INDIANAPOLIS — After Butler took down Michigan State in the Final Four Saturday evening, forward Gordon Hayward and guard Ronald Nored met with the media in the bowels of Lucas Oil Stadium. One reporter asked Nored about a quirky moment before the game, as the starting lineups were being introduced, when forward Matt Howard had run off the bench, saluted his teammates, and finally, patted the Butler mascot, a real-live dog named "Old Blue", on the head.
Nored responded to the question without a hint of sarcasm:
"That's what we do at every home game. When we run out, startinglineups, we touch 'Old Blue' on the head. Sometimes he barks, sometimes he bites. You have to play through it."
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