By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Bulldogs face a big game Friday. Saint Louis beat them pretty easily in January, making them look bad in a way that few teams can. Now Butler gets a second chance. The truth is the Bulldogs don’t match up well with the Billikens. They don’t have as much team […]
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From news releases: Two members of the top-ranked Indiana University men’s basketball team and one from Butler are among 15 who were named to the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Men’s Basketball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Sophomore Cody Zeller (Washington, Indiana) was named first team Academic […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – You can stop pressing the panic button and surfing for tickets to those nutty First Four games in Dayton. Apparently there will be no late-season swoon. The natural order returned on Tuesday as fifteenth-ranked Butler said enough already and soundly beat Duquesne 68-49 to quell recent offensive struggles […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Butler Bulldogs picked up an easy 68-49 win over the Duquesne Dukes on Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Playing with a healthy lineup and no in-game nicks, the Bulldogs had no problem beating up on the last-place Dukes. Rotnei […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent What do you get when you combine a rare five-game league winning streak for VCU with the shaky stretch that is Butler’s first extended lull of the season? A new No. 1 in IndySportsLegends.com’s weekly Atlantic 10 power rankings. The Rams have edged past the Bulldogs with the cresting momentum […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Butler Bulldogs escaped with a 68-63 win over the Fordham Rams on Saturday afternoon at Rose Hill Gym. WHY IT HAPPENED: Roosevelt Jones exploded in the second half, finishing with 13 points, eight rebounds and three assists as Butler avoided its first […]
By COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondent Signs are pointing to Butler center Andrew Smith playing against Fordham on Saturday after he sat out Wednesday’s game against Charlotte with an abdominal injury. Part of that may have to do with the Bulldogs’ poor performance this past week without him. He also has improved much faster than coaches initially expected, definitely […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — My colleague, Chris Goff, has gotten some grief in Missouri, Virginia and a few other places for keeping Butler at the top of his weekly power rankings. Now, finally, there might be a change after Charlotte’s 71-67 win over the Bulldogs last night. Chris, in my opinion, had the right team […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Trying to make sense out of the Atlantic 10 isn’t easy. Almost 42 percent of the games this season have been decided by six points or fewer. Projections by leading bracketologists have Butler, VCU, Saint Louis, La Salle and Temple in the NCAA tournament, but there is no guarantee any […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Butler center Andrew Smith will miss Wednesday night’s game against Charlotte, coach Brad Stevens announced Monday. Smith suffered an abdominal injury during Saturday afternoon’s 59-56 victory over George Washington. Stevens said there was no damage to Smith’s ribs. With the ball loose at one point, Smith attempted to pursue it […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Butler Bulldogs survived in a 59-56 victory over the George Washington Colonials on Saturday afternoon at the Charles E. Smith Center. WHY IT HAPPENED: No. 14 Butler withstood an offensive drought of epic proportions down the stretch, scoring just four points in […]
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