2008–09 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

2008–09 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball

Horizon League Regular Season Champions Horizon League Tournament Runners Up 2009 NCAA Tournament 9 Seed (South)
First Round vs. LSU, L 75–71
Conference	Horizon League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 22
2008–09 record	26–6 (15–3 Horizon)
Head coach	Brad Stevens
Assistant coach	Matthew Graves
Assistant coach	Terry Johnson
Assistant coach	Micah Shrewsberry
Home arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse

	Conf			Overall
2008-09 Horizon League Men's Basketball Standings
Team (Rank)	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
#22 Butler	15	3	.833	26	6	.813
Green Bay	13	5	.722	22	11	.667
Cleveland State†	12	6	.667	26	11	.703
Wright State	12	6	.667	20	13	.606
Milwaukee	11	7	.611	17	14	.548
UIC	7	11	.389	16	15	.516
Youngstown State	7	11	.389	11	19	.367
Loyola (IL)	6	12	.333	14	18	.438
Valparaiso	5	13	.278	9	22	.290
Detroit	2	16	.111	7	23	.233
Rankings from AP Poll † Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2008–09 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Brad Stevens, serving his 2nd year. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, which has a capacity of approximately 10,000.^[1]

The Bulldogs won the 2009 Horizon League Men's Basketball Regular Season Championship and received an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 9 seed in the South Region. They fell to 8 seed LSU .

Roster

2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
2.5 !G/F	11	Anglin, AlexAlex Anglin (W)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	2.0 !So	Kokomo	Kokomo, Indiana
3.5 !F	32	Butcher, GarrettGarrett Butcher	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Edgewood	Ellettsville, Indiana
1.5 !G	3	Hahn, ZachZach Hahn	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2.0 !So	New Castle Chrysler	New Castle, Indiana
2.5 !G/F	20	Hayward, GordonGordon Hayward	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Brownsburg	Brownsburg, Indiana
3.5 !F	54	Howard, MattMatt Howard	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2.0 !So	Connersville HS	Connersville, Indiana
3.5 !F	24	Jukes, AveryAvery Jukes	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	South Gwinnett/Alabama	Snellville, Georgia
5.0 !C	30	Kampen, EmersonEmerson Kampen (W)	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Yorktown	Yorktown, Indiana
1.5 !G	22	Leiendecker, GrantGrant Leiendecker	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	2.0 !So	Homestead	Fort Wayne, Indiana
1.5 !G	1	Mack, ShelvinShelvin Mack	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bryan Station	Lexington, Kentucky
1.5 !G	5	Nored, RonaldRonald Nored	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Homewood	Homewood, Alabama
1.5 !G	14	Rodgers, NickNick Rodgers (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Noblesville	Noblesville, Indiana
1.5 !G	33	Stigall, ChaseChase Stigall	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	New Castle Chrysler	New Castle, Indiana
1.5 !G	2	Vanzant, ShawnShawn Vanzant	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	2.0 !So	Wharton	Tampa, Florida
2.5 !G/F	21	Veasley, WillieWillie Veasley	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Freeport	Freeport, Illinois

Head coach

Brad Stevens (DePauw)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 05 May 2010

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
October 30* 7:00 PM		Marian	W 61–31		Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
November 8* 7:00 PM		Oakland City	W 91–52		Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 15* 8:05 PM		at Drake	W 58–48	1–0	Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
November 19* 7:00 PM		Ball State	W 64–55	2–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
November 22* 2:00 PM		Indiana University – South Bend	W 87–33	3–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
November 26* 7:00 PM		at Northwestern	W 57–53	4–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
November 29* 2:00 PM		Evansville	W 75–59	5–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
December 4 8:00 PM		at Cleveland State	W 50–48	6–0 (1–0)	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
December 6 7:05 PM		at Youngstown State	W 79–71	7–0 (2–0)	Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
December 10* 8:05 PM		at Bradley	W 87–75	8–0	Carver Arena Peoria, IL
December 13* 12:00 PM		at No. 21 Ohio State	L 54–51	8–1	Jerome Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH
December 20* 2:00 PM		Florida Gulf Coast	W 73–53	9–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
December 23* 7:00 PM		at No. 12 Xavier	W 74–65	10–1	Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
December 30* 7:00 PM		UAB	W 72–68	11–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League Play
January 3 8:05 PM		at Valparaiso	W 75–62	12–1 (3–0)	Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
January 8 7:00 PM	No. 20	Wright State	W 64–48	13–1 (4–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
January 10 2:00 PM	No. 20	Detroit	W 54–50	14–1 (5–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
January 15 8:00 PM	No. 18	at Loyola (IL)	W 78–55	15–1 (6–0)	Joseph J. Gentile Center Chicago, IL
January 17 2:00	No. 18	at Illinois-Chicago	W 59–52	16–1 (7–0)	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
January 22 7:00 PM	No. 17	Green Bay	W 68–59	17–1 (8–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
January 24 2:00 PM	No. 17	Milwaukee	W 78–48	18–1 (9–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
January 30 7:00 PM	No. 13	Valparaiso	W 59–51	19–1 (10–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
February 2 8:00 PM	No. 11	at Green Bay	L 75–66	19–2 (10–1)	Resch Center Green Bay, WI
February 5 8:05 PM	No. 11	at Detroit	W 66–61	20–2 (11–1)	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
February 7 7:00 PM	No. 11	at Wright State	W 69–51	21–2 (12–1)	Nutter Center Dayton, OH
February 13 7:00 PM	No. 15	Illinois-Chicago	W 80–61	22–2 (13–1)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
February 15 2:00 PM	No. 15	Loyola (IL)	L 71–67	22–3 (13–2)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
February 18 8:00 PM	No. 22	at Milwaukee	L 63–30	22–4 (13–3)	U.S. Cellular Arena Milwaukee, WI
February 21* 12:00 PM	No. 22	at Davidson	W 75–63	23–4	John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
February 26 7:00 PM	No. 23	Youngstown State	W 78–57	24–4 (14–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
February 28 12:00 PM	No. 23	Cleveland State	W 58–56	25–4 (15–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League Tournament
March 7 7:00 PM	No. 22	Wright State Horizon League Semifinal	W 62–57	26–4	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
March 10 9:00 PM	No. 17	Cleveland State Horizon League Championship	L 57–54	26–5	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
March 19* 12:00 PM, CBS	No. 23 (9 SR)	at vs. No. 20 (8 SR) LSU Round of 64	L 75–71	26–6 (15–3)	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) Indicates seed in NCAA Tournament. SR = South Region.

Rankings

Main article: 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	WK 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	25	21	17	16	13	11	15	21	24	22	16	22
Coaches				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	18	17	13	11	15	22	23	22	17	23	25

References

↑ Butler University – The Official Athletics Site: Hinkle Fieldhouse, retrieved 21 December 2009

Butler Bulldogs men's basketball

Venues	Butler Fieldhouse (1928–1966) Hinkle Fieldhouse (1966–present)

Culture & lore	The Butler Way Crossroads Classic Dawg Pound Butler Blue

People	Head coaches Award winners

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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2008–09 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References