INDIANAPOLIS — Butler basketball coach Thad Matta knows when one of the team's best all-around players embraces the dirty work and plays unselfishly, there's a trickle-down effect that permeates through the entire lineup.

Butler left the Greenbrier Tip-Off with a championship after wins over South Carolina and Virginia . Forward Michael Ajayi's play earned him National Player of the Week honors. Finley Bizjack earned a mention on the All-Big East honor roll but, if you ask Matta, the MVP of Butler's time in West Virginia was redshirt sophomore Jamie Kaiser Jr.

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