Butler Basketball

Butler Remains In The Running For Top Prospect In Illinois

... Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter, has a 3.24 grade-point average and volunteers as a youth coach in basketball and baseball. Beginning of the spring signing period is April 12. Butler’s four-player recruiting class: Kyle Young, Massillon, Ohio; Christian David, Milton, Ontario; Jerald Butler, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Cooper Neese, Cloverdale. Butler No. 1 in graduation. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport released data on the Sweet 16 that showed two schools, Butler and Kansas, have 100 percent graduation rates in men’s basketball. Purdue was third at 92 percent. In Academic Progress Rates, Florida, Kentucky and West Virginia tied for first with scores of 1,000. Butler and North Carolina are tied for 11 th at 974. Scores were based on most recent statistics available ...

Butler's X-factor To Upsetting Unc

... the oldest teams that advanced to the Sweet 16. The Bulldogs rank 63 rd in __link__’s experience factor, with their players averaging 2.05 years in school. Only Wisconsin and Michigan are more experienced. Six of Butler’s seven players who get at least 20 minutes per game are juniors or seniors. The team’s two leaders in points, rebounds and minutes are junior Kelan Martin and senior Andrew Chrabascz. Butler’s best three-point shooter is a graduate transfer, Avery Woodson. And yet, it was one of the team’s youngest players, a true freshman who turned 19 in September, who was its most important contributor in the first two rounds, helping get Butler back to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2011. Baldwin had the primary responsibility for covering Johnson and Potts. In the win over Winthrop, Baldwin played 34 minutes, ...

L.c. Grad Wideman Living 'the Butler Way

... while serving as football coach (1926, 1935-1941, 1946-1969), basketball coach (1926-1942, 1945-1970), and baseball coach (1921-1928, 1933-1941, 1946-1970) during his 50 years on campus. Athletic director Barry Collier, former coach Brad Stevens and present coach Chris Holtmann remain committed to it. "'The Butler Way' is a certain lifestyle you adapt to and become a part of," Wideman said. This formula for success is no magic elixir, but quite simple. Walk into the Bulldogs' locker room and you're greeted by a “We not Me” poster and other signs that feature five keys: Humility, Passion, Unity, Servanthood and Thankfulness - with a brief explanation of each. The program's record speaks for itself. Fourth-seeded Butler will face No. 1 North Carolina in today's South Regional semifinals. This is the Bulldogs' sixth Sweet 16 appearance (2011, 2010, 2007, 2003 and 1962). "It's like one big family here, on and off the court," Wideman said. "We're a very deep team. I feel like anybody on our team can go out there and produce offensively and defensively.". The Bulldogs are shooting 50 percent from the field and 47 percent from three-point range in two NCAA ...

State College Boys’ Basketball Season Over After Falling To Butler In Ot

... Butler to overtime, but saw their season end with a 53-50 loss at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown. Though Sekunda was feeling down shortly after the game, he said he couldn’t have asked for a better senior year. “I love that team over in the locker room over there, every single one of those guys,” Sekunda said, looking back and pointing to the locker room behind him. “The times we shared and the things we’ve done, wouldn’t trade it for the world.”. The Little Lions enjoyed a banner season, capturing the program’s first-ever Mid Penn championship, winning the District 6 championship and earning State College’s first state playoff win since 2009. Sekunda scored 14 points for State College (21-5), Ryan Mc Nulty added 11 and Drew Friberg finished with 10. The Little Lions overcame a nine-point deficit in the third quarter and forced overtime, but Butler earned the win, thanks to a pair of free throws by Ethan Morton. After Tommy Friberg scored ...

Butler Basketball Recruits Reach Milestones

... to lead Calvary Christian over Tampa Catholic 65-48 for the Class 5 A state championship at Lakeland, Fla. Tampa Catholic features a Mc Donald’s All-American, Kevin Knox, who scored 24 points but was 1-of-12 on 3-pointers. Calvary Christian (24-6) won its first state basketball championship three years after going 6-18. The team also features 7-foot center Victor Uyaelunmo, a Southern California recruit. Neese had 19 points and climbed to No. 7 on the all-time Indiana scoring list as Cloverdale won a third consecutive Class 2 A sectional. The Clovers beat Monrovia 74-61, winning for the 15 th time in 16 games. Junior guard Jalen Moore scored 36 for Cloverdale. Cloverdale had not won three successive sectionals since 1981-83, when the team included Chad Tucker, who became Butler’s all-time scoring leader, and Neese’s father, Jerry. Neese sank three 3-pointers in the opening 2 ½ minutes, including one from about 36 feet. He finished 3-of-12 from the arc. He has 2,476 points, moving past Carmel’s Billy Shepherd, who became an All-America guard at Butler. No. 12 Cloverdale (21-6) will ...

10 Years Ago, Butler Almost Pulled Off The Unthinkable

... and regret. That was a heck of a team to be on. What we did that season was pretty special.”. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. The Butler basketball team gets pumped before their 2007 NCAA Division I Men?s Basketball Championship Sweet Sixteen game at Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis Friday, March 23, 2007. Florida leads Butler 35-29 at the half. ( Photo by Heather Charles/ The Star). Heather Charles. Butler band tuba senior players Rebecca Combs-Cawley and Kevin Mc Ginley play before Butlers 2007 NCAA Division I Men?s Basketball Championship Sweet Sixteen game against Florida at Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis Friday, March 23, 2007. ( Photo by Heather Charles/ The Star). Heather Charles. Butler basketball fans sophomores Jake Skierkowski and Jeff Yambert sport blue grills before Butlers 2007 NCAA Division I Men?s Basketball Championship Sweet Sixteen game against Florida at Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis Friday, March 23, 2007. ( Photo by Heather Charles/ The Star). Heather Charles. Butler basketball fan junior Eric Stark strings a gator head before Butlers 2007 NCAA Division I Men?s Basketball Championship Sweet Sixteen game ...

How Butler Continues To Thrive Without Brad Stevens

... contributor on this year’s team except one is at least a sophomore, and all of them have made year-over-year strides. Butler’s made some shrewd roster moves around the edges to help the cause. Playmaking guard Tyler Lewis transferred from NC State before Holtmann took over, and he’s become an important bench player down the stretch. Guard Kethan Savage is a George Washington transfer who’s replaced Lewis in the starting five and allows Holtmann to play a bit bigger. (Lewis is 5’11, and Savage is 6’3.). Butler is set up to keep being good, no matter how this year ends. The Bulldogs will lose a lot after this season, to be sure. Chrabascz, Lewis, and Savage are all out of eligibility. Martin doesn’t seem like he’d jump early to the NBA, but you never know. Butler’s No. 2, No. 5, and No. 7 scorers, at least, will leave. But by now, Butler’s become a destination. The Bulldogs aren’t going to recruit like a Kentucky or a Duke, but their talent acquisition is getting better all the time. They landed the best ...

Pine-richland Tops Butler Again To Advance In Class 6a Basketball

... Petcash, a senior guard, who averages 20, was held to eight points and took only six shots. Butler played a diamond-and-one defense against Petcash for much of the first half and it limited Petcash’s offensive touches. Jurkovec, a junior forward who averages 16, had 11 points, but only four in the second half. Andrew Kristofic, a sophomore center who averages 11, had 12 points, but only one in the second half. “If you would’ve told me before the game that Andrew and myself wouldn’t have 20 points between us, I would think we might be in trouble,” Jurkovec said. “But I knew Nolan was going to step up one of these games.”. Besides Rausch, Pine-Richland got eight points from senior guard Evan Luellen and senior guard Sean Colosimo came off the bench to hit a big 3-pointer to give the Rams a four-point lead early in the fourth quarter. Pine-Richland pushed the advantage to 54-47 before Butler (19-10) cut it to 57-55 with ...

Underdog? What Underdog? Butler's Kamar Baldwin Has Always Been A Star

... "I've never thought about myself as an underdog," Baldwin says. "I just love to play, so I play. And anyone who thinks this team is an underdog doesn't know the history of Butler basketball.". Milwaukee was too far a drive—or too expensive a flight—for most folks from Winder. But Friday afternoon, Kay and Jamie will drive to Memphis, Tennessee, for the South Regional semifinals to see their boy play in person for the third time this season. And on the road beside them will be Morris, who has coordinated a caravan that will carry 10 of the Apalachee faithful. "We may not be many from Winder in the stands," Morris says, "but they'll hear us rooting for Kamar. And we plan to stay through Sunday.". Staying through Sunday would mean Baldwin and the Bulldogs knocked out No. 1-seeded North Carolina in the Sweet 16. Analytics and oddsmakers make such a win out to be a long shot, but the road-trippers from Winder are buoyant. They know Butler has a secret weapon, a ...

Butler, Purdue Tough Enough

... get into Sweet 16. By Michael Marot Associated Press. Mar 22, 2017. Morry Gash. Butler’s Kethan Savage drives past Middle Tennessee State’s Tyrik Dixon during Saturday’s NCAA tournament in Milwaukee. AP Photo/MORRY GASH. Morry Gash. Purdue's Vince Edwards (12) reacts after dunking during Saturday's NCAA tournament game against Iowa State in Milwaukee. AP Photo/MORRY GASH. INDIANAPOLIS — Coach Matt Painter kept believing in his team even as he watched Purdue fritter away a 19-point lead. He did, after all, recruit these players to excel in tough times. And he did spend two years using the lessons from consecutive overtime losses in the NCAA Tournament to show his team what it took to survive in March. So when the Boilermakers steadied themselves, retook the lead and reached their first Sweet 16 in seven years, ...

Butler Leads Vasj To Fifth Consecutive State Final

... an opening sequence of call-and-response scoring, helped the Vikings build a double-digit lead early in the second quarter. He scored all 16 of his points in the first half to book VASJ’s fifth consecutive trip to a state final with a 73-50 victory over Fairland. “We have a chance to go out winning our last game,” Butler said. “Most seniors, they played their senior year and don’t win their last games. Only four teams win their last game and this is a great opportunity for us.”. Butler plays at one speed — very, very low, according to coach Babe Kwasniak — but his scoring sparked the Vikings after the contest’s early pace waned. He trucked through the paint for a driving, underhanded scoop layup which put the Vikings up, 9-8, then canned a pair of deep 3-pointers. He scored nine points of the Vikings’ first-quarter 18, and swung momentum which VASJ never relinquished. Alonzo Gaffney led all scorers ...

Dawgs Continue First-round Dominance

... layups and a free throw during the spree. Lewis’ assists were one off Butler’s tourney record of nine set by Mike Monserez against Louisville in 2003. Martin came up limping after a late collision. Holtmann called it a charley horse and said Martin should be ready for the next round. Holtmann laments Crean, Groce firings. Holtmann did not know Tom Crean had been fired at Indiana when he was asked about it during the postgame. He took the opportunity to criticize the firing of John Groce, who was Holtmann’s teammate at Taylor. Holtmann said Groce was “close to turning the corner” at Illinois. “I’ve got a lot of respect for Tom and how his team plays,” Holtmann  said. “I had one of my closest friends lose a job not too long ago at Illinois, and listen, we all get into this knowing the deal. “Do I disagree with those decisions? Absolutely. Absolutely, I do.”. Holtmann’s name has popped up in connection with multiple job openings and will ...