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Butler Endures Pain of Loss More Than Joy of Coming Close

INDIANAPOLIS -- Matt Howard put it best when he said, to every wave of reporters who came to his Lucas Oil Stadium locker, "It's been good, it's been a great run for all the guys, but we didn't come here to finish second. I've said it a lot, but it's true.'' This is also true: if the Butler players ever look at their...

LSU Scores Blow for Power Conferences

A major topic of discussion this past week was how mistreated the mid-majors have been in recent years by the NCAA tournament selection committee. Butler is definitely one of the best teams in the nation not from the so-called BCS conferences. The Bulldogs were slotted against LSU, a team from the most maligned BCS...

Butler Clinches Horizon League Again

For the third straight season, the Butler Bulldogs are the regular season champions of the Horizon League. For fans and second-year head coach Brad Stevens, though, this title has to be a little more sweet than last year's -- due to lowered expectations because of the significant losses from last year's stout squad. The...

Ranking the Rankings: UConn Still No. 1*

Ranking the rankings criticizes the critics when the polls come out.Headlining: The beauty of a Tuesday column, at least this season, is that whoever ends up No. 1 can do so with an asterisk based on Monday's games. (*In case you didn't know already, Pittsburgh beat Connecticut.) And it appears that next week, we'll likely...

BracketBusters: Butler at Davidson

Bracket Busters 2009 matchups have been announced. FanHouse has the skinny.The Davidson Wildcats and Stephen Curry have been a disappointment this season, relatively speaking. Curry is leading the nation in scoring, which is quite impressive, but the Wildcats don't seem nearly as dangerous this year as they did in...

MattHoward News From the Web

05/29/12 Should police have towed SUV that killed Matt Howard? Source: Sault Ste Marie This Week - Sault Ste Marie ON - Canada Should police have towed SUV that killed Matt Howard?
05/11/12 Local musician receives honors Source: Emporia Gazette - Emporia KS Emporian Matt Howard received a surprise at the recent Emporia High School awards assembly.
05/07/12 Emirates plane struck by lightning over Australia Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia The inbound Emirates flight EK407 from Auckland was hit as it readied to land, flying over St Kilda just before 7.30pm. An Air Services Australia spokeswoman said despite reporting a lightning strike to the Boeing 777, the international flight landed normally and there was no damage to the craft.
05/05/12 M. Cross Country; Track & Field. Mark Dennin Wins... Source: GUHoyas.com The Georgetown men's track & field team started the 2012 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships with a stellar night.
04/29/12 Fighting Tigers' offense finally gets going in 12-3 win Source: The Ironton Tribune - Ironton OH The Ironton Fighting Tigers' offense was like a time bomb on Friday.