The moment the final horn sounds in a basketball season, a fan base immediately thinks about what will happen next year. Most of those thoughts are positive if you’re a fan of the Butler Bulldogs. Most of them, not all. Butler capped off another outstanding season at 27-9 Saturday in [...]
Butler has been an inspiration for programs like Bucknell for many years in the NCAA tournament. Given the tenor of today’s game at Rupp Arena, it appears the Bulldogs may have their cue from Jim Valvano’s famous quote. It wasn’t pretty until the clock hit triple zeros on the scoreboard. [...]
Brooklyn, NY (TSN) – The top-seeded Saint Louis Billikens look to take one step closer to their first-ever Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament title as they square off with the fifth-seeded Butler Bulldogs in the semifinals at the Barclays Center. The winner of this game will take on either Massachusetts or [...]
Neither Indiana nor Butler entered Friday’s conference quarterfinal games in must-win scenarios. You could have easily been fooled by how they played. For a team known for their overall talent, and ability to put points on the board in bunches, Indiana sent the Illini packing courtesy of outstanding defense and [...]
Brooklyn, NY (TSN) – Rotnei Clarke had 14 points in Butler’s 69-58 win over La Salle in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Khyle Marshall added 13 points and five rebounds for the Bulldogs (26-7), who have won four straight games on the heels of losing three times in [...]
Not all ills have been cured for this basketball team. But they looked a whole lot better on Thursday night. Butler built a double-digit second half lead, and were never seriously threatened by UMass in their final true road game of the season. The Bulldogs won 73-62, picking up their [...]
Amherst, MA (TSN) – Led by 17 points each by Rotnei Clarke and Kameron Woods, the Butler Bulldogs took down the Massachusetts Minutemen, 73-62, in an Atlantic 10 Conference matchup at the Mullins Center. For the Bulldogs (23-7, 10-5 A-10), Khyle Marshall added 14 points and Andrew Smith posted a [...]
Indiana fans and Butler fans can share a common experience from this week. Seeing your team come off a bye and not looking anything like what you’d hoped for. For the Hoosiers, Saturday was a chance to get back on the right track. And while the offense was a struggle [...]
Richmond, VA (TSN) – Troy Daniels had 20 points to lead VCU in an 84-52 rout of No. 20 Butler in A-10 action. Treveon Graham had 11 points and seven rebounds while Juvonte Reddic and Briante Weber each gave 11 points for the Rams (23-6, 11-3 A-10), who have won [...]
Indianapolis (TSN) – Rotnei Clarke poured in a game-high 23 points to lead ninth-ranked Butler to a 75-68 win over Rhode Island an Hinkle Fieldhouse. Clarke shot 8-for-13 for the game and connected on 5-of-8 3-point attempts to help the Bulldogs (18-4, 5-2 A-10) bounce back from a 75-58 loss [...]
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