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In the 2010 NCAA tournament, Butler was the National runner-up to Duke, advancing to the National Championship Game after defeating Michigan State in the Final Four. [2] With a total enrollment of only 4,500 students, Butler is the smallest school to play for a national championship since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. [3]
In the Sweet 16, Butler upset top-seeded Syracuse with a 63–59 win to advance to the West Regional Final, their 1st regional final appearance in team history. [4] In the Elite Eight, Butler would upset Kansas State beating them 63–56 to advance to the Final Four, their 1st appearance in team history. [5] In the Final Four, Butler beat ...
The Final Four consisted of Duke, making their first appearance since 2004, West Virginia, who were making their second appearance and first since 1959, Butler, considered the host school and making their first ever appearance, and Michigan State, the national runner-up from 2009 appearing in the Final Four for the sixth time under head coach ...
Championship game: UConn 53, Butler 41 Final Four MOP: Kemba Walker, Jr., UConn Site: Reliant Stadium, Houston The NCAA tournament expanded to its current 68-team, First Four format in 2011.
This was also the first Final Four to not feature any 1-seed or 2-seeds. The Final Four had the highest combined Final Four seeds since seeding started in 1979, with 26 (11-VCU, 8-Butler, 4-Kentucky & 3-Connecticut). Connecticut defeated Butler in the championship game 53–41, winning its third national championship as in many attempts.
The win made Stevens, at age 33, the youngest coach to lead a team to the Final Four since Bob Knight made his first Final Four appearance at age 32 in 1973. [72] Butler became the smallest school (enrollment 4,200) to make the Final Four since seeding began in 1979. [73] 4/3 – Butler vs. #13/#12 (5 seed) Michigan St. (NCAA tournament ...
In a back-and-forth, Butler could not get enough stops as No. 20 FAU pulled out a 91-86 win over the Bulldogs at the ESPN Invitational in Orlando. FAU was in Final Four last year. Butler has 11 ...
This table shows non-vacated Final Four appearances and victories by state; vacated records are shown in parentheses. The Third Place column is blank for states whose Final Four appearances were before 1946 or after 1981. Schools noted as vacated had all their Final Four appearances vacated.