VIDEO: Butler's indescribable buzzer-beater to defeat Gonzaga
Words are futile, but that is now the best game I think we've seen all season -- and that's saying something. I've not yet processed what just happened at Hinkle Fieldhouse, but this must be one of the five greatest games/endings in the history this ethereal arena.
Roosevelt Jones!
And let's relive how that all went down on Twitter, the chamber of cacophony that can be so hilarious and enlightening in huge moments. Forgive my own insertions of tweets. I blacked out and don't even know what I typed. Some of these are real treasures. These are your trusted sports scribes, fans. And that's the beauty of it: the games can reduce us to boiling, babbling liquid in its most crazed moments.
Bad beat coming for Butler bettors
— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) January 20, 2013
Oh my.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) January 20, 2013
No way
— Dana O'Neil (@ESPNDanaOneil) January 20, 2013
WHAT WHAT WAHT WAHT
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 20, 2013
JONES STEAL AND BUEKT!!!!!!!! BUTLER WINS!!! INCREDIBLE!!!!
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) January 20, 2013
WHAT
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 20, 2013
HAWT
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 20, 2013
That was insane. That is rush the court worthy.
— Rush the Court (@rushthecourt) January 20, 2013
What just happened????????
— Myron Medcalf (@MedcalfByESPN) January 20, 2013
EVERY TIME WITH THESE GUYS
— Eamonn Brennan (@eamonnbrennan) January 20, 2013
Nonknnonobbo
— Brendan Prunty (@BrendanPrunty) January 20, 2013
Stockton with poor inbounds, Roosevelt Jones with steal and drive. Hits game-winner at buzzer for Butler. Game Of The Year. Period.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) January 20, 2013
Isaiah Thomas thought that was a bad inbounds
— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) January 20, 2013
Released it with 0.1 left. Unreal
— ryan fagan (@ryan_fagan) January 20, 2013
Perfect end to a great day of college basketball. Just unbelievable.
— Rush the Court (@rushthecourt) January 20, 2013
Sabatino Chen thinks the shot was off in time.
— Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) January 20, 2013
And THAT is what makes me love college basketball so much. Those moments of sheer unbelievability.
— Chris Dobbertean (@DobberSBN) January 20, 2013
No ... seriously. What just happened?
— Myron Medcalf (@MedcalfByESPN) January 20, 2013
That might have been the craziest last possession I've ever seen.
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) January 20, 2013
I think I saw @goodmancbs carrying Rotnei Clarke on his shoulders as everyone rushed the court.
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) January 20, 2013
That was amazing. What an intense final 8 minutes. Stevens' reaction was hilarious.
— John Templon (@nybuckets) January 20, 2013
The guy is built like a truck. Has a killer floater. Hit the winning shot. AND his name is Roosevelt Jones
— Sean Gregory (@seanmgregory) January 20, 2013
Butler fans storm the court.What a finish. twitter.com/jppalmCBS/stat…
— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) January 20, 2013
(Video via @cjzero)
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