As you may also know, Butler was banned from bringing their bulldog mascot, Blue II, to Washington D.C. for their first two games of the NCAA tournament and to New Orleans for the Sweet 16. Now that Butler just knocked off Florida 74-71 in OT to clinch their second straight Final Four appearance, will Blue II be allowed to Houston for the final rounds of the tournament?
UPDATE 3/27/11: It's official: Blue II has sent out the word via his Twitter account that he will be in Houston for the Final Four this weekend.
“We granted an exception for the Final Four last year, and suspect we would do so again in a similar situation,” NCAA spokesman David Worlock said in an e-mail.This message was sent out before this year's tournament started, so Worlock probably wasn't expecting that this issue would come up again this year. It looks like the NCAA will need to have a meeting soon to discuss this. We'll be waiting for the official word, but I'll be willing to bet that Blue II will be there.
UPDATE 3/27/11: It's official: Blue II has sent out the word via his Twitter account that he will be in Houston for the Final Four this weekend.
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