BUTLER RUMORS & GOSSIP
How will Butler fare this season in the A-10?
Like VCU it has been announced that Butler will be joining the A-10 immediately. Unlike VCU, Butler shouldn't be considered one of the favorites to win the conference. Not unless everything goes perfect.
Butler, by making two straight Final Fours created unrealistic expectations about the team and Brad Stevens. And then last season they struggled a bit and failed to make the...
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Butler to the Atlantic 10: Effective this year
If you are a fan of the Butler Bulldogs, you are going to have to learn your new conference a little faster than you thought.
Butler announced this afternoon (Tuesday) they've reached an agreement with their now former conference...the Horizon...to speed up the move to the Atlantic 10 by a year.
In other words, they start A-10 play...this season (2012).
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Will the Butler Bulldogs rebound and reach the NCAAs next year?
This year, as two of the best programs and college basketball history made their way to the final game to compete for a national title, it was almost a change of pace from the last couple of years. With Butler’s two Final Four runs in 2010 and 2011, it was different to see a Final Four stacked with powerhouses in 2012 while Butler failed to even reach the tournament.
After...
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April 12, 2012
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April 12, 2012
Butler runs out of magic in 68-62 loss to Pitt
Poor free throw shooting ended Butler's magical March touch.
The team that captivated America each of the last two seasons, made only 5 of 12 free throws over the final eight minutes Wednesday night, missing two with 4.2 seconds left in regulation to help Pittsburgh rally for a 68-62 overtime victory in the College Basketball Invitational tournament.
It's the third consecutive...
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March 22, 2012
Butler, Pittsburgh prepare for rematch in CBI
Butler's Andrew Smith and Ronald Nored spent part of Tuesday viewing footage from last year's NCAA tournament game against Pittsburgh.
They still can't believe what they saw. The foul at midcourt, the missed free throw, the inexplicable foul on Matt Howard and finally Howard's free throw to win it.
The final 1.4 seconds of that game will go down as one of the craziest...
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March 21, 2012
Who Is the Butler of the 2012 NCAA Tournament?
Get Your Tournament Tickets Here! Follow me on Twitter For the last two years, the NCAA tournament has featured a Mid-Major in the National Championship. It just so happens that that Mid-Major team has been the Butler Bulldogs. The 2010 NCAA Tournament had all the March Madness that a college basketball fan could ask for. [...]
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March 12, 2012
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March 12, 2012
Butler, back to back National runners-up, not headed to NCAA Tournament
As hot a coaching commodity as Brad Stevens is, his stock will decrease just a tiny bit in value this year.
It’s official now, the Butler Bulldogs, who made it all the way to the national title game both last year, and in 2010, will not be in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The Valparaiso Crusaders (20-11) eliminated Butler (20-14) tonight in the Horizon League tournament, the Bulldogs...
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March 04, 2012
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March 04, 2012
Butler 70, Wright St. 52
Andrew Smith had 25 points and seven rebounds and Roosevelt Jones added 11 points to lead Butler to a 70-52 victory against Wright State on Tuesday night in the opening round of the Horizon League tournament.
Chrishawn Hopkins scored 10 points for the fifth-seeded Bulldogs (19-13), who face No. 4 seed Milwaukee in the second round on Friday.
Cole Darling had 12 points for the eighth...
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February 28, 2012
Butler 63, Loyola of Chicago 57
Chrishawn Hopkins scored 13 points and Andrew Smith and Khyle Marshall 12 apiece to lead Butler to a 63-57 victory against Loyola Chicago on Tuesday night.
Erik Fromm had 10 points for the Bulldogs (16-12, 10-6 Horizon League), who in the second half held a steady two-possession lead that was protected at the free-throw line in the final two minutes.
Ben Averkamp scored 23 points...
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February 14, 2012
Butler 52, Cleveland St. 49
Chirshawn Hopkins broke a tie on a jumper with 1:39 left to lift Butler to a 52-49 win over conference-leading Cleveland State on Saturday.
Butler's Andrew Smith put them ahead by two points, 49-47, when he knocked down a jumper with 2:28 remaining in the game. The Vikings responded and evened the score on Luda Ndaye's layup with just over two minutes to play.
But Hopkins...
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February 11, 2012
Believe in Butler? Why not?
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The last six or so weeks of Butler's season can be summed up by one play in Thursday night's 68-59 win over Youngstown State.
The Bulldogs' Australian freshman point guard was, confidently and comfortably, dribbling seconds off the shot clock and protecting a lead when the nearest official whistled Jackson Aldridge for a five-second violation. A perplexed...
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February 09, 2012
Butler’s Ronald Nored Suffers Disgusting Cracked Tooth
The Butler Bulldogs are having a pretty average season. They’re 13-12 and 7-6 in the Horizon League after suffering a painful 65-61 loss to Detroit today. No one is likely in more pain than guard Ronald Nored, though.
That’s because Nored, who normally looks like the dude you see above, now looks like the dude you see below. That’s right. He cracked his front tooth...
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February 04, 2012
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February 04, 2012
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...
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December 15, 2011
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December 15, 2011
Horizon League Basketball Rolls Out New Smartphone App
The college basketball league that produced the last two national runner-up teams, the Butler Bulldogs, is making a statement showing they’re at the forefront of communications technology.
“Horizon League Network Live,” the conference’s newest mobile application, is now available in the iTunes App Store. As of now, the Horizon League is the only NCAA Division I conference...
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November 25, 2011
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November 25, 2011
Plenty Of Tickets Still Available For The Butler Game
For those who are interested in heading to Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon to watch the Cards take on the Butler Bulldogs, you’re in luck. As of earlier this afternoon there were still 1,500 $30 tickets available on TicketMaster.com.
I imagine some fans are in a little bit of a pickle. With the football game kicking off at noon and the basketball game tipping off at 2 p...
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November 16, 2011
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November 16, 2011
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