
Minnesota hires FIU's Richard Pitino
Richard Pitino was regarded as one of the nation's up-and-coming young coaches at Florida International and comes with a last name that draws ...
South Alabama hires Butler's Matthew Graves
South Alabama has hired Butler associate head coach Matthew Graves as its head basketball coach, hoping to duplicate some of the NCAA tournament ...

Blue and Marquette show Butler the door, 74-72
Back and forth went Marquette and Butler, trading makes and misses in an intense rematch that made a case for being the best game so far of this NCAA ...

Smith's double-double leads Butler to 68-56 win
The cast of characters has changed. Butler's character has not. Rotnei Clarke scored 11 of his 17 points in the last 8:44, Andrew Smith had a ...

Time to see if NCAA tourney really up for grabs
Brad Stevens is amused by all this talk of parity in the NCAA tournament. The coach who guided little Butler to the national championship game two ...

Butler, Creighton, Xavier join new Big East
The breakaway basketball schools kept the Big East name and the conference tournament in Madison Square Garden. In return, they left behind tens of ...

Daniels' 20 lead VCU past No. 20 Butler, 84-52
"Be VCU." It was the last thing coach Shaka Smart wrote on the locker room board before leading his team out to play No. 20 Butler on Saturday.

McCall, Mitchell lead Saint Louis over Butler
Mike McCall had 18 points and Kwamain Mitchell scored 10 of his 12 in the second half to help Saint Louis rally for a 65-61 victory over No. 15 Butler ...

Transfers providing a boost in college basketball
College basketball coaches all around the country are using experienced transfers to restock their rosters. Here are six programs that have received ...

No. 9 Butler reaps benefits of building process
The banners hanging from Hinkle Fieldhouse's dusty rafters are a constant reminder of achievement at Butler. More national championship game ...

No. 13 Butler steals 64-63 win over No. 8 Gonzaga
All Roosevelt Jones wanted to do Saturday night was make a play. He wound up stealing the ball and a victory. The sophomore forward looped around ...

No. 8 Gonzaga, No. 13 Butler ready to square off
Gonzaga served as the model program for college basketball's non-power conference schools for more than decade. Butler took that blueprint, revised ...

No. 7 Orange beat Rutgers 78-53; Boeheim gets 903
Jim Boeheim achieved another milestone in his impressive career at Syracuse, and yet passing Bob Knight for second place all-time on the victory list ...

Barlow not losing focus after giving Butler win
Butler guard Alex Barlow expected Monday morning's practice to be routine. On the court, it was. Off the court, it was nowhere close. Three players, ...

Butler upsets No. 1 Indiana 88-86 in OT
All Butler guard Alex Barlow saw Saturday was space and an opportunity to make a play. So the unlikeliest player on the floor took a chance and made ...
No. 1 Indiana gets stronger with 2 freshmen back
No. 1 Indiana, which has been playing short-handed all season, is getting reinforcements. On Saturday, 6-foot-8 forward Hanner Mosquera-Perea and ...

Butler holds off ninth-ranked UNC 82-71 in Maui
Maybe North Carolina should have just gone to the beach. Butler is the team to beat in Maui. Rotnei Clarke and Kellen Dunham each scored 17 points ...