It was a national championship that could be best summed up as your choice of powerhouse versus underdog, tradition versus upstart, major versus mid-major, or evil versus good.  Unfortunately, life isn’t like the movies, and in this case, evil actually did triumph over good.  Coach Mike Krzyzewski‘s Duke Blue Devils needed a couple of last-second escapes to do it, but they managed to top the plucky upstart coach Brad Stevens and the Butler Bulldogs 61-59 in last night’s NCAA Tournament finals.  That gives Coach K his first national title since 2001 and fourth overall.

In case you can’t tell, I loathe Duke.  I could not be less of a Duke fan.  To me, they’re pretty much the worst program ever, run by the most overrated coach and featuring the most overrated, privileged players you could imagine.  I could not have been rooting harder for Butler to win.  Still, despite the ending, that was a really good national title game and an almost-fitting end to March Madness.

Here’s hoping next year Butler brings home a victory for underdogs everywhere.  I hate you so much, Duke University basketball program.  Seriously.

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Tags: March Madness, NCAA championship, NCAA Tournament 2010, Duke Blue Devils, Butler Bulldogs, Duke tops Butler to win the national championship, college basketball, Mike Krzyzewski, Brad Stevens

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