Shelvin Mack scored 27 points, including five in overtime, and Butler reached the Final Four for the second year in a row with a 74-71 victory over Florida on Saturday.
Florida's Erving Walker, who was 0 for 8 from the field, missed a long 3 at the end of regulation. Vernon Macklin, who was 11 for 14 and had 25 points, was on the bench. :scared
Matt Howard scored 14 and Khyle Marshall added 10 for the Bulldogs (27-9), who showed again they simply won't give in, climbing out of an 11-point hole in the last 9:25 of the second half.
Mack was playing through pain after rolling his left ankle in the first half and needed a small bandage on his forehead in the second half. He could not recall what happened to his head, only that it was bleeding when he came to the sideline.
That didn't stop him from draining a crucial 3-pointer with 1:21 left in overtime to give Butler the lead for good at 72-70. He also had enough vigor left during the net-cutting ritual to do a mocking Gator chomp with his arms from atop a ladder.
It's a physical game. That's what the NCAA tournament is all about, Mack said. You wouldn't want it any other way.
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MVP of Game - Shelvin Mack
what a job this guy does game after game.
Butler been there before.
Where will this all end ?
Florida's Erving Walker, who was 0 for 8 from the field, missed a long 3 at the end of regulation. Vernon Macklin, who was 11 for 14 and had 25 points, was on the bench. :scared
Matt Howard scored 14 and Khyle Marshall added 10 for the Bulldogs (27-9), who showed again they simply won't give in, climbing out of an 11-point hole in the last 9:25 of the second half.
Mack was playing through pain after rolling his left ankle in the first half and needed a small bandage on his forehead in the second half. He could not recall what happened to his head, only that it was bleeding when he came to the sideline.
That didn't stop him from draining a crucial 3-pointer with 1:21 left in overtime to give Butler the lead for good at 72-70. He also had enough vigor left during the net-cutting ritual to do a mocking Gator chomp with his arms from atop a ladder.
It's a physical game. That's what the NCAA tournament is all about, Mack said. You wouldn't want it any other way.
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MVP of Game - Shelvin Mack
what a job this guy does game after game.
Butler been there before.
Where will this all end ?
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