From Butler Athletics INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Butler scoring leader Rotnei Clarke, who suffered a neck injury in Butler’s 79-73 victory at Dayton on Jan. 12, has been cleared to resume game action. He will be available for Butler’s home contest against Temple on Saturday. “Rotnei has remained symptom free, and he’s gone through full-contact […]
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LaSalle’s Ramon Galloway scored the go-ahead layup with 2.7 seconds left, then Roosevelt Jones, the hero Saturday against Gonzaga, missed from halfcourt at the buzzer as the Explorers beat the No. 9 Bulldogs 54-53. Andrew Smith had 16 points and eight rebounds, Kellen Dunham scored 15 points and Jones had 14 points and five assists. This is nothing to worry […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
By 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 […]
By 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 […]
By COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondent Gonzaga at Butler couldn’t help but be big. When ESPN’s College Gameday crew of Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Digger Phelps and Jalen Rose are in town, the buildup elevates to a national level. Two teams outside of the power six conferences that consistently garner national attention will be pitted against […]
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 […]
As usual, Brad Stevens and his Butler Bulldogs found a way on Wednesday night. And as usual, ISL photographer Ben Fahrbach was there to capture it all at Hinkle Fieldhouse. In Butler’s first game without the services of injured leading scorer Rotnei Clarke, the Bulldogs handled Richmond 62-47. Andrew Smith scored 15 points, Kellen Dunham had 11 and […]
By 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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