BIG EAST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

March 10, 2021

Chuck Harris

Butler Bulldogs

Madison Square Garden

Postgame Media Conference

Butler - 70, Xavier - 69 (OT)

Q. What was the locker room like after?

CHUCK HARRIS: Locker room was full of excitement. Obviously a comeback win like that against your rival team is special. So we definitely cherished it in the locker room for a few seconds, yeah.

Q. What was the mood when you guys were down so much in the first half and then you chipped away a lot but still it was like 10 points to go with about 10 minutes? Looked like Xavier still had command. I guess what was the vibe like on the sideline? Because you still had a long way to go even after chipping the lead down.

CHUCK HARRIS: We knew we were playing a pretty rough first half. None of our shots were falling. And really everything was falling for them. But we knew we was always in the game. I think going into halftime we was only down 14. We just kept preaching one stop at a time, one possession at a time until we got back into it.

Q. So my question for you is I know that you guys don't like to do a lot of scoreboard watching or looking into the bracket and everything. But given that you beat Xavier and how bracketologists are looking at them now, do you think you might get a little bit of satisfaction taking your rival out of NCAA Tournament contention?

CHUCK HARRIS: I wouldn't say so, no; we're focused on ourselves. We're focused on Butler, not Xavier.