This weekend was one of the best college basketball matchups yet. The first game was with the underdogs, number 11 VCU (Virginia Commonweath University) against number 8 seed butler. The whole game the two teams were neck and neck. They traded baskets almost every possesion. Butler vs. VCU was a tight game throughout the night and tight games is where Butler shines. Butler finally had a scoring frenzy towards the end of the game and that managed them to come out with a 70-62 victory. Sheldon Mack who led the Bulldogs with 23 points was a very key player for Butler. Not far behind him was Matt Howard with 17 points for the bulldogs. The leading scorer was Jamie Sheen with 27 points. The VCU Rams and Sheen played their hearts out but came up short. I think Butler won because they had more experience in situations like these and they just knew what to do.
The second game was with number 3 UCONN and number 4 Kentucky. After having a cold first half Kentucky came out red hot right from the gecko in the second half. Kentucky's was knocking down every shot they took. Leaving the first half down by 10 Kentucky was finally tied with UCONN 46 all. After this it was all UCONN and Kemba Walker. Kentucky is down by 2 with 16 seconds left. Kentucky's Liggins took a contested three and he missed. UCONN prevailed in a close gmae 56-55. Uconn's leadings scorer was Kemba Walker with 18 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 rebounds, and 1 block. Kentucky's best was Terrance Jones with 11 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals, and 1 block. So for the NCAA national championship is going to be #3 UCONN and #8 Butler.
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| UCONN Celebrating their victory over Kentucky!!! |
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| Butler celebrates as time winds down in their 70-62 victory over VCU |
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