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Butler coach Brad Stevens answers questions about his team in Indianapolis, Monday, March 21, 2011. Butler is scheduled to play Wisconsin on Thursday in the NCAA college basketball tournament Southeast regional in New Orleans. Michael Conroy, Associated Press
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Butler head coach Brad Stevens reacts in the closing seconds of the Southeast Regional third-round NCAA tournament college basketball game against Pittsburgh, Saturday, March 19, 2011, at the Verizon Center in Washington. Butler defeated Pittsburgh 71-70. Nick Wass, Associated Press
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Butler guard head coach Brad Stevens walks off the court before the start of practice in Indianapolis, Monday, March 21, 2011. The NCAA men's college basketball team will play Wisconsin in the Southeast Regional in New Orleans. Michael Conroy, Associated Press
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Butler coach Brad Stevens talks to reporters at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Sunday, March 20, 2011, in Indianapolis, the day after Butler defeated Pittsburgh in the third round of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament. The Indianapolis Star, Rob Goebel, Associated Press
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Butler coach Brad Stevens smiles as he answers questions in Indianapolis, Monday, March 21, 2011, about his team, under the banners for last year's team that lost to Duke in the national title game. Butler plays Wisconsin on Thursday in the Southeast regi Michael Conroy, Associated Press
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Butler head coach Brad Stevens reacts to a call during the first half of the Southeast Regional third-round NCAA tournament college basketball game against Pittsburgh, Saturday, March 19, 2011, at the Verizon Center in Washington. Nick Wass, Associated Press

By Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Butler coach Brad Stevens has done more in four seasons as a head coach than most guys do in their whole career.

He has been to a national championship game, won four straight regular-season league titles and two conference tourneys. He's beaten Bob Knight and lost twice to Mike Krzyzewski, the only two men in Division I to win 900 games, and he's got the Bulldogs on another deep run in the NCAA tournament.

To most people outside the brick walls of Hinkle Fieldhouse, the 34-year-old Stevens is one of college basketball's rising stars.

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At Butler, he's just another guy trying to add to the school's growing legacy as an NCAA tournament giant-killer.

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