Basketball

  • Former players allege verbal abuse, mistreatment

    BY MATTHEW VANTRYON | Asst. Sports Editor Previous Butler athletes speak out against coach as four women transfer Nine student-athletes have transferred from Butler University’s women’s basketball program over the past four academic years. Additionally, four coaches have left the program and five players have chosen not to return over the last five seasons. Four…

  • Four players transferring from women’s basketball program

    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…

  • Bulldogs’ Season Ends in WIT

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s basketball team’s first season in the Big East Conference came to an end last Thursday, as the Bulldogs fell to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits 78-61 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Butler’s starting lineup struggled to hit shots for most of the…

  • 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 prepare for tournament

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s basketball team won a key game on the road against Creighton Tuesday night by a score of 67-59 to gain momentum going into the Big East Tournament starting on Saturday. Senior forward Daress McClung led the way for Bulldogs in the offensive department as she scored 20…