[NU Sports] HOOSIERS lives!

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

I'll still cheer for MSU and the Big Ten, but you just had to have goosebumps today watching Butler's win (and not just because they were one of the foes on our dissed NC schedule).

It's just a perfect story that the school where "Hoosiers" was filmed, a school of 4500 students, will be heading home for the first Final Four in Indiana's new basketball palace (which, along with the gorgeous Conseco Fieldhouse was designed to mimic Butler's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse).

The last time Hoosierland hosted the Final Four of their native sport, we had cinderella George Mason, but this one has to be so much sweeter because it's the hometown team.

It's a shame Purdue and OSU (especially the Buckeyes who just looked spent and gave out at the end) couldn't win to make it a near perfect (no IU, so near) foursome with Butler and nearby Kentucky for Indianapolis. That town is going to be insane the next week!

As they say down there, in 49 other states, it's just basketball ...

GO BULLDOGS!!! Go little guy!!!

Go Big Ten!
GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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