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,…
Who is behind Hink?
Senior Hannah Meinen poses in her Hink costume inside Hinkle Fieldhouse before the renovations were complete. Photo provided by Hannah Meinen. MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu Senior Hannah Meinen was scared of mascots, until she became one herself. “My parents always said when we went to Disney as a kid that I always…
Malone out as Butler women’s assistant coach
Former assisted coach FahKara Malone (far right) cheers on the Butler women’s team during a game this season. Photo by Amy Street. ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu Butler University women’s basketball assistant coach FahKara Malone has left the university effective immediately. Malone’s information has been taken off of butlersports.com, and she is no…
Jackson Davis transfer and men’s basketball hopes next season
PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu After the Butler basketball team’s season came to an end with the round of 32 loss against the University of Virginia, the Bulldogs’ focus immediately shifted to the 2016-17 season. The tasks they face include finding replacements for the production of seniors Kellen Dunham and Roosevelt Jones, as…
Women’s basketball drops both games in final weekend
ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu The Butler University women’s basketball team lost both games in their final weekend of the regular season, first to Georgetown University 49-35 on Feb. 26 and then to Villanova University 66-46 on Feb. 28. The two losses put the Bulldogs at 9-20 on the season and 4-14 in…
Men’s basketball survives Georgetown in OT
MARISA MILLER | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | mnmille1@butler.edu The Butler University men’s basketball team narrowly defeated Georgetown University in overtime on Feb. 27 by a score of 90-87. The win helps Butler improve to 19-9 overall and 8-8 in the Big East. Georgetown falls to 14-15 on the season and 7-9 in conference play. Kellen Dunham…
Women’s basketball narrowly loses to Seton Hall
ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu After a late charge by Seton Hall University, the Butler University women’s basketball team lost the annual breast cancer awareness game by a score of 72-67 on Feb. 19 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs are now 8-18 on the season and 3-12 in the Big East Conference. Seton Hall, who was ranked third in…
Women’s basketball upsets St. John’s on senior day
ZACH HORRALL | SPORTS CO-EDITOR | zhorrall@butler.edu The Butler University women’s basketball team held off a late charge to give their seniors a great send off Feb. 21 as they defeated St. John’s University 62-58 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler will graduate senior guard Blaire Langlois and senior forward/center Belle Obert after this season. Feb. 21 was their final game in Hinkle Fieldhouse. “I’m super excited for…
Andrew Smith same in the classroom and on the court
PHILIP TOR | STAFF REPORTER | ptor@butler.edu “It is hard to describe how good of a person Drew was,” Andrew Smith’s friend and former teammate Alex Barlow said. “Words would not do him justice because he was as great as they come.” Andrew Smith died on Jan. 12 in the arms of his wife Samantha. There…