Lamar Butler
Lamar Butler
Lamar Edward Butler, Jr.is an American former basketball player. He was a starting guard for the Patriots of George Mason University during the Patriots' surprising run to the Final Four...
final mention talk whenever
Whenever we talk about the Final Four, you have to mention us making it to the Final Four. This is history.
amazing changed college face final four future mention talk
When they talk about the Final Four in the future, they'll have to mention us. We're a part of history. We changed the face of college basketball. It was an amazing run. Unfortunately, it had to come to an end.
ball energy everybody feed level raised sharks smell turned turning water
We're like sharks in the water when they smell blood. When they started turning the ball over, that's what we feed off of. When they turned it over, everybody raised their energy level up and started attacking.
everybody except surprised
We're not going just to go. We can win. We know we can win. Everybody is surprised by us except us.
defense force knew ourselves pride problems team
We pride ourselves on our defense; that comes first. We knew they were a young team and have had problems with turnovers. We wanted to force them into making some decisions.
coach imagined kept knew ncaa playing saying sweet team tournament
We knew we were playing a tournament team. Coach was saying, 'That's a Sweet 16 team you just beat.' He kept saying that. I never imagined we would see them in the NCAA tournament, and we would be in the same bracket.
adrenaline easy fed juices knew problems season turned
We knew they were a young team, and they've had problems all season with turnovers. We got some turnovers and turned them into easy baskets. That got our adrenaline and our juices going, and we just fed off it.
force freshmen juices knew problem season team
We knew they were a young team and all season they've had a problem with turnovers. We wanted to force those freshmen to make some decisions. That's what we did and that's what got our juices flowing.
match
We know we match up well with this team. It's going to be an interesting game.
changed college face final history mention talk whenever
Whenever you talk about the Final Four, you have to mention us. This is history. We changed the face of college basketball.
beat everybody faced ourselves saw trouble
We never saw ourselves as the underdog. That's the thing everybody got wrong; we saw everybody we beat as being in trouble once they faced us.
history nobody
We're making history right now. Nobody can take that away from us.