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By KEITH CARRELL ISL Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. _ Purdue finished out non-conference play with a 12-1 record Tuesday night by defeating Vanderbilt 68-55 one game after losing to Butler in the Crossroads Classic Saturday. Mackey Arena was sold out and loud to cheer on the promising Purdue squad in their final game prior to Big Ten play, but […]
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From Butler Athletics: INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Butler University athletic director Barry Collier announced Friday that Chris Holtmann has been named the school’s 23rd men’s basketball head coach. Holtmann had been serving as interim head coach since October, when former coach Brandon Miller requested and was granted a medical leave of absence. Miller, who served for […]
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By BROCK SANDERS ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana schools have been hit hard by transfers recently. I already wrote about Austin Etherington and Jeremy Hollowell leaving IU, but it was also announced that sophomore guard Ronnie Johnson would transfer from Purdue and freshman center Nolan Berry would leave Butler. I am a little nervous for […]
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By BROCK SANDERS ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – “In 49 states it’s just basketball, but this is Indiana.” Unfortunately, this college basketball season, that wasn’t a good thing. There are ten Division I basketball teams in the state. This will be the first year that not one of them makes the NCAA Tournament since 2005. Before […]
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By COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — It wasn’t a great game or performance from his new team on this night, but former Butler coach Brad Stevens’ highly anticipated homecoming was still something worth seeing here Sunday. As Stevens was first shown on the new, state-of-the-art video board that Bankers Life Fieldhouse recently installed, a […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor INDIANAPOLIS – “To be a great shooter, you have to have a short memory.” That’s a popular refrain you’ll hear from long-range gunners. If you aren’t knocking down jumpers, you can’t stop firing, because if the other team doesn’t respect your threat to space the floor, it’s a lot […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Let’s take a quick look at how the Butler Bulldogs held on to beat the Purdue Boilermakers 76-70 on Saturday in the nightcap of the Crossroads Classic. WHY IT HAPPENED: Kellen Dunham tormented Purdue for 25 points while partner-in-crime Khyle Marshall finished with 18 points and nine […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor INDIANAPOLIS – Blue II is in bulldog heaven. The Atlantic 10 is in the past. Brad Stevens is in Beantown. Roosevelt Jones is in street clothes. Rotnei Clarke is in Australia, Andrew Smith is in Lithuania and even radio announcer Brandon Gaudin is in Atlanta. Change might be the […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor The Bulldogs are no stranger to coaching turnover, nor to young faces on the bench. But through Barry Collier’s 11 seasons as coach, through the switches to Thad Matta and Todd Lickliter and Brad Stevens, Butler was nearly always the better team against that night’s Horizon League opponent. Collier’s […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor Before Butler’s 2013-14 season kicks off Saturday, let’s evaluate the Bulldogs’ new-look roster, player by player. Note that stats listed beneath player names are from the 2012-13 season. ALEX BARLOW, G Stats: 2.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.9 apg Barlow can’t score, but at his absolute best, he can help […]
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