BY KYLE BEERY | CONTRIBUTING SPORTSWRITER Video by Kyle Beery, footage courtesy of Butler student Matt Michel Revisiting a classic The Butler men’s soccer team had gotten out to a 5-1-1 start to the 2013 season, the program’s first as a member of the Big East Conference. Indiana University was 3-4-2, with three of its…
Big East Men’s Basketball Schedule Released
BY KYLE BEERY | kbeery@butler.edu @BeeryK The Big East Conference released its full men’s basketball schedule Tuesday. The Butler men’s basketball team will open Big East play for the third straight season on New Year’s Eve at home against Providence College. Link to printable version of the 2015-16 #ButlerMBB Schedule –> http://t.co/sGolmYifWG — Butler Basketball…
Butler men’s basketball releases non-conference schedule
BY KYLE BEERY | CONTRIBUTING WRITER There are still more than 15 weeks until the first pre-season Butler men’s basketball game, but the Bulldogs generated some off-season excitement Thursday by releasing the full non-conference schedule on Twitter. The team’s twitter began with a picture of the new Bulldog logo and revealed puzzle pieces every half hour…
OVERTIME: Pacers faced with crucial offseason
BY WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF COLUMNIST | wdbryant@butler.edu The NBA regular season has come to an end and the Indiana Pacers are home. For the first time since the 2009-2010 season, the Pacers failed to make the NBA playoffs. With the eighth and final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference within reach, the Pacers failed…
Spring season over, quarterback competition in full swing
BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER | baking@butler.edu Fall football is right around the corner for the Butler University football team after it competed in the annual spring game last week. Although the spring season is ending, the level of competition for the players has not. There are still many competitions for starting jobs on…
OVERTIME: Shiltz should get the nod at starting QB
COLUMN BY BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER | baking@butler.edu Perhaps one of the most entertaining competitions in sports is the position battle for starting quarterback on a football team. Sports fans have seen great quarterback battles in the past few years, such as in the San Francisco 49ers between Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick, and…
OVERTIME: NBA playoffs at a glance
BY WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF REPORTER | wdbryant@butler.edu The NBA regular season came to an end last night and all the playoff matchups have been set. 16 teams will begin their journey for the Larry O’ Brien trophy starting tomorrow, April 18. The hometown Indiana Pacers dropped out of the eighth and final playoff spot in…
Softball pushes win streak to three
BY GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER | gprather@butler.edu The Butler Softball team extended its win streak today, defeating Eastern Illinois University 8-5 at home. The Panthers scored early with an RBI single from Bailey O’Dell, scoring April Markowski in the top of the 1st. The Bulldogs responded quickly, though, with a grand slam from Freshman…
Women’s golf team tees of at Big East Championships
BY AUSTIN MILLER | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR | armille3@butler.edu Tomorrow, Butler University’s women’s golf team will begin competition in the 2015 Big East Championship at LPGA International Golf Course in Daytona, Florida. The Bulldogs will look for a ticket to their first NCAA Regional since joining the Big East after winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic…
Managers: the men behind the Bulldogs
ERIC ROBINSON | STAFF REPORTER | ecrobins@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team surprised many when it played its way into the NCAA Tournament this season. Names such as Barlow and Dunham became commonplace in the heads and the hearts of all Butler fans. But they were not the only ones who worked hard to get…