By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Butler Bulldogs are putting together one of the most impressive resumes in the country, and perhaps it’s time we stopped acting surprised. What’s scary about Saturday night’s victory over Gonzaga is that it had all the marks of a program’s maturation. Butler came into the season expecting to challenge […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Without Rotnei Clarke, Butler will play shorthanded at guard when it visits La Salle Wednesday night. The Explorers have plenty of them, and how the two teams match up their personnel is perhaps a pivotal issue in their first-ever battle at Tom Gola Arena. La Salle (12-5, 2-2 Atlantic 10) […]
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IndySportsLegends.com asked fans to share their thoughts on the thrilling victory on a day Butler hosted ESPN’s “College GameDay” for the first time. Below is a sampling of responses we received. “We have had season tickets for 11 years, and all my family has graduated from Butler. Needless to say, we have seen the Bulldogs when […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Butler coach Brad Stevens ruled Rotnei Clarke out for Wednesday’s game at La Salle, but wouldn’t put a timetable on his recovery beyond that. Clarke, the team’s leading scorer, sat out a victory over Richmond as well as Saturday’s upset of No. 8 Gonzaga after spraining his neck Jan. 12 […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Roosevelt Jones never had that one extraordinary moment. Until he slipped on a Butler uniform. Until Saturday night, in the first-ever matchup of top-15 teams at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, on an occasion in which the basketball-crazed campus hosted ESPN’s College GameDay. Add yet another memory to Butler’s thrilling […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A week in, here’s where we stand: four unbeatens, seven winning records and four winless teams. Conference play in the Atlantic 10 has already produced one ultra-entertaining classic (VCU-St. Joe’s), a photo finish (Xavier-St. Bonaventure) and a brilliant individual line (Chaz Williams’ 22 points, nine assists, five rebounds and four […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Am I in the minority for being stunned that Notre Dame had a press conference to explain the Manti Te’o soap opera? Why would a major university hold such an event to discuss its star football player’s now non-existent girlfriend? This is beyond bizarre and Notre Dame’s handling of […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Butler lacked the brilliant outside shooting of Rotnei Clarke. So coach Brad Stevens turned to the next best thing. His thirteenth-ranked Bulldogs pounded smaller Richmond into submission inside in a dominant 62-47 victory Wednesday night. Butler held the Spiders to a season-low point total and seized its […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Two first-half airballs – including one on a wide-open 3 – had the fans on Mike Bruesewitz’s case for the remainder of the evening. Wisconsin’s long-haired power forward heard vociferous jeers each time he touched it or – even better – dared to venture near Indiana’s student section during a stoppage. […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Although team officials said late Monday that Rotnei Clarke is making progress in his recovery from a neck injury sustained during a nasty fall against Dayton, the Butler point guard will not play in Wednesday’s game against Richmond or Saturday’s showdown with No. 8 Gonzaga. Clarke is not even cleared […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Butler coach Brad Stevens refused Monday to rule out the possibility of Rotnei Clarke playing in Wednesday’s game against Richmond. Stevens reiterated that Clarke must be fully cleared by doctors to absorb contact before Butler will allow its top scorer to return to action. Clarke missed the second half of […]
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