By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Butler players spoke with wide eyes and baited breath about their visit to Australia that begins this morning with the end of an 18-hour plane ride. -I’m very excited,” said Khyle Marshall on Friday, despite the fact he doesn’t like flying and can’t sleep at 40,000 feet. -I’m […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Because I was covering the Indiana High School Athletic Association boys basketball state finals on Saturday for IndySportsLegends and the Associated Press, I was not with the Bulldogs in Lexington, Ky., for their round of 32 game against Marquette. Though a prior obligation pulled me off the Butler beat for […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS”Maybe Butler isn’t overrated or too unathletic. Maybe Saint Louis is just really, really good. It took less than 72 hours for that realization to crystallize locally and nationally, after Saint Louis followed Tuesday’s upset of No. 24 Virginia Commonwealth with a 65-61 outclassing of the Bulldogs on Friday night […]
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 […]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Butler has a heck of a frontcourt. Without Rotnei Clarke, that unit becomes front and center. Roosevelt Jones is the best passer on the team and the essence of versatility at small forward. Khyle Marshall remains, as he has been for some time, the most talented guy on the roster. […]
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