke; they are the national champions, they played the best, and that is that.
However, look at the stats from that game. Butler shot 34.5% from the field. 34.5%!! And sorry Dukies, that is not so much Duke’s defense but Butler missing easy shots. I watched the game, and while Duke did a solid defensive job, they were not that good. Butler missed open shot after open shot, layup after layup. Shooting like that is not going to get you a national championship.
I don’t know why Butler shot that poorly (they shot 10% below their season average.) Maybe they were not ready to handle the pressure. Maybe they were still surprised or in awe that they even made it to the championship game. I really don’t know. All I do know is that Butler shot as poorly as the Imperial Stormtroopers in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (search Wikipedia for principle of Evil Marksmanship to see what I mean).
In the end, congratulations are in store to both Duke and Butler. Butler made an incredible run and did what few thought they could do. Duke won the national championship, simple as that, and at the end of the day, that matters most.
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