Butler presents themselves, rightfully, as really good basketball team and program. I want to get that out there early because: a) it’s hard to say without nausea and b) it’s rather the point of this article. As you may be aware, Butler fans stormed the barn floor court after their Bulldogs, a team most of them discovered this decade, beat the #1 ranked and defending national champion Villanova Wildcats. Of course, local hacks took the opportunity to point out how absolutely necessary and justified this action was because, after all, it had never happened before.
Butler just can’t shake being a mid-major
