http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/BUDAWGSBLAWG/home Recent BUDAWGSBLAWG Posts en-us I'm a family man. With Thanksgiving creeping closer and closer and the Butler Bulldogs down by 15 points at halftime to the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs, I was ready to skip my new duties as an independent blogger and start mentally preparing and fasting for tomorrow. But Brad Stevens and Co. had a different outcome in mind. Butler gave up 50 points in the first half to head into the Hinkle locker rooms down 50-35. It was essentially the worst half of Butler basketball in a year. Gardner-Webb shot upwards of 70% from the field in the first half, including an absurd eight of 10 from 3-point range. That's when Butler basketball reared it's beautiful head. The Dawgs came out after halftime and gave up two points in the first eight minutes. Going on a 16-0 run to cut the lead to 52-51 on a 3-point play by Andrew Smith. At that point, it was Butler's game to lose. 100% of the momentum was in Butler's favor and the upperclass leadership of the team guided this team to the 68-66 victor Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:54:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/just_what_the_doctor_ordered/8296354 http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/just_what_the_doctor_ordered/8296354 Just What the Doctor Ordered http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/just_what_the_doctor_ordered/8296354 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Butler Bulldogs needed this one. A good old-fashioned Dawg fight. A hard fought, defensive battle. A win to push the overall record back to .500 at 2-2. At the risk of sounding redundant and saying the same things I've already said...(see what I did there? Yogi Berra anyone?)..I'll just jot a few notes down from the Bulldogs win over Savannah State on Monday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. -Butler needed a big bounce-back win after the Louisville loss and going into halftime down 20-17 to Savannah State had this Bulldog fan and alum on edge. But the fact is that Brad Stevens is still in charge of this team, and he's still one of the best coaches in the country. -Savannah State scored 6 points on two 3-pointers in the first 14 minutes of the second half. If this Butler team can continue to play defense like that, ANYTHING, and I mean anything on offense will lead this team to another conference title. -Andrew Smith is the team's best 3-point threat after 4 games. That's scary. But what& Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:42:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/game_notes_butler_57_savannah_st_42/8250394 http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/game_notes_butler_57_savannah_st_42/8250394 Game Notes: Butler 57, Savannah St. 42 http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/game_notes_butler_57_savannah_st_42/8250394 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png I know EXACTLY how Butler University's head men's basketball coach Brad Stevens is feeling right now. Okay, not exactly, but I'm in the fieldhouse. The day started off well for me. Went to work, got a few things done and got ready to watch my Butler Bulldogs square off against #7 Louisville Cardinals at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Then came the figurative halftime of my day... Much like the Bulldogs, after the break my day never really was the same. I couldn't access ESPN3 to watch the game, I spilled my game-time beverage and had to resort to watching the game log roll by on my iPhone screen. This must be how the entire Butler crew is feeling after a disappointing 69-53 loss to the short-handed Cardinals in front of a 9,000-plus Hinkle crowd. Even Butler junior Chase Stigall tweeted this morning that the team was "super hyped" for this matchup. What happened? In my professional, game-log-browsing analysis. Halftime, that's what happened. The Dawgs were never able to really get into Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/when_everything_doesnt_go_according_to_plan/8203669 http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/when_everything_doesnt_go_according_to_plan/8203669 When Everything Doesn't Go According to Plan http://www.yardbarker.com/blog/budawgsblawg/article/when_everything_doesnt_go_according_to_plan/8203669 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png