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 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Joel Cornette was a busy man the last time Butler reached the NCAA's regional semifinals. Maybe too busy. After leading the Bulldogs past Mississippi State and Louisville in the 2003 tournament, the senior spent the following week doing interviews and helping the school sell its allotment of tickets for the next game in Albany, N.Y. Butler doesn't intend to get sidetracked by all that this week.
"When we got back on campus, the students wanted to celebrate, and there was the media circus and you're trying to catch up with your school work," said Cornette, now the Bulldogs' coordinator of basketball operations. "You have ticket requests and everything. What we learned was that you've got to find a way to strike the right balance with all of that."
The lessons from four years ago still linger with coach Todd Lickliter.
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