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Butler upsets #8 Arizona for Las Vegas Invitational title

We all knew this game was going to be back-and-forth. Butler opened up to be a one or two point favorite, depending on what oddsmakers you listened to. It was going to be a close game. We didn’t know it was going to be this back-and-forth.

Bulldogs ended the first half on a beautiful assist from Tyler Lewis to Sean McDermott. They looked really solid in the first half, aside from all the Kelan Martin turnovers. Woodson was splashing threes left and right. This game looked like it was going in Butler’s direction.

And it was, continuing into the second half.