Butler down 10 to UW-Milw

[dc_x]

27-17 UWM with 4:30 left in 1st half on ESPNU.

It's tough to win on the road, although there is a lot of time left.

[PM Thor]

Conference play is always hard no matter who or what conference you are in.

ie. I think Memphis will lose in conference once this year.....maybe.

Oh and if Butler loses this game, how much you bet they would drop 5 spots, whereas a Big 6 team would drop maybe 2-3?

[dc_x]

Since I posted that, Butler has gone on a 12-3 run to get within 1.

But to answer your question, yes, they would tank in the polls because losing to anyone in the Horizon would be seen as a "bad loss".

[XU05and07]

Their loss would be great for us in the polls...Also, #9 MSU is down 10 to Purdue with 16 to play

[xufan22]

Update on these two games-
#9 Michigan State down 8 with fifteen minutes left
#10 Butler down 3 with 15 and a half left.

[PM Thor]

UWM is playing pretty darn well.

[PM Thor]

Damn, could you imagine if we had Matt Howard? That kid is really good.

[XU05and07]

MSU down 3 with 5 left...Purdue has gone cold from the field

[XU0001]

Purdue 51
MSU 50 3:12 to go

[ATL Muskie]

This Butler game is fun to watch.

[PM Thor]

Butler is not the #10 team in the nation tonight. They don't look so good.

[XU05and07]

Purdue finally hits a 3...and are now up 6 with 1:28 to play

[XU05and07]

28.2 left...Purdue up 60-52

one spot that X can move up

[ATL Muskie]

Butler down two with a minute and a half to go

[ATL Muskie]

Butler hits a huge 3, up by 1 on the FT line with 17 secs. left

[PM Thor]

Butler is going to squeak this one out.

But this is Xaviers chance to move up. Win X. Break the Top Ten.

[ATL Muskie]

Missed the one and one. UW-Mil came down and missed the shot. Butler gets the board and the foul. 5 secs left.

[nuts4xu]

Purdue is for real! They have now won 10 in a row, and back to back wins against top 10 teams. Their lineup is mostly freshman and sophmores and they look like they have been playing together for years.

They are a very dangerous team right now.

[ATL Muskie]

And we have OT. Mil hits a huge 3. What a weird game.

[X-band '01]

Took about a minute to review UWM's last 3, but this one has been a good game so far.

Butler won't have Howard; he fouled out with about 5 minutes to go.

[PM Thor]

Butler is going to miss Howard, that is, if Wis Mil doesn't go crazy and all.

[PM Thor]

What was Wis-G doing there? 109 left, and no pressure bringing the ball up, with Butler having a 4 point lead. I cannot believe that, terrible, terrible coaching. Man up, force the issue.

Now Butler is up 6 with the ball and 38 sec to go. Game over.

[Cheesehead]

Butler is a strange team. They have decent wins: Va. Tech, Texas Tech, OSU, and Fla. St. but they also have had really close calls vs. average teams: Wright St., So. Illinois, Cleveland St., Valpo, and UWGB. UWM just took Butler to overtime before collapsing. I'm not convinced about Butler; they haven't really impressed me for beign the "#10" team in the country.

[joebba]

Butler is a strange team. They have decent wins: Va. Tech, Texas Tech, OSU, and Fla. St. but they also have had really close calls vs. average teams: Wright St., So. Illinois, Cleveland St., Valpo, and UWGB. UWM just took Butler to overtime before collapsing. I'm not convinced about Butler; they haven't really impressed me for beign the "#10" team in the country.

Some could say some of the same things about XU this season.

[Cheesehead]

Very true, but the A-10 is a better conference than the Horizion. I've seen several Butler games this year and they don't wow me at all.

[X-band '01]

Drake is no longer unbeaten in the Valley, but they've got a great BracketBusters matchup coming up with Butler later this month. It'll be interesting to see who wins that one.

[Pajama Joe]

I was actually at that Butler game. They played bad. It might have been a one game thing, but they were not a top 10 team that night. uwm really didn't play all that well. They couldn't finish anything.

[The Artist]

I blame the UWM loss on a lack of season-long enthusiasm from their students.