INDIANAPOLIS — Paul Jorgensen started to chuckle to himself as he and his fellow Butler Bulldogs walked toward their bench during a timeout at the 9:18 mark of the first half.
The redshirt senior guard had just watched redshirt junior forward Sean McDermott nail a 3 off a pass from sophomore point guard Aaron Thompson to put the Bulldogs up, 34-12, on the Northern Illinois Huskies. Butler was 8-of-12 on 3s. Northern Illinois couldn't stop the bleeding and was trying to survive until halftime.
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