INDIANAPOLIS -- The dream is the same in every driveway for every kid who's ever picked up a basketball -- game on the line, only a handful of seconds left and the chance to be a hero.
Except at Butler.
At Butler they dream differently.
"A lot of people want to shoot the last shot in the big game," Ronald Nored said. "We want to guard the last shot."
And so when Butler stared at an endgame featuring Tom Izzo, a game-coach wizard drawing ...
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NCAA TOURNAMENT: FINAL FOUR

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STORIES
- Forde: An epic game was nearly best ever
- Katz: Duke finds a way in the end
- O'Neil: Stunned Bulldogs proved they belong
- Schlabach: Coach K cements place
- Brennan: How Duke won the title
- Schlabach: Emotions high and low at Hinkle
- Experts' roundtable: Title game debate
- Forde: Can Butler make history?
- Schlabach: Nored holds his head high
- Katz: Mack finds a home with Butler
- Forde: The ultimate David vs. Goliath
- O'Neil: Butler does it the Bulldog way
- Katz: Blue Devils look to create own legacy
- Writer roundtable: Final Four predictions
- O'Neil: No superstars, no problem
- Schlabach: Hometowns all in for Butler
- Forde: WVU's win over Duke not forgotten
- Brennan: Four underrated storylines
- Powers: Scheyer living his dream
- Katz: A coaching view of the Final Four
- Forde: Green gives Sparty boost off bench
- O'Neil: Duke duo pursues artistic side
- Forde: Butler part Hollywood, part Heartland
- Schlabach: The quick rise of Brad Stevens
- Hill: Izzo is king of the state
- Forde: Final Four Likability Index
- Katz: Love story for Huggs, WVU
- Katz: Final Four primer
- Brennan: 10 Things To Know
- College Basketball Nation blog
VIDEOS
- Forde/Katz: An epic final game
- Forde/Katz: Coach K legacy
- Katz interviews Stevens after loss
- Katz talks to Coach K after win
- Coach K previews title game
- Bilas and Vitale on semifinals
- Bilas and Vitale on Butler-MSU
- Bilas and Vitale on Duke-WVU
- Gottlieb's Final Four picks
- Katz and Brennan on Saturday's semis
- Mayne Event: Butler right at home?
- Mazzulla's bumpy road to Indy
- Hill on Izzo's place among the greats
- Advice from a real-life "Hoosier"
- Katz's Final Four preview
- Duke's Smith follow's dad's Final Four legacy
- Brad Stevens on Butler hysteria
- Vitale: Final Four players to watch
INSIDER
- Instant Intel: Butler vs. Duke
- Bilas: Who has the edge in title game?
- Experts: Eight burning questions
- Gottlieb: How to beat ... Duke
- Fraschilla: How to beat ... Michigan State
- Lunardi: How to beat ... Butler
- Bilas: How to beat ... West Virginia
- Instant Intel: West Virginia vs. Duke
- Instant Intel: Butler vs. Michigan State
- Bilas: Thoughts heading into the Final Four
TOURNEY TOOLS
- Tournament Challenge
- Lunardi's team-by-team breakdowns
- By the numbers: NCAA tournament 1-65
- Brackets: HTML | GIF | PDF
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