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Brad Stevens, players, reflect on 2011 National Championship run

Butler celebrates after defeating Florida, 74-71 in overtime. The Bulldogs would defeat VCU before falling to UConn in the championship game. Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty.

HENRY BREDEMEIER | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR | hbredeme@butler.edu

ERIC YOUNG | MULTIMEDIA REPORTER | emyoung2@butler.edu

In a Zoom interview with The Butler Collegian, sitting in an office in the Boston Celtics facility, Brad Stevens reminisces on his days at Butler fondly. Even after going to the Eastern Conference Finals with the Celtics three out of four years, he called the back-to-back NCAA Tournament runs in 2010 and 2011 “the most rewarding thing I’ve been a part of.