Sixteen Deep: Mountaineers reach the peak

Da'Sean Butler came through in the clutch again as West Virginia knocked off Georgetown for the Big East tournament title.

Butler has always been a pretty underrated player and has consistently hit game winners since first becoming a Mountaineer. Basically, if the game's on the line, I don't know who you'd rather have with the ball in their hands. John Wall? Scottie Reynolds? Cliff Tucker, maybe?

But seriously, Butler is a great player whose main flaw is inconsistency. They're definitely peaking at the right time now.

Georgetown made a great run and was definitely did not lose this game, WVU just won it. Chris Wright had another excellent game statistically but West Virginia did a great job limiting Greg Monroe - probably the best center in the country - who ended the game with only 11 points and 6 rebounds on only 7 shots. Wright did only shoot 6-18, although the Hoyas shot a better percentage from the field for the game.

Not the prettiest game in the world but a typical hard-nosed Big East contest. This is probably the best way the game could have ended for the two teams. The better team won by the slimmest of margins and the game was close the entire way. The game lived up to what little hype surrounded it. I, along with most people, thought this tournament would be a lot more epic with so many top-1o teams in the running, but it ended up being somewhat of a disappointment. West Virginia came out to be the big victor but a lot of other Big East teams took hits which kind of leveled the playing field. And the bubble teams didn't fare that well either.

Overall, Butler's last-second heroics saved the tournament from being one that merely made the best teams look worse and the middle teams look better.

But I think this bodes well for the Big East's chances in March Madness.