Jan. 19, 2013

David Woods of the Indy Star, wrote the following story on College GameDay, live on the campus of Butler University, including the half-court shot made by Butler junior, Kevin Schwartz in his first attempt. (Cover photo Rob Goebel/The Star)

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GAMEDAY PHOTO GALLERY (Courtesy Rob Goebel/The Star)

BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTO GALLERY (Butler Sports)

INDIANPOLIS, Ind.- ESPN’s “College GameDay” adheres to a script. But not even a screenwriter would have dared to include a Butler Bulldog making a climactic halfcourt shot.

More than 3,000 fans, about half of them students, turned out Saturday morning at Hinkle Fieldhouse to provide a spirited backdrop for the basketball show. On a day when ESPN reprised themes from the movie “Hoosiers,” the show featured a Hollywood ending.

Kevin Schwartz, 21, a Butler junior from Oak Park, Ill., won a chance to shoot from halfcourt and earn $18,000. He had 18 seconds, but didn’t need that long.

He made it on the first try.

Where was he against Duke?

ESPN reported he broke an 0-of-32 streak by students on “GameDay.” Schwartz, wearing a red No. 1 jersey from State Farm, was the first in four years to make it and the first in the nine-year history of the show to do so on his first attempt.

“I’ve always wanted to take a shot like that,” Schwartz said. “When you see the Butler highlights, the first thing you see is Gordon from halfcourt.”

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