Chris Bergin/For Indianapolis Star
Classic game.
Classic venue.
Instant-classic finish.
In Maui, it was Rotnei Clarke hitting the prayer to beat Marquette.
At Banker’s Life Fieldhouse, it was Alex Barlow, the walk-on, hitting the shot to upend then-No. 1 Indiana.
Saturday night at Hinkle, in a game that will be replayed hundreds, if not thousands of times in the mind’s eye of Butler fans, Roosevelt Jones stole an inbounds pass and hit a floater with time expiring to knock off No. 8 Gonzaga 64-63.
Incredible.
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