One Saturday April 2, 2011 the final two teams to play in the championship round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament will be determined. Butler will take on VCU, and following will be Kentucky taking on Uconn. Out of these four teams remaining the team that I believe will win it all is Butler. Butler won 5 games in 5 days in the Big East Tournament held at Madison Square Garden to become the conference champs and enter into the tournament as a number 8 seed. Butler has beaten number 9 seed Old Dominion, number 1 seed Pitt, number 4 seed Wisconsin, and number 2 seed Florida to make it to the round of the Final Four. Winning when it matters is obviously something the Bulldogs know how to do. This is the second consecutive year that Butler is returning to the Final Four, and butlersports.com says that Butler is the first school from Indiana to earn consecutive trips to the Final Four. Butler has won its last 13 games with the last loss being on February 3 at Youngstown State, the 13 game win streak is the longest of the 2011 season for the Bulldogs. I believe Butler is looking for revenge for last year’s tournament loss to the Duke Blue Devils in the finals. Their dreams of becoming National Champions are within reach, and I believe they will overcome their weaknesses and become the National Champions they dream of becoming.
VCU, Butler, Kentucky, or UConn who will become the National Champions, all four teams are underdogs that have overcome the doubt of critics and fans to be the last four teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament. I believe Butler will shine, and become champions, but who do you believe will win it all? Remember the games are this Saturday April 2, be sure to watch and let me know what your thoughts are.
Hi, Cassie,
ReplyDeleteI must admit I'm not much of a basketball fan. I love playing the game just not so much watching it. But this update was so helpful to me because everyone is talking brackets and wins/losses, etc. Now, at least I have a sense of what's going on. Again, you write so naturally about sports. Nice job.
Cassie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping us posted up basketball updates. I haven't watched it for a while, now that I have kids I don't have much time too, thanks for sharing and keeping us up on the sports world.
Good Work
Alison
Cassie,
ReplyDeleteI don't watch sports, so thanks for keeping us updated. Nice job with the writing.
Samantha
Thank you for the comments everyone. I plan on doing another blog next week on tomorrows games, and on the champions.
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Hi Cassie,
ReplyDeleteI feel that you conveyed the message you were trying to get cross very well. You supplied plenty of relevent information to back up your points. I do think that there were some areas of the writing that could have been structured differently to allow for a greater ease of reading. One example I can give you is the first sentence of the last paragraph. I had to read it a couple of times to understand exactly what was being said. Although I do disagree with your opinion of the final winner (Go Rams!!), I think that overall you did a very good job on this post.
Thanks,
Kristen Mummert
Cassie,
ReplyDeleteI am impressed with your knowledge and compassion of basketball. You did a great job in reporting the brackets. Thanks for keeping us in the loop!
Cassie,
ReplyDeleteAlthough I am not a basketball fan, it is hard not to get into it this time of year.
Thanks for the great write up and keeping us all informed. Who would have thought that Butler would actually be this fan and not Pitt? Or any other number one team?
Thanks again
Christina Chinchock
Cassie Gilkey,
ReplyDeleteNice job on your post I felt like I was reading a sports magazine. Now maybe I can join in on the conversations that the guys are having about the games or at least follow along .
Jaycin Firestone
Thank you everyone for the comments, I am sorry I have not got to replay my new puppy chewed the power cord to my computer, and I still need to go and get a new one.
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