INDIANAPOLIS -- Butler coach Chris Holtmann had the perfect plan to take down No. 1 Villanova on Wednesday night.
Play ugly, which worked beautifully.
Kethan Savage scored five of his 13 points during a decisive late run that helped the 18th-ranked Bulldogs end the nation's longest winning streak at 20 games -- and perhaps the Wildcats' five-week run atop the polls -- with a 66-58 victory that sent students streaming onto the court.
"We felt if we could make it ugly on the defensive end, we'd give ourselves a chance," Holtmann said. "We did.