Pat Forde had your obligatory Hickory Huskers / Butler Bulldogs comparison column last week, but with the Bulldogs now playing on the First Monday Night in April, expect this diehard Hoosiers (and Hoosiers) fan to keep the allusions coming fast and furious.
For anyone who's seen arguably the best sports movie of all time, the coincidences are, of course, eerie. The championship game in the movie was played at Butler's real-life legendary Hinkle Fieldhouse, Jimmy Chitwood's character was based on a real-life Butler legend, and now in their own hometown of Indianapolis, the anonymous mid-major has a chance to, in the timeless words of Merle Webb, "win this one for all the small schools that never had a chance to get here."
Don't get caught watching the paint dry, boys.
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