The Butler Bulldogs shot a combined 34-122 (27%) from the field in the past two National Championship games. If the Bulldogs happen to make it back to the title game in 2013, it's safe to say that they wouldn't be able to shoot that poorly if they tried.
Why?
Because they will have the services of Rotnei Clarke, one of the deadliest assassins in the college hoops game.
Clarke spent the past three seasons as the starting shooting guard at Arkansas,but decided to transfer after the school fired coach John Pelphrey in March and hired former Missouri coach Mike Anderson.
Initially, Clarke was not granted a release of his scholarship by the new head coach, but after a week of posturing, he was allowed to chose a new program.
Clarke was thought to be headed to Oklahoma, the state in which he set the all-time scoring record in while in high school. But with a NCAA investigation looming over the school, Clarke decided the better fit was with a program not typically known for high-octane scoring.
Clarke led the Razorbacks in scoring with 15.2-ppg and made a team-high 43.8 percent of his 3-pointers this past season. He has a career-high of 51-points, which he scored on 13-17 shooting from beyond the arc against Alcorn State in 2009. Clarke is known as being somewhat of a high-volume shooter, which is likely to give Brad Stevens a migraine or two.
But shooting 17% from the field in the National Championship game is likely to give a head coach a migraine too.
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