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Little things like a leaked bracket and poorest seed since 2009 weren’t going to spoil Selection Sunday for the Butler Bulldogs.
They are in. The ninth-seeded Bulldogs (21-10) will play No. 8-seeded Texas Tech (19-12) at 12:40 p.m. Thursday at Raleigh, N.C., in the NCAA tournament’s Midwest Regional. The winner likely opposes No. 1 seed Virginia in the round of 32 Saturday.
Butler’s Chris Holtmann said coaching colleagues – notably Brad Stevens – have “hammered” it into him that making the 68-team field is not be taken for granted.