The 10 best Cinderella stories from March Madness

In all the magic of the NCAA Tournament, let’s consider the glorious tall-bodied tales that have challenged the imagination which later became animated and then … well, they don’t resemble the titles or stories of fairy tales at all. However, we …

Butler (2010)

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The fifth-seeded Bulldogs, led by the scrappy Gordon Hayward, became just the second mid-major team to reach the Final Four. And then they damn near won it. After knocking off Syracuse, Kansas State and Michigan State, they faced Duke in the title game. They lost, but only because Hayward’s desperation shot at the buzzer missed by that much.

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