INDIANAPOLIS –Butler accelerated the timetable of Selection Sunday by three weeks. The Bulldogs have 10 Big East wins, and you may place them in the bracket – in indelible ink.
Yes, the No. 25 Bulldogs could achieve that before the genuine Selection Sunday. Yet consider that a year ago at this time, they were 7-8 in Big East basketball and on the bubble, not in the NCAA tournament bracket.
Nate Fowler scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half, and the Bulldogs shot 57 percent in beating DePaul 82-66 Sunday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.