From Butler Athletics: Butler junior Roosevelt Jones has begun the recovery phase following surgery to repair his injured left wrist Thursday in Indianapolis. Jones, the Bulldogs’ top returning scorer, rebounder and assist man, suffered the season-ending injury on Butler’s recent basketball exhibition trip to Australia. “I’m pleased that everything went well with Roosevelt’s surgery,” said […]
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By CHRIS GOFF and COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondents INDIANAPOLIS – Despite losing standout small forward Roosevelt Jones for the entire season with damaged ligaments, Butler coach Brandon Miller isn’t about to look back on the team’s exhibition tour of Australia with any regret. “Our team had a phenomenal trip,” Miller said during a Tuesday briefing. […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The ongoing saga of Butler’s offseason took another twist yesterday, when the Bulldogs announced that Roosevelt Jones would undergo surgery on his left wrist and miss the entirety of the upcoming season. This was unexpected given that a week ago the team announced Jones might return before the end of […]
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From Butler Athletics INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Butler junior forward Roosevelt Jones will miss the 2013-14 men’s basketball season. Jones, who was Butler’s top returning scorer and rebounder, suffered a wrist injury during the Bulldogs’ recent trip to Australia and the injury has been determined to be season-ending. -Roosevelt suffered an injury that resulted in ligament […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Louisville Cardinals reached the pinnacle of the sport on Monday night. But they weren’t the only ones to have a strong, enjoyable season. Far from it. Butler made plenty of memories, so let’s examine those, along with all kinds of numbers and perspective, in IndySportsLegends.com’s 2012-13 Bulldogs year in […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent LEXINGTON, Ky. – Another indication of a late-season apex arrived Thursday, when Brad Stevens dropped a not-so-subtle hint to those of us gathered in the bowels of Rupp Arena 20 minutes after Butler’s 68-56 victory over Bucknell gave the Bulldogs another berth in the NCAA tournament’s round of 32. This […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent It was an easier decision than filling out a conference awards ballot. So for a third straight week, Saint Louis – in the final edition of IndySportsLegends.com’s Atlantic 10 Power Rankings – clutches the No. 1 spot. For 17 straight regular-season weeks – and once before that during preseason practice […]
Continue ReadingBy 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Possession of first place in the Atlantic 10 standings is on the line Thursday night when No. 9 Butler visits Saint Louis. The two schools are meeting for the first time as A-10 foes after competing together for nine seasons in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in the 1980s and early 90s. […]
Continue ReadingLaSalle’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 […]
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