Basketball

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…
Welcome to the Dance – No. 6 Butler vs. No. 11 Texas

KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR | kbeery@butler.edu The Butler men’s basketball team once again gets a taste of March Madness this year, after missing the tournament last season. The Bulldogs (22-10 overall, 12-6 Big East) are the No. 6-seed in the Midwest region and will take on the No. 11-seed Texas Longhorns tomorrow at CONSOL…
The difference a year can make

MATTHEW VANTRYON | MANAGING EDITOR Photo by Mike Andrews Chris Holtmann said last season’s 14-17 campaign that ended with the Bulldogs sitting in the Big East cellar left the team with one prevailing thought. That can’t happen again. What a difference a year makes. Just one year ago, Bulldogs fans were not even hopeful for…