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National Academic All-American of the Year: Butler’s Matt Howard

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Butler senior forward Matt Howard has been named the 2010-11 NCAA Division I college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. Howard was chosen to the Capital One Academic All-America Team, for a school-record third consecutive year. Howard was one of two repeat selections on the University Division first team. Graduate student Tim Abromaitis of Notre Dame also was … [Read more...] about National Academic All-American of the Year: Butler’s Matt Howard

Butler Bulldogs a Good Role Model for UIC Flames

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For a solid blueprint to success, the team playing at the campus colloquially known as "Circle" can look to their "Circle City" conference brethren. "Butler has a program that we're aspiring to be, not that we're trying to be Butler," said UIC first year Head Coach Howard Moore, who previously worked as an assistant under Bo Ryan at Wisconsin. "We're aspiring for that … [Read more...] about Butler Bulldogs a Good Role Model for UIC Flames

Does ‘The Butler Way’ Lead to a Return NCAA Tournament Trip?

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Beneath the Hoosier Sky last March, the Butler Bulldogs unfolded one of the greatest stories in college basketball history. And had that last second half-court heave stayed down and fallen through in the national title game, history would not have denied the glow of the victory firelight for the "home team" at Lucas Oil Field. Just one more basket and the small mid-major … [Read more...] about Does ‘The Butler Way’ Lead to a Return NCAA Tournament Trip?

Butler Bulldogs 79, UIC Flames 52: Rapid Reaction

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If you read a lot of March Madness bracket projections (as college hoops nerds such as I often do) you might have noticed the Butler Bulldogs beginning the day as one of the last college basketball teams into the field of 68. So with a road trip to UIC and a home game against Loyola waiting to finish up the conference slate, it was imperative the Bulldogs win big over … [Read more...] about Butler Bulldogs 79, UIC Flames 52: Rapid Reaction

Plan to Form a New Great Midwest College Basketball Conference

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The Big East conference has too many college basketball teams. In an ideal situation, each team in a conference plays each other twice, home and away. They can’t: too many teams! If they did this, each school would have to play 30 conference games! Ok, then let’s try this: split the Big East into two divisions of eight and play the other seven schools in your division … [Read more...] about Plan to Form a New Great Midwest College Basketball Conference

Don’t Underestimate Shelvin Mack and Butler Bulldogs

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After dropping three of four in a two week span following Thanksgiving, the Butler Bulldogs fell out of the national rankings and were no longer on the minds of the national college basketball cognoscenti. Conventional wisdom believed that "The Butler Way" peaked last season, and the honeymoon period was now long over. Sure, the Bulldogs had their struggles, but they've won … [Read more...] about Don’t Underestimate Shelvin Mack and Butler Bulldogs

Loyola Ramblers Always Seem to Give Butler Bulldogs FITS!

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In the modern era of college basketball, only one school in the state of Illinois boasts a national title. Guess which one. The Illinois Fighting Illini? Sadly no, but they probably are the strongest program in the nation never to have cut down the nets. DePaul was great in the '80s, how about the Blue Demons? Nope, it's actually the Loyola Ramblers, vintage 1963. The … [Read more...] about Loyola Ramblers Always Seem to Give Butler Bulldogs FITS!

Purdue, Indiana, Notre Dame, Butler set to Play at Indy’s Conseco Fieldhouse

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On Monday, a formal announcement of the coming together of the four most-storied college basketball programs in the state of Indiana will be made. Athletic Directors from the four programs: Barry Collier of Butler, Fred Glass of Indiana, Jack Swarbrick of Notre Dame and Purdue’s Morgan Burke will convene in the lobby of Conseco Fieldhouse to formalize a doubleheader event … [Read more...] about Purdue, Indiana, Notre Dame, Butler set to Play at Indy’s Conseco Fieldhouse

NCAA Title Game Preview

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By Paul M. Banks INDIANAPOLIS- 2010 has been perhaps the most exciting NCAA Tournament in recent memory. This March madness is yet another example of why the college hoops postseason is the best postseason around. It doesn’t need fixing; college football’s pathetic excuse for a postseason does. The run up to this Final Four featured comebacks, upsets, and many incredibly … [Read more...] about NCAA Title Game Preview