Sports

  • Bulldogs get eighth straight win

    The Butler women’s basketball team pushed its win streak to eight games with a 67-59 win at Providence Friday night. The Bulldogs are now 12-9 on the year and 8-2 in the conference, just a half game behind first place Seton Hall. Friday’s win caps off a perfect month of January – beginning with 66-61 home…

  • Butler @ Marquette Game Notes

    Butler @ Marquette Game Notes

    The No. 25 Butler men’s basketball team is in Milwaukee Saturday for its first meeting of the year against Marquette University. The game tips off at 2:00 p.m. on FOX Sports Net. Tale of the Tape Butler Bulldogs (15-6 overall, 5-3 Big East) The Bulldogs have won four of their last five games to move…

  • Butler’s Jim McGrath set to retire

    Butler’s Jim McGrath set to retire

    KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR   To the average outsider, Butler University is most closely identified by former basketball  coach Brad Stevens and his glasses, underdog basketball teams playing too late into March and sweater-wearing bulldogs in arenas they shouldn’t be in. According to the commercials, Butler is impact, family, and home, a small liberal…

  • Bulldogs resting before Marquette

    Bulldogs resting before Marquette

    KYLE BEERY | SPORTS EDITOR Antacids and basketball. Well, that is a pretty strange combination. But Butler men’s basketball head coach Chris Holtmann can tie the two together. After a close call against last-place Creighton University on Jan. 21, he said Tums are an essential for a Big East coach. “You just keep plenty of…

  • Justifying early registration for BU athletes

    SARAH THUET | SPORTS COLUMNIST Registering for classes is a hassle for most. Students meet weeks in advance with professors and advisors to try to determine a solid schedule for the upcoming semester. Lucky students reach their assigned registration date and are admitted into all the classes they intended to take. Because of small class…

  • Lady Bulldogs riding seven-game streak

    AUSTIN MILLER | ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Winning in a conference such as the Big East is difficult as it is. Winning on the road, however, is even tougher. But the Butler women’s basketball team has figured things out pretty nicely. During their current seven-game winning streak in Big East play, the Bulldogs are 3-0 in…

  • Bulldogs prepare for second season in Big East

    GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER The Butler softball team opens up its season on Feb. 6 against Loyola University at the Rosemont Rumble. But the Bulldogs have already started the training and preparation they need to be ready for the season. Head coach Scott Hall says that the softball team’s ability to practice is all…

  • Tennis looks to bounce back

    BOBBY JOHNSON | STAFF REPORTER Both the Butler men’s and women’s tennis teams are 1-2 over their last three matches and hope to bounce back from losses this weekend. The men will compete first when they host 3-0 DePaul University Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Butler Tennis Bubble. Despite the team’s recent struggles, coach…

  • Track heading to IU, ready for long season

    BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER The Butler track and field team is back in action for its second season in the Big East this coming spring. The Bulldogs have competed in five meets so far this season, including visits to Indiana University, the University of Illinois and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. They again travel…