Men's Basketball

Butler University

510 West 49th St - Indianapolis, IN - 46208
Team Office: Tel: (317) 940-9377 Fax: (317) 940-9808
Team website: butlersports.collegesports.com/

Founded in 1855 by attorney and abolitionist Ovid Butler, Butler University is a private, comprehensive/liberal arts and science based institution offering over 50 Bachelor degree programs and 10 graduate majors including pharmacy, business and education. Nearly 2/3 of the student body are women. Other majors offered include Voice and Opera, Addiction Counseling, Journalism, Criminal Justice, and Dance. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges, ranked Butler #4 among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Indianapolis (pop. 810k).

School website
www.butler.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

4,200

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 1070-1280

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$36,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Health Sciences - Communications

Misc. Information

Brad Stevens completed his first season at Butler in 2007-08. Stevens took over for Todd Lickliter (Lickliter was named head coach at Iowa) who produced five 20+ winning seasons, four conference championships, three conference tourney titles and three NCAA appearances. Stevens served with Lickliter for six seasons during which Butler compiled a 131-61 record. Prior to joining the Bulldogs' staff in 2000 as an assistant, Stevens coached at Carmel High School. Stevens completed a stellar high school basketball career in 1995 as the all-time basketball scoring leader at Zionsville High School. During his prep career, he set team all-time records for three-point field goals and assists. In 2007-08, Steven's inaugural season, he led the Bulldogs to a 30-4 record and made a second round NCAA appearance before losing to Tennessee.

Team Name	Bulldogs
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1336-1015 (.568)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	30-4	29-7	20-13	106-49 (.683)
Conference	16-2	13-3	11-5	53-25 (.679)
Conf. Finish	1	1	2	7, 4, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	NIT	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#14	#21	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Brad Stevens
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Butler	2007-08
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	30-4
Record at Butler	30-4
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Terry Johnson, Matthew Graves, Brandon Miller

Recruiting Coordinator

Matthew Graves (317) 940-9813, mgraves@butler.edu

Conference and Schedule

Butler plays in the Horizon League (www.horizonleague.org) formerly known as the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. The conference is comprised of nine teams from Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio. Though not as well known as other D1 conferences, the Horizon League has recently been one of the top performing conferences in terms of NCAA appearances. Butler plays a 16 game league schedule, playing each team twice, home and away. League play commences in January with games usually played on Wednesday or Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the Horizon League tourney which takes all nine teams with first round byes for the top three and second round byes for the top two. Higher seeds hosts. Winner receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

Illinois-Chicago, Detroit Mercy, Loyola, Wright St, Youngstown St, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Cleveland St. Valparaiso will joint the Horizon League 2007-08.

Facilities

Hinkle Fieldhouse
Capacity 11,000. Average attendance (???)

Style/Stats

In 2007-08, Butler ranked #7 in defense, holding opponents to 58.4 ppg.