BY WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF REPORTER | wdbryant@butler.edu March madness is over and the NBA Playoffs are almost here. A lot of teams are in the fight for the cherished eighth seed. The Eastern Conference looks muddy heading into the season’s final stretch, in which six different teams are still in contention for a playoff…
Bulldogs add transfer, sign Holtmann long term
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu The season has come to an end for the Butler men’s basketball team, but the action has not. Butler signed a contract extension Monday with head coach Chris Holtmann to keep him at the helm of the program through the 2020-2021 season. Holtmann led the Bulldogs to a…
Bulldogs ink Holtmann to contract extension
BY KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team went into this season with questions surrounding the head coaching position. And days after the season ended, there were more questions, as The Tennessean reported Friday that the University of Tennessee spoke with Butler coach Chris Holtmann about its job vacancy. But…
REPORT: Holtmann has had preliminary conversations with Tennessee regarding head coaching vacancy
MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR As first reported by The Tennessean, Butler head coach Chris Holtmann had preliminary conversations with the University of Tennessee Friday regarding the Volunteers’ men’s basketball head coaching vacancy, according to unnamed sources who could not speak publicly about the issue. Tennessee contacted Holtmann within hours of firing Donnie Tyndall. Tyndall…
Barlow goes out with CLASS
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR Community. Character. Classroom. Competition. These are the four qualities needed to be a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, given to NCAA Division I student-athletes in 10 different sports. It is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. Apparently, Butler University’s men’s basketball senior Alex Barlow…
Bulldogs’ season comes to a close after loss to Irish
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR The season came to an end for Butler University’s men’s basketball team Saturday with a loss against in-state opponent University of Notre Dame in the third round of the NCAA tournament. The Fighting Irish held off the Bulldogs 67-64 in overtime to advance to their first Sweet 16 since 2003.…
Recent tourney runs show plenty of similarities
AUSTIN MILLER | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR A close victory over highly ranked University of North Carolina during an in-season tournament. A split in home-and-home games with rival Xavier University. A 6-seed in the NCAA Tournament. A hard-fought victory in the first round, and a failed opportunity to win the game in the final possessions of…
OVERTIME: Season’s end leaves room for optimism
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR University of Notre Dame’s Pat Connaughton made the play of the NCAA Tournament’s first weekend when he denied Kellen Dunham’s last-second three-point attempt. Sure, Butler University’s basketball season came to an emotional end Saturday when the Bulldogs lost to Notre Dame 67-64 in the round of 32, but they came…
In-state battle: Bulldogs face Irish in Round of 32
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu The first full day of NCAA Tournament action saw four upsets (nearly seven), and 12 of the day’s 16 games were decided by 10 points or fewer (five one-point games). Butler and Notre Dame both survived close games at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, the Fighting Irish…
Hooked ‘Em: Bulldogs outlast Longhorns to set up matchup with Notre Dame
KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR It’s mid-March, which can only mean one thing. Madness. On a day that saw two No. 14-seeds beat No. 3-seeds and a No. 11-seed take down a No. 6-seed, the six-seeded Butler men’s basketball team came out on the right end of a close game with the University of Texas…