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INDIANAPOLIS –No one wants to be the lite version. According to the dictionary, that means “comparatively less extreme, profound, advanced.”
Was it insulting for Fox Sports broadcaster Tim Brando to refer to Butler as “Villanova Lite?”
Not necessarily.
No team in the Big East, maybe none in college basketball, could stand up to what Villanova has done over four years. The Wildcats’ senior class is 123-15 (.891), featuring four straight regular-season conference titles and the 2016 NCAA championship.
One of those 15 losses was administered by Butler, 66-58, on Jan.