I was not planning on doing a game recap for this game, but I caught the last 10 minutes of regulation and the overtime period on Fox Sports 1, so I will discuss my impressions of the portion of the game I saw.
1. There is no one to trust at the free throw line. I thought I trusted Kellen Dunham (I tweeted that during the end of the second half), but he missed the front end of a one-and-one. Marshall, Woods, and Aldridge also missed many free throws down the stretch. This was the main reason Butler blew their 14 point second half lead.
2. Elijah Brown is ready for the big stage. With a lovely double-clutch jumper in the paint along with a couple of high pressure free throws, he is inching closer to the starting lineup and could potentially take Erik Fromm's spot if Butler decides to go small.
3. Khyle Marshall knows his strengths and weaknesses. A number of times he was forced to dribble right and then spun back to the left with an impressive array of floaters, jump hooks, and finger rolls. He was absolutely the MVP of this game and it is nice to see him stepping up as a senior and filling the scoring void of Clarke/Smith/Jones.
4. The rotation is essentially 9. Rene Castro plays spare minutes as the 3rd string point guard and Nolan Berry may see a minute or two here or there, but it looks as though Morgan, Chrabascz, Brown, and Aldridge are the only bench players who will see major minutes.
*Anyone familiar with US History will appreciate ESPN's clever title in their game recap: http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400504469
*Butler next plays at Ball State on Saturday, and I may or may not be able to watch and put a game recap. But their will definitely be another article on Wednesday, November 27. So stay tuned Bulldog fans! Its an exciting time of year with the Old Spice Classic coming up.
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