Da’Sean Butler has torn ACL

West Virginia senior Da’Sean Butler was diagnosed Sunday with a torn ACL and a sprained MCL in his left knee after colliding into Duke stiff Brian Zoubek in a loss to Duke in the national semifinals Friday night.

The third-leading scorer in WVU history with 2,095 points was consoled by head coach Bob Huggins.  Huggins leaned down to put his face nose-to-nose with Butler, cradling his head and stroking his face, trying to get the senior to calm down as Butler pounded his fist on the court.

He was lifted onto a nearby golf cart and rode to locker room facing backward, stone-faced toward the scoreboard as West Virginia’s fans chanted “Da’Sean! Da’Sean!”