Holy Hoosiers! What Happened?

The early favorite for college basketball’s game of the year was quite the thriller between the #1 ranked Indiana Hoosiers and the unranked Butler Bulldogs.  Indiana was paced by Victor Oladipo and Cody Zellar, each with 18 points.  Rotnei Clarke (yes,the former Razorback) led the Bulldogs with 19 points, going 5-11 from beyond the arc. 
The Hoosiers and Bulldogs went back and forth for most of the first half, until Indiana was able to go up 7, and eventually take a 4 point margin into halftime.  Coming out of the half, Indiana stayed in front of the Bulldogs, eventually stretching their lead to 7 with 8:42 remaining.  From there, the fighting Brad Stevens’ came roaring back.  Over the next 4 minutes, the Bulldogs put together a 16-2 run, taking a seven point lead of their own, with only 2:32 left in the game. 
Indiana refused to back down as the mounted a charge to crawl back into the game and protect their #1 ranking.  Freshman guard Yogi Ferrell scored 5 points in the final minute, including a game tying three, to send the game into overtime.
In overtime, it looked as though Indiana would be too much as they took a four point lead.  Once again, the Bulldogs dug deep, sparked by a deep three by their sharpshooter, Rotnei Clarke.  After a turnover, Chase Stigall followed suit and buried a three to put the Bulldogs up two.  Indiana answered with their player of the year candidate, Cody Zellar, who hit a lay up to tie the game.
With 19 seconds left, Brad Stevens called a time out and showed why he is one of the bright young minds in college basketball.  Stevens drew up a play for an unlikely hero, walk-on Alex Barlow.  Barlow was able to take advantage of his matchup against Jordan Hulls and worked his way into the lane, where he hit the game winning floater with 2.3 seconds on the clock.  Indiana’s Jordan Hulls put up one last half court heave that sailed wide left as the buzzer sounded.

Final Score (OT): Butler 88 – Indiana 86