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| University | Butler University |
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| Conference | Horizon League |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletics director | Barry Collier |
| Location | Indianapolis, IN |
| Varsity teams | 16 |
| Football stadium | Butler Bowl |
| Basketball arena | Hinkle Fieldhouse |
| Mascot | Butler Blue II |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Fight song | |
| Colors | Blue and White
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| Homepage | www.butlersports.com |
The Butler Bulldogs are the teams that represent Butler University in U.S. NCAA Division I athletic competition. Butler University is a private Liberal arts University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Membership Former members History Foundation In May 1978 DePaul University hosted a meeting with Bradley Dayton Detroit The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Butler Blue II (Nickname Blue is the second in a young lineage of English Bulldogs bred by Frank and Jeane King of Kong King Kennels in Lizton Indiana, which have Butler University is a private Liberal arts University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Butler is a member of the Horizon League. Membership Former members History Foundation In May 1978 DePaul University hosted a meeting with Bradley Dayton Detroit Butler's basketball arena, Hinkle Fieldhouse, was the largest basketball arena in the US for several decades. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Hinkle Fieldhouse is a Basketball arena located on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis Indiana. It is considered a Hoosier Hysteria icon: from its opening in 1928 until 1971, it was the site of the final rounds of the Indiana state high school basketball tournament. Hoosier Hysteria is the state of excitement surrounding the Indiana high school basketball tournament. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
In 1954, Butler hosted the historic final when Milan High School (enrollment 161) defeated Muncie Central High School (enrollment over 1,600) to win the state title. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Milan (ˈmaɪlən is a town in Franklin and Washington townships Ripley County, Indiana, United States. Muncie (ˈmʌnsi is a city in Center Township, Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and The state final depicted in the 1986 movie Hoosiers, loosely based on the Milan Miracle story, was shot in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) This page is about the movie "Hoosiers" Hoosiers is also the nickname of Indiana University athletic teams see Indiana Hoosiers. Hinkle Fieldhouse is a Basketball arena located on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis Indiana. A renovation of the Butler Bowl (football stadium) to be finished soon will include field turf, which will allow the Butler Bowl to host football, soccer, and other events.
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Men's Basketball
The Butler program has traditionally been one of the best of the so-called "mid-major" basketball programs over the last decade, having won at least 20 games and reached postseason play eight of the last ten seasons, including five NCAA Tournaments. The Butler Bulldogs Basketball team is the basketball team that represent Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mid-major is a term mainly used in American College basketball and College football, to describe schools not affiliated with a conference whose football The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the Butler has been to six NCAA Tournaments since 1997. [1] The Bulldogs basketball program's system has been dubbed "The Butler Way", a now-unique style of team play that many have said harkens back to the Indiana glory days, as well as being called "the way the game should be played". The Butler Way is a term that has been used throughout the course of the 2006-07 and now 2007-08 Men's NCAA College Basketball season by broadcasters and sportswriters [2]
The 2006-2007 men's Butler basketball team won the NIT Season Tip-Off, which in part helped them to be named one of the top 12 underdog sports stories of 2006 by ESPN and eventually earn a program-record #5 seed to that year's NCAA Tournament. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The NIT Season Tip-Off is an annual College basketball tournament that takes place in November of each year around the beginning of the season [3] Butler began the season with ten straight wins, their third time in the last six years starting 10-0. [4]
In 2007 NCAA postseason play, the Bulldogs defeated 12 seed Old Dominion in the opening round, then upset 4 seed Maryland 62-59. The Maryland Terrapins, most commonly referred to as the Terps, represent the University of Maryland College Park in NCAA sports In the regional sweet-sixteen game, Butler lost to defending national champions Florida 65-57 in a hard fought game in which there were 10 lead changes and the Bulldogs led by as much as nine points in the first half. The Florida Gators are the athletic teams that collectively represent the University of Florida in Gainesville Florida. Butler relinquished the lead for good with 2:34 left in the game, in a play which might embody everything about the modern, physical game which frustrate fans of smaller, motion-oriented teams like the Bulldogs. In that play, Gator center Al Horford physically backed Butler forward Brandon Crone in toward the post, then hit a bank shot as Crone was whistled for a foul, his 5th. Alfred (Al Joel Horford Reynoso (born June 3 1986 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican Basketball player for the Basketball moves are generally individual actions used by players to pass by defenders to gain access to the basket or to get a clean pass to a teammate Having fouled out, Crone was forced to watch from the bench as Horford hit his free throw and Florida dominated the final two minutes to secure the victory against their much smaller rival. "We didn't come here just to give them a scare," Mike Green said after the loss "We wanted to win. Michael Green may refer to Sports Michael Green (Australian rules footballer Michael Green (field hockey (born 1972 A loss is a loss. It hurts. "
During the 2006-2007 season, Butler junior guard AJ Graves was named a Wooden Award National Player of the Year finalist in men's college basketball, while Head Coach Todd Lickliter was named a finalist for National Coach of the Year. AJ Graves (born August 15, 1985 in Switz City Indiana) is an American Basketball player currently playing in college The John R Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's and women's college Basketball players Todd Lickliter (born April 17, 1955) is the head coach of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes men's Basketball team Wooden Award Jim Phelan Award Lickliter won the 2006-07 mid-season National Coach of the Year. [5]
Basketball history
Butler reached the Sweet Sixteen as a #12 seed in the 2003 NCAA Tournament by defeating #5 Mississippi State and #4 Louisville, becoming that year's Cinderella. The 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division Mississippi State University is a Land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi, United States, in the town of Starkville and The University of Louisville (also known as U of L) is a public University in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. In American and Canadian Sports, a Cinderella or "Cinderella Story" refers to a team or player who advances much further in a Butler also defeated Wake Forest, 79-63, in the first round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament as a #10 seed, while their heartbreaking 69-68 overtime loss to eventual national runner-up Florida in the 2000 tournament as a #12 seed has seen regular rotation on TV over the years as an ESPN "Classic". Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational University in North Carolina, founded in 1834 The 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research The 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division Butler's exclusion as a 25-5 team from the 2002 tournament was also considered the biggest NCAA selection "snub" in several years. [6][7][8] Butler's 2001 NCAA Tournament win over ACC member Wake Forest also set a modern tournament record for fewest points scored in a half. Butler held the Deamon Deacons to just 10 first half points. [9]
Of note, in the team's 111 year history, Butler has advanced to the NCAA tournament 8 times.
Conference affiliation
Butler first joined a Division I conference in 1932 when the men's basketball team joined the Missouri Valley Conference. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States Membership Affiliate members Eastern Illinois University (men's soccer not sponsored by the Ohio Valley Conference) Other sports joined conferences in later years.
| Years | Football | Men's Basketball | Women's Basketball |
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| 1932-1934 | Missouri Valley Conference | ||
| 1946-1950 | Mid-American Conference | ||
| 1979-1986 | Midwestern Collegiate Conference | ||
| 1986-1993 | Midwestern Collegiate Conference | Midwestern Collegiate Conference | |
| 1993-present | Pioneer Football League | Horizon League | Horizon League |
Fight Song
Butler War Song
We'll sing the Butler war song,
We'll give a fighting cry;
We'll fight the Butler battle--
Bulldogs ever do or die. Membership Affiliate members Eastern Illinois University (men's soccer not sponsored by the Ohio Valley Conference) The Mid-American Conference ( MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division I college athletic conference with a membership Membership Former members History Foundation In May 1978 DePaul University hosted a meeting with Bradley Dayton Detroit Membership Former members History Foundation In May 1978 DePaul University hosted a meeting with Bradley Dayton Detroit Membership Former members History Foundation In May 1978 DePaul University hosted a meeting with Bradley Dayton Detroit The Pioneer Football League is a College athletic conference which operates literally from coast to coast in the United States. Membership Former members History Foundation In May 1978 DePaul University hosted a meeting with Bradley Dayton Detroit Membership Former members History Foundation In May 1978 DePaul University hosted a meeting with Bradley Dayton Detroit
And in the glow of the victory firelight,
Hist'ry cannot deny
To add a page or two
For Butler's fighting crew
Beneath the Hoosier sky.
As performed by the Butler Band
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