Butler (25-9) is the Horizon League champion and of course made a stunning run to the national championship game last year. The Bulldogs might be a team of destiny this year as they won their first two games in the final second, both by Matt Howard. In the opener against Old Dominion, Howard tip in at the buzzer was the winner in a 60-58 victory. And then in the Round of 32 in one of the strangest endings to a game in tourney history, Howard was fouled rebounding a Pittsburgh free throw with under a second left. He made his first free throw at the other end for a 71-70 victory that knocked out the only top seed thus far. Dating to last year’s Final Four, Butler is the second team in tourney history to play four consecutive games decided by one or two points. The lone loss in that span came when Gordon Hayward's half-court shot bounced off the rim in last year's title game against Duke.

Wisconsin (25-8), an at-large team from the Big Ten, wasn’t expected to get this far after looking terrible in the Big Ten Tournament. The Badgers opened the Big Dance with a fairly routine 72-58 win over Belmont and then beat Kansas State 70-65 in the Round of 32. UW won that latter game despite star point guard Jordan Taylor shooting just 2-for-16 and getting dominated by KSU’s Jacob Pullen. Taylor now faces another top guard in Shelvin Mack, who had 30 against Pittsburgh. And UW’s other star, Jon Leuer, should be matched up against Howard. The Badgers excel at two things: limiting turnovers and free throws. They are on pace to set an NCAA record with 7.56 turnovers per game is also the best free throw shooting team in the country at 82.3 percent.

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