What happened to Butler?

I don't know of any other mid-major team that, even after losing 54.3 percent of its minutes and 64.1 percent of its scoring in the offseason, could still be picked No. 1 in its conference preseason poll (in a fairly stacked conference) and No. 2 overall in the preseason College Insider Mid-Major Top 25. But Butler, despite losing its top two possessors from last season's second-straight run to the NCAA Tournament championship game, Matt Howard and Shelvin Mack, did exactly that. People believed in Brad Stevens no matter who he had on the floor. Now the Bulldogs are 4-6, unranked in the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 and reeling from their third straight loss -- to 109th ranked (by Pomeroy) Ball State. Reality has set in in Indianapolis: Even Brad Stevens has rebuilding years. With resume-breaking losses to Evansville, Ball State and Valparaiso already on the books and 10-1 Cleveland State's rise to the top of the Horizon League, it appears Butler mig...