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Butler coach Chris Holtmann acknowledged that Vanderbilts size and zone defense presented problems in the Bulldogs 76-66 win Thursday, and he expects the task to be more difficult against No. 8 Arizona on Friday.At least Holtmanns team, which is 5-0, does not have to concern itself with a zone defense utilized by Arizona coach Sean Miller.Being from the same family of coaches, as Holtmann calls his Midwestern roots and those of Miller, both teams figure to play man-to-man when they meet in the championship game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational on Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET.The Wildcats (5-0) also have size much like Vanderbilt presented with 7-foot-1 NBA prospect Luke Fornet and 6-10 center Djery Baptiste. The Wildcats start two 7-footers -- freshman forward Lauri Markkanen and center Dusan Ristic.Vanderbilts size bothered us a little bit, but you have to give our guys some credit for responding there down the stretch, said Holtmann, whose team rallied after Kornet made a 3-pointer to put the Commodores up by two with 9:04 left in the game.Butler freshman guard Kamar Baldwin made back-to-back layups before a dunk by junior forward Tyler Wideman capped a 17-3 run that put Butler up 70-58 with 1:33 remaining.Fornet and Baptiste struggled on the offensive end, making only 3 of 14 shots combined from the field. It was their defense in the post that affected Butlers shooting. The Bulldogs made 40.4 percent of their field-goal attempts.It is important going against a team like Arizona that we showed we can respond when we were not playing great and the other team was coming after us a little bit, Holtmann said. Arizona is clearly the most talented and gifted team we will have played. They play really hard, and theyre disciplined.Arizona sophomore guard Allonzo Trier did not make the trip because of an undisclosed eligibility issue that has kept him out of the first five games. The Wildcats held off a pesky Santa Clara team, winning 69-61, to set up the championship game with Butler. Markkanen led Arizona with 16 points and nine rebounds, while freshman guard Kobi Simmons added 14 points, making all three of his 3-point attempts.Miller and Holtmann share a past centering around Illinois coach John Groce. Miller is a good friend of Groce, and Holtmann served as an assistant under Groce at Ohio.I am very familiar with their program coming from Xavier, said Miller, who was the Musketeers head coach from 2004-05 to 2008-09. They are a Top 25-caliber team and NCAA Tournament team. We are potentially playing our best opponent (Friday). 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Adilson da Silva of Brazil hit the first shot that put golf back in the Olympics for the first time in more than a century. Inbee Park hit the final putt that capped off two weeks that could not have gone much better for a sport trying to make a good impression.Peter Dawson was on the first tee when it started and said he had a tear in his eye when it ended.It exceeded my very best expectations, Dawson, president of the International Golf Federation, said Sunday. We had two great competitions that were very exciting, medalists from six different countries. It was marvelous. The way people enjoyed themselves and clearly relished the Olympic experience is heartening.It was a very different week for golf.The sport left Rio in much better shape than when it arrived.The celebration of six medalists dwarfed the absentee list that included the top four men in the world. All but forgotten were the delays in getting Olympic Golf Course built because of various protests and lawsuits, which cost so much time that a test event at the Gil Hanse design could not be played until just five months before the Olympics.It was all a bit of trepidation going into the unknown, said Dawson, former chief executive of the R&A. We know how to put on golf events, despite the fact it was in foreign territory. I think to see how much the players enjoyed it exceeded our expectations. I know Im delighted I didnt miss the experience. Ill never forget it.At an Olympics with half-filled venues, mens golf was a sellout for the final round, when Justin Rose made birdie on the last hole to end a great duel with Henrik Stenson.Crowds were smaller for the women the following week, though it had a distinctive Olympic feel with fans spread out across the course, easy to spot by the color of the shirts for the country they watched.As for television, NBC Sports showed the final 90 minutes of the mens golf and it was the second-highest rated window of the year behind the Masters.Women never had that chance bbecause the starting times were moved up for the final round to avoid storms and finished early.dddddddddddd Even so, Golf Channel said womens golf recorded new benchmarks every day. The third round brought the highest numbers for any third round in womens golf during daytime hours since 2011.Not having ever experienced golf in the Olympics, it was difficult to put expectations to it, IGF Vice President Ty Votaw said. But coming through these two weeks, I would say 41 countries participating, six countries earning medals and a country like Russia owning the Olympic scoring record ... our goal of trying to have as many countries participate and be competitive so that the sport could be brought to new fans who might be interested in taking up the game was validated.The scoring record belongs to Maria Verchenova, whose participation was confirmed only the day before the opening ceremony because of Russias doping scandal. She made a hole-in-one on her way to a 62.Its going to push the Russian golf forward and hopefully as much as it can, Verchenova said. Maybe the kids see me on TV, and maybe they say, `Oh, I want to play golf, as well. Hopefully do the best.The next step for golf is staying in the games, and executives left Rio feeling bullish about the International Olympic Committee review next year of all events. Golf already was assured of being in the Tokyo Games in 2020.Rose said if he could make a case for golf staying beyond Tokyo he would say, Were you in Rio?Its more complicated than that, though it will be hard to find flaws. The idea was to put its best foot forward, and golf didnt trip.Were more confident, but not complacent, Dawson said. Weve had some strong words of congratulations from many IOC members. The golf events did particularly well in TV ratings. There are a lot of sports pitching their events. But I think golf made a lot of friends. ' ' '