INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler coach LaVall Jordan challenged Aaron Thompson on Saturday. The senior guard responded just as Jordan envisioned.
Thompson scored 17 points, found Bryce Nze for the...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler coach LaVall Jordan was looking at how his team could improve.
“We had good team conversation after the Marquette loss (Sunday) about where we can get better and a...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — No. 19 Butler contained Markus Howard, the nation’s leading scorer, but Marquette’s supporting cast answered the challenge.
Howard, who entered averaging 27.9 points, scored...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler coach LaVall Jordan proudly wears an old-school message across his chest.
The words on his blue, long-sleeve shirt read simply, “Gritty not pretty."
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler guard Kamar Baldwin ignored the anxious fans, the tie score and the running clock Wednesday night.
Instead, he just kept dribbling calmly, confident he would make...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — LaVall Jordan has Butler off to a 15-1 record and the No. 6 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25. Not even Brad Stevens' back-to-back NCAA tournament finalists did...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aaron Thompson believes unselfish play is a major part of Butler’s success.
Thompson and Sean McDermott each scored 16 points to lead No. 24 Butler to a 76-62 win over...
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Another big performance from Kamar Baldwin kept No. 24 Butler unbeaten after an early-season test in an SEC arena.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Butler coach LaVall Jordan wasn’t surprised that Kamar Baldwin took over in the final minutes including a game winning 18-foot jumper to seal the Bulldogs win over Stanford...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Butler had a perfect plan for a hostile crowd: a fast start.
The Bulldogs raced to a 15-3 lead in the first five minutes to deflate the crowd and defeated Missouri...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler senior guard Kamar Baldwin had been limited to 19 minutes in the first two games with a rib cartilage injury.
Tuesday night, Baldwin was finally able to cut loose,...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler guard Kamar Baldwin spent his first two seasons working in relative silence.
He was content scoring points, dishing out assists, defending hard and keeping quiet around more experienced players.
DETROIT (AP) — Butler coach LaVall Jordan watched his team race out to a huge early lead, then give it all away before the first half was even over.
That could have been a huge emotional swing, but the Bulldogs kept their cool.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler forward Kelan Martin always has been a scorer.
This season, he learned to thrive in a new role — team leader.
It was an awkward position for the 6-foot-7 senior, who had never before been handed the reins to a team and wasn't always keen on speaking his mind. But with only two seniors on a young roster and a new coach in town, Martin stepped forward and made the transformation look smooth and natural.
NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Booth insisted he was so focused on defense and finding open teammates that he never glanced at the scoreboard.
"I didn't even notice the score was 19-0," he said.
Villanova was rolling, and if a game can be over in the opening 5 minutes, this was the one.
The second-ranked Villanova scored the first 19 points and cruised toward its fourth straight trip in the Big East Tournament championship game in an 87-68 win over Butler on Friday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Butler's first win in the Big East Conference Tournament is one it may never forget.
Forget the players running out on the court at Madison Square Garden to celebrate after the final horn.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Anthony Cowan ran the Maryland offense, made several clutch shots, was a force on the boards and spent plenty of time at the foul line.
What more could a coach ask?
"Man, was he good," Mark Turgeon said after Cowan had 25 points and 10 rebounds, both career highs, in a 79-65 victory over Butler on Wednesday night.
Cowan has assumed the role held over the past three years by Melo Trimble, who did it all for the Terrapins before leaving after his junior season.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LaVall Jordan spent the last five months getting reacclimated to Butler basketball.
He proudly shouted the school's trademark cheer. He became the trendy choice for fundraisers and fan events. He went overseas to scout his own team, and now the 38-year-old basketball coach is ready to put his stamp on the Bulldogs.
After a decade away, it didn't take Jordan long to feel at home again inside Hinkle Fieldhouse.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LaVall Jordan sees the evidence of Butler's success all around.
There are two Final Four banners hanging at one end of the renovated Hinkle Fieldhouse. There is a Big East banner on the opposite end, and he's certainly aware the Bulldogs are no longer America's favorite underdog. They are a regular NCAA Tournament team.
But Jordan and others have worked too long and too hard building this program to let it down now.