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Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Butler adds exhibition with former Dawgs player, coach Matthew Graves and Indiana State
The Butler basketball team is adding its second exhibition game for the 2025-26 season, welcoming current Indiana State coach and former Butler player and coach Matthew Graves back to Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler will play the Sycamores Oct. 29; it's the second of two exhibition games scheduled for the upcoming season. Butler's first exhibition game is Oct. 17 against Notre Dame, the first of a two-year agreement. Butler coach Thad Matta and Graves are two of the four Bulldog alums currently leading NCAA Division I programs (joining Baylor's Scott Drew and Miami Ohio's Travis Steele). Graves led the Bulldogs to NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his last two seasons (1997 and 1998). His coaching career at Butler began in 2001 under Todd Lickliter, and he later served on the staff of Brad Stevens. He finished his Butler playing career with 994 points. The Dawgs open the first week of the regular season against Southern Indiana on Nov. 5 and IU Indy on Nov. 8 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler will play in the Greenbrier Tip-Off in November and will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the 2025 Indy Classic on Dec. 20 against Northwestern. The Bulldogs will host Chicago State on Nov. 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse and will conclude their home-and-home series at SMU on Nov. 15. Eastern Michigan will make the trip to Hinkle on Dec. 2.
Indianapolis Star
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Butler basketball has scheduling agreement with Notre Dame to open next 2 seasons
INDIANAPOLIS — Butler basketball is welcoming a familiar face back to Hinkle Fieldhouse to tip off the 2025-26 season. Notre Dame, led by coach Micah Shrewsberry, a former Butler assistant from 2007 to 2011, will play in an exhibition game against Butler on Oct. 17. Shrewsberry was an assistant under Brad Stevens during Butler's back-to-back national championship appearances. It's the first of a two-year agreement between the teams. Butler will travel to South Bend for an exhibition against the Fighting Irish at the beginning of the 2026-27 season. Tip times and television assignments have not yet been announced. Butler and Notre Dame have played 103 times previously in the regular season and postseason. The teams have not met since 2015 when Notre Dame beat Butler 67-64 in overtime during the NCAA tournament Round of 32. The Dawgs open the first week of the regular season against Southern Indiana on Nov. 5 and IU Indy on Nov. 8 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler will play in the Greenbrier Tip-Off in November and will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the 2025 Indy Classic on Dec. 20 against Northwestern. The Bulldogs will host Chicago State on Nov. 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse and will conclude their home-and-home series at SMU on Nov. 15. Eastern Michigan will make the trip to Hinkle on Dec. 2.
Indianapolis Star
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Butler basketball adds nonconference games to schedule, loses 1
INDIANAPOLIS — The Butler basketball team's 2025-26 nonconference schedule continues to take shape with the addition of homes games against Chicago State and Eastern Michigan. The Bulldogs will host Chicago State on Nov. 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Eastern Michigan will make the trip to Hinkle on Dec. 2. Tip times and television assignments have not been announced. The Dawgs open the first week of the season against Southern Indiana on Nov. 5 and IU Indy on Nov. 8 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler will play in the Greenbrier Tip-Off in November and will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the 2025 Indy Classic on Dec. 20 against Northwestern. The Bulldogs will conclude their home-and-home series at SMU on Nov.15. A nonconference game against Western Illinois was tentatively scheduled but will not take place because the contract to play the game was never signed. Last season, Butler started nonconference 7-1 before dropping consecutive games to Houston, North Dakota State and Wisconsin. Of Butler's four nonconference losses, the losses to Austin Peay and North Dakota State were ominous signs for a disappointing season to come.
Indianapolis Star
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Butler basketball returning to Indy Classic against familiar Big Ten opponent
INDIANAPOLIS — The Butler basketball team will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse to play in the 2025 Indy Classic. Butler will face Northwestern as part of a doubleheader featuring Purdue and Auburn. The games will be Dec. 20. The Indy Classic replaced the Crossroads Classic in 2022. Purdue has played in every Indy Classic. Butler played in the Indy Classic for the first time last season, falling to Wisconsin 83-74. The schedule for Butler's 2025-26 season continues to round into shape. Butler will play in the Greenbrier Tip-Off in November. The Dawgs open the first week of the season against Southern Indiana on Nov. 5 and IU Indy on Nov. 8 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs will conclude their home-and-home series against SMU with a game in Dallas, a date and time has not been set. Butler beat the Mustangs 81-70 at Hinkle last season.
Indianapolis Star
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
'Almost heaven': Butler basketball headed to second-year tournament in 2025-26 season
INDIANAPOLIS — Butler basketball 's nonconference tournament comes with swanky accommodations as the Bulldogs will play in the Greenbrier Tip-Off tournament at the Greenbrier Resort in Sulphur Springs, West Virginia in November, a source confirmed to IndyStar. The tournament consists of eight teams, four from Power Five conferences and four from mid-major conferences split into two divisions, River and Mountain. Butler joins a field consisting of Virginia, South Carolina and Northwestern. The Bulldogs will play the week before Thanksgiving. Matchups, dates and times have not been set. The field for the mid-major division has also not been set. Wisconsin won the inaugural Mountain Division, beating UCF in the first round and clinching the title with an 81-75 win over Pittsburgh. UT Rio Grande won the River Division, beating Charleston Southern in the first round before clinching the title with an 83-58 win over Tennessee Tech. Butler played won the Arizona Tip-Off last season, beating Northwestern in the first round before clinching a tournament title with an 87-77 win over Mississippi State. The win moved Butler to 7-1. The Dawgs went 8-19 the remainder of the season. The schedule for Butler's 2025-26 season continues to round into shape. Two games in West Virginia are added to a growing list. The Dawgs open the first week of the season against Southern Indiana on Nov. 5 and IU Indy on Nov. 8 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs will conclude their home-and-home series against SMU with a game in Dallas, a date and time has not been set. Butler beat the Mustangs 81-70 at Hinkle last season. A nonconference game against Western Illinois is tentatively scheduled, but that could be subject to change.
