Basketball

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Bulldogs storm back from early deficit, beat Xavier

    BRENDAN KING | Staff Reporter The Butler women’s basketball team (12-14, 7-8) defeated the Xavier Musketeers (8-19, 3-12) at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Tuesday by a score of 57-52. The game was close for most of the 40 minutes. Early in the first half, Xavier led 19-9. Butler quickly retaliated with a 14-0 run that helped…

  • 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…