Butler Bulldogs stuns No. 1 seed Syracuse in Salt Lake City – NCAA Basketball

Category Sports | Friday, March 26th, 2010

The Butler Bulldogs said they weren’t in awe of the top-seeded Syracuse Orange, and then they went out and played like it.

Butler upset the Orange 63-59 Thursday night at EnergySolutions Arena in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game.

Butler blew a 10-point halftime lead, but made all the big plays in the final three minutes to oust one of the pretournament favorites in Salt Lake City.

The Bulldogs (31-4) will play the winner of the late Xavier-Kansas State game in the West Region finals on Saturday.

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