Butler Basketball Guru

🚨NEW @BulldogBarkPod EPISODE🚨 In today’s episode of The Bulldog Bark Podcast, we reflect on Thad Matta’s career and time at Butler, and discuss Butler’s head coaching search Tune in! #DawgsOnly YT: youtu.be/NF50S92jhGs?si… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

You can’t convince me this version of the Big East wouldn’t be fun Midwest Division: - Butler - Creighton - Dayton - DePaul - Marquette - St. Louis - Xavier East Division: - UConn - Georgetown - Providence - Seton Hall - St. John’s - Villanova - VCU

Happy birthday to PMac! Hope it’s a great one my guy! #DawgsOnly @patrickmccaff22

@JRos0116 My Pioneer League brothers

@ButlerGuru St Thomas in Minnesota is a growing program that I think the Midwest division would benefit from

@FriardUp Acting like Butler vs Providence hasn’t produced some of the wildest Big East games over the past few years

@BBall_Logician @BulldogBarkPod Was trying to stick with basketball only schools. UConn obviously being the FBS exception

@ButlerGuru @BulldogBarkPod Add Memphis to the Midwest and one other to the east (Temple, James Madison, whoever) and now you’re cooking.

@NWIHoosier You’re living in a fantasy world of pre-NIL if you think that would make us relevant again

@ButlerGuru I was thinking maybe go back to the A10 or Horizon so we can be relevant in March once again.

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16 years ago today (3/20/10) 5-seed Butler defeated 13-seed Murray State, 54-52, to move on to the 2010 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16! Ronald Nored led all Dawgs w/ 15 points including the go ahead and-1 bucket Gordon Hayward had 12 points & Shelvin Mack added 11 points #DawgsOnly

03/20/54: Bobby Plump wins it for Milan at Butler (Hinkle) Fieldhouse

@HinkleFieldhome Lose the last. The buildup to the championship game would be a wild ride. You’d likely be featured everywhere Lose first game you just become a stat (although would still be cool)

Would you rather: Lose the first game of the tourney and go perfect from there on out Or Be perfect until the Championship game then lose it

11 years ago today 6-seed Butler defeated 11-seed Texas, 56-48, in the 1st round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament Kellen Dunham led all Dawgs with 20 points Kam Woods added 9 points and 9 boards Alex Barlow also added 7 points and 8 boards #DawgsOnly

15 years ago today (3/19/11) 8-seed Butler upsets 1-seed Pittsburgh, 71-70, in the 2011 NCAA Tournament to advance to the Sweet 16! One of the wildest endings you will ever see #DawgsOnly

Screwed up the date on this one. It was 9 years ago on 3/18/17 I will do better 🫡

8 years ago today (3/18/18) 4-seed Butler defeated 12-seed Middle Tennessee State, 74-65, to head to the 2017 Sweet 16! Kelan Martin led all Dawgs with 19 points. Andrew Chrabascz and Kamar Baldwin added 15 and 13 points, respectively #DawgsOnly

10 years ago yesterday (3/17/16) 9-seed Butler Bulldogs defeated 8-seed Texas Tech Red Raiders in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, 71-61 Kellen Dunham had 23 points. Tyler Wideman had 14 points & 7 boards. Andrew Chrabascz & Kelan Martin added 13 & 11 points, respectively #DawgsOnly

Y'all remember 2013 Rotnei Clarke?

@Vicbuckets @jkcdawgs No problem I got you Sparknotes version: stop caring if it’s a Butler guy or not. Pick the best coach available regardless of affiliation with school 🫡

@ButlerGuru @jkcdawgs Guru we gotta shorten the word count here. Can only read for so long

Sorry for the length but just some thoughts on Butler’s head coaching search The most important thing is that Butler does not settle for an “easy” hire and does an EXTENSIVE nationwide coaching search and selects the BEST candidate, regardless of their history with Butler I don’t care if it’s a Butler guy/alum or a non-Butler guy, as long as an extensive search is performed and Grant picks the candidate he thinks can help Butler win NOW based on coaching ability, ability to navigate NIL, CBB experience, etc If it ends up being a Butler guy, great, let’s ride. If it ends up being a non-Butler guy, great, let’s ride. As long as an extensive search was performed and all factors are considered, I can live with either I know some people are concerned if it’s a non-Butler guy then that coach could leave in a few years for a higher paying job. So our fear of hiring a non-Butler guy is that he will be TOO GOOD??? Guys…we haven’t been to the tournament in 8 years. That’s almost a decade! I would die for someone “too good” If a non-Butler guy is hired, gets us to the tournament for a few years, rejuvenates fans, rejuvenates donors, puts the program back on the map, and then leaves after 3-4 years. Well okay then. Thank you. And we can address it then Also, just because it’s a Butler guy doesn’t mean they won’t leave if they have success. Everyone has a price tag. Example: Matta literally left Butler after 1 year during his first stint. Butler is a stepping stone just like 90% of other programs. It’s just reality We need to stop being so fixated on it being a Butler guy vs a non-Butler guy. We absolutely cannot limit our coaching pool based on that criteria. We should be selecting the BEST coach available, regardless of Butler affiliation As always, Go Dawgs! #DawgsOnly