After Thursday's first round of 16 matches, Butler's chance for a revenge win over last year's champions, Duke, went by the way side. But I doubt they will mind too much as it was Butler who sailed on through, after another tenacious defensive display overcame 4th seeded Wisconsin. Led by Matt Howard's 20 points and 12 rebounds, Butler withstood Wisconsin's late surge to win 61-54. They now move on to meet second seed Florida, who had a hard fought overtime victory over BYU, for a spot in the Final Four.
They won't be seeing Duke there - the number one seeds lost their chance to repeat after being comfortably defeated by Arizona, 93-77. After Derrick Williams had kept Arizona in the match in the first half with 25 points (he finished with 32), his teammates stood up in the second half as they overcame a 6 point halftime deficit with a storming 55-33 second half. Arizona go on to meet Connecticut, 74-67 victors over San Diego State.
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