Butler hasn't been the little school that can for a long time. The team that was the NCAA national runner-up two years running is taking its David vs. Goliath act a step up in class, leaving the Horizon League and joining the Atlantic 10 in all sports except football beginning with the 2013-14 season. Butler president James Danko made the announcement in a news conference on Wednesday. Butler thrilled college basketball fans as the small Indiana school that pulled off upset after upset in both the 2010 and 2011 NCAA tournaments. The Bulldogs lost to Duke in the 2010 national title game when Gordon Hayward's half-court heave bounced off the rim in Indianapolis. The cold-shooting Bulldogs then lost to Connecticut in the 2011 championship game. The Atlantic 10 has had 41 at-large NCAA selections the past 20 years, and has had at least three NCAA tournament teams each of the past five years. Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...gs-leaving-horizon-league-atlantic-10-2013-14
