MILWAUKEE -- It might be exaggeration to refer to a Butler Nation. By national standards, the private university has a relatively small fan base and number of active alumni (46,000).
It would not be exaggeration to assert Butler basketball has a large extended family. After the Bulldogs reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament Saturday night, the tweets came pouring in from former coaches and players.
From Boston and New York and Mobile. From Izmir, Turkey, and Strasbourg, France, and Barreiro, Portugal.
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Following Butler’s 74-65 victory over Middle Tennessee State in the South Regional, former sharpshooter Kellen Dunham joined the locker room celebration.