Four women’s basketball players are transferring from the program. Redshirt sophomore Haley Howard, freshman Ashton Feldhaus, junior Taylor Schippers and junior Liz Stratman will be leaving the university, according to a statement from Butler University athletic department. Howard has been in the program for three years and has played for two, after suffering an injury…
Basketball Transfers Continue
BEN SIECK | Sports Editor The Butler men’s basketball team is adding a transferring student-athlete for a change. Former North Carolina State point guard Tyler Lewis made the decision to transfer to Butler last Friday. Lewis is a sophomore who will be forced to sit out for one year based on the NCAA transfer rules.…
Fans Will See Modern Hinkle Fieldhouse
RHYAN HENSON | Multimedia Editor The Butler community will experience a different Hinkle Fieldhouse starting this fall. One of the new amenities for the fans will be a scoreboard that is twice as large as the current one. The scoreboard will also have video capabilities. Associate Athletic Director Ken LaRose said the athletics department would…
New Bulldogs Offer Hope
BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter With the Butler men’s basketball team’s season completed, fans are looking to the future. Two recruits may give Bulldogs’ fans hope that the future is now. Head Coach Brandon Miller has brought in two talented recruits for the 2014 season that have Bulldogs fans excited about the coming years in…
Overtime: Why March Goes Mad
BEN SIECK | Sports Editor For all of its flaws, college basketball has one thing down to perfection. The opening weekend of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament has no rival in terms of entertainment value. It is any hoops fan’s dream. It is a complete inundation of basketball—48 games over the course of…
Team reflects on inaugural Big East season
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor The Butler men’s basketball team went into this year’s basketball campaign with more questions than answers. The Bulldogs concluded their season with the same predicament. The first question was the move to the Big East—a conference swept up in its own flurry of changes. “Out with the old, in…
Bulldogs set to take on Villanova
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor Butler will try to snap a six-game skid as the team travels to face to No. 8 Villanova tonight. The Wildcats (24-3, 12-2) are coming off a win over St. John’s and have won nine of their last 10 games. Villanova defeated Butler 76-73 in overtime at Hinkle Fieldhouse…
Dawgs fall to St. John’s
MATTHEW VANTYRON | Asst. Sports Editor It was a tale of two halves on Tuesday night as Butler visited St. Johns (18-9, 8-6). A hot first-half Butler offense went ice cold as the game wound down, and Butler (12-14, 2-12) fell 77-52. Butler played one of its better halves in recent memory in the first…
Worst in show: Bulldogs routed by Xavier, fall to Big East cellar
MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor Indiana Pacers stars Paul George, David West and George Hill visited Hinkle Fieldhouse on Tuesday night. Xavier men’s basketball coach Chris Mack jokingly mentioned in his press conference that he wished the trio could suit up for his team. Brandon Miller likely wishes the same. The Butler basketball season…
Channel leaves students in the dark
RHYAN HENSON | Multimedia Editor The Fox Sports 1 television partnership with Big East Conference basketball has put Butler men’s and women’s basketball on more than 90 million television screens around the country. However, those who use Butler’s standard cable do not get the channel. Students who have not purchased Bright House’s premium package have…