Could the NCAA Champs be Hoosiers?

Got to be careful calling them 'Hoosiers', since Indiana University currently claims that moniker.

But if you like the real-life story of the Butler Bulldogs, which seems so congruent with the best sports movie ever made, not to mention the real-life story of Bobby Plump and Milan High School, you have to love watching this play out.

Here are the Bulldogs playing in Indy just a few miles from campus in front of a world-wide audience against the big, bad Duke Blue Devils. Duke's bigger, they're more talented, and they boast one of the best basketball coaches in the history of the game.

So once again, just like they did in every round of the tournament, nearly all the sports broadcasters and writers are giving little Butler zero chance of knocking off the Dukies for the national title.

If they're so smart, the Bulldogs wouldn't have made it past game 1. They said Butler couldn't beat Syracuse, but they did. Butler couldn't beat Kansas State, but they did. Butler was going to fall victim to the experience of Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans, but they didn't.

I don't know what will happen tonight, but it will be a lot of fun watching to find out.

This true drama will always be better than anything else they can put on TV. That includes the NBA, not to mention '24'.

A Butler victory would be the greatest sports story since the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team.