Basketball

  • Women’s basketball leans on youth for upcoming season

    Women’s basketball leans on youth for upcoming season

    The Butler University women’s basketball team prepares for the season by focusing on team chemistry on-court and developing young talent.

  • Men’s basketball works to find footing as season begins

    Men’s basketball works to find footing as season begins

    The Butler University men’s basketball team will focus on blending their team full of new faces when they play Wabash College on Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

  • Five women’s basketball games you do not want to miss this season

    Five women’s basketball games you do not want to miss this season

    The Butler University women’s basketball team can expect to see a variety of opponents this season in a combination of Big East and non-conference match-ups. The team’s core is young, and fans should expect to see talent develop throughout the season.

  • VIDEO: Butler Sports Report with Josh and Josh – 9/23

    On this week’s episode, Josh and Josh discuss Butler fall sports, the 2017 Phil Knight Invitational and the release of the Big East schedule for women’s basketball.

  • Five men’s basketball games you do not want to miss this season

    Five men’s basketball games you do not want to miss this season

    The Butler men’s basketball Big East conference schedule was released last week. College basketball is less than two months away. Here are my top 5 match-ups for this season.

  • VIDEO: Butler Sports Report with Josh and Josh – 9/16

    JOSH MULLENIX | STAFF REPORTER | jmulleni@butler.edu JOSHUA DOERING | STAFF REPORTER | jdoering@butler.edu In this week’s edition of the Butler Sports Report with Josh and Josh, the two of them discuss the week that was for Butler fall sports and break down the Big East basketball schedule.

  • NCAA rule change makes recruiting #social

    NCAA rule change makes recruiting #social

    COLLIN PERRY | STAFF REPORTER | ccperry@butler.edu A recent NCAA social media rule allows coaches and their staff to like and retweet recruits. Prior to Aug. 1, it was a violation. The NCAA had seen this act as promoting a school’s recruitment of an athlete. The NCAA made this change because “under the current legislation,…

  • King: Send them to the rafters

    King: Send them to the rafters

    Andrew Smith lifts Alex Barlow in the air after Barlow scored the winning basket to defeat No. 1 Indiana University in the 2013 Crossroads Classic. Photo courtesy indysportslegends.com. Brendan King | Contributing Sports Reporter | baking@butler.edu From March until October, Hinkle Fieldhouse sits quiet, calm and patient for Indiana’s sport to return to the hardwood…

  • Men’s basketball’s player changes schools, changes number

    Men’s basketball’s player changes schools, changes number

    Men’s basketball transfer Avery Woodson practicing in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Photo by Jimmy Lafakis. JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER | jlafakis@butler.edu When you speak with Avery Woodson, you can quickly glean that respect is one of his core values. He knows he has not called Indianapolis home for long, but he still aims to represent the…