INDIANAPOLIS - To answer the question from the previous post: No, absolutely not, Cleveland State had not withstood Butler's opening salvo. Out of the media time-out, Pete Campbell and Drew Streicher each hit three-pointers to push Butler's lead to 20-6. This crowd at Hinkle is really into the game, and so is one loud and obnoxious Cleveland State fan who happens to be sitting right behind me.

On each Butler free-throw, he is yelling some unintelligible word that sounds like "Jacket!" Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't it benefitting his Vikings so far. In fact, the only free throw Butler has missed came when Mr. Fan was apparently distracted by his wife. She, by the way, must be dying of embarrassment. Or maybe she's just happy to have him out of the house.