2018–19 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by LaVall Jordan, in his second year as head coach of his alma mater. The Bulldogs played their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16–17, 7–11 in Big East play which tied them for eighth place. As the No. 9 seed in the Big East tournament, they were defeated by Providence in the quarterfinals. The Bulldogs received an at-large bid to the NIT as the No. 5 seed in the TCU bracket. There they were defeated in the first round by Nebraska to end the season.
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NIT, First round | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Record | 16–17 (7–11 Big East) |
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Home arena | Hinkle Fieldhouse |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Villanova † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 10 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 17 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
editThe Bulldogs finished the 2017–18 season 21–14, 9–9 in Big East play to finish a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated Seton Hall before losing to Villanova in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated Arkansas in the first round before losing to Purdue in the second round.
Offseason
editDepartures
editName | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Kelan Martin | 30 | F | 6'7" | 220 | Senior | Louisville, KY | Graduated |
Tyler Wideman | 4 | F | 6'8" | 240 | Senior | Merrillville, IN | Graduated |
2018 recruiting class
editName | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Markeese Hastings SF |
Grand Rapids, MI | Godwin Heights High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Nov 11, 2017 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A | ||||||
Bryce Golden PF |
Hagerstown, MD | St. James School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Apr 30, 2018 | |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: | ||||||
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Incoming transfers
editName | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Jordan Tucker | 1 | F | 6'7" | 210 | Sophomore | White Plains, NY | Transferred from Duke prior to the Spring 2018 semester. He became eligible when the Fall 2018 semester concluded, and has two and a half years of remaining eligibility. |
Bryce Nze | 10 | F | 6'7" | 230 | Sophomore | Hartland, WI | Transferred from Milwaukee. Under NCAA transfer rules, Nze will redshirt for the 2018–19 season and have two years of remaining eligibility. |
Roster
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Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 28, 2018* 2:00 pm |
Tiffin | W 100–63 | – |
17 – Baldwin | 8 – Tied | 5 – Baldwin | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,454) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
November 3, 2018* 4:00 pm |
Southern Indiana | W 79–58 | – |
24 – Jorgensen | 7 – Brunk | 4 – Baldwin | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,805) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
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November 10, 2018* 7:00 pm, FSN |
Miami (OH) Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game |
W 90–68[2] | 1–0 |
21 – Baldwin | 7 – Tied | 6 – Baldwin | Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,171) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
November 12, 2018* 6:30 pm, FS1 |
Detroit Mercy | W 84–63[3] | 2–0 |
26 – Baldwin | 8 – Baldwin | 6 – Baldwin | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,741) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
November 16, 2018* 8:00 pm, FS2 |
Ole Miss | W 83–76[4] | 3–0 |
27 – Jorgensen | 8 – Baldwin | 5 – Baldwin | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,328) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPNews |
vs. Dayton Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals |
L 64–69[5] | 3–1 |
18 – Tied | 7 – Fowler | 7 – Baldwin | Imperial Arena (1,452) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
November 22, 2018* 9:30 pm, ESPNU |
vs. Middle Tennessee Battle 4 Atlantis consolation |
W 84–53[6] | 4–1 |
21 – Tied | 5 – Tied | 8 – Thompson | Imperial Arena (953) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
November 23, 2018* 9:30 pm, ESPNU |
vs. Florida Battle 4 Atlantis 5th place game |
W 61–54[7] | 5–1 |
19 – Baldwin | 7 – Jorgensen | 5 – Baldwin | Imperial Arena (1,140) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
December 1, 2018* 5:00 pm, FSMW |
at Saint Louis | L 52–64[8] | 5–2 |
12 – McDermott | 9 – Tied | 2 – Thompson | Chaifetz Arena (9,572) St. Louis, MO | ||||
December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, FSN |
Brown | W 70–55[9] | 6–2 |
19 – Jorgensen | 6 – Thompson | 4 – Tied | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,361) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
December 8, 2018* 4:30 pm, FS1 |
Northern Illinois | W 95–68[10] | 7–2 |
23 – McDermott | 7 – Baldwin | 9 – Thompson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,247) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
December 15, 2018* 3:45 pm, CBS |
vs. No. 25-T Indiana Crossroads Classic |
L 68–71[11] | 7–3 |
20 – McDermott | 6 – McDermott | 5 – Thompson | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,743) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
December 18, 2018* 8:30 pm, FS1 |
Presbyterian | W 76–67[12] | 8–3 |
18 – Thompson | 8 – Brunk | 7 – Thompson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (6,821) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
December 21, 2018* 6:30 pm, FS1 |
UC Irvine | W 71–54[13] | 9–3 |
19 – Jorgensen | 7 – Jorgensen | 7 – Thompson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,732) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
December 29, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Florida | L 43–77[14] | 9–4 |
9 – Baldwin | 3 – Baldwin | 2 – Tied | Exactech Arena (9,814) Gainesville, FL | ||||
Big East regular season | |||||||||||
January 2, 2019 7:00 pm, FSN/MASN2 |
Georgetown | L 76–84[15] | 9–5 (0–1) |
15 – Baddley | 8 – Tied | 5 – Thompson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,876) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
January 5, 2019 12:00 pm, FS1 |
Creighton | W 84–69[16] | 10–5 (1–1) |
28 – Baldwin | 8 – McDermott | 7 – Baldwin | Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,148) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
January 9, 2018 8:30 pm, FS1 |
at Seton Hall | L 75–76[17] | 10–6 (1–2) |
23 – Baldwin | 10 – Brunk | 3 – Tied | Prudential Center (7,640) Newark, NJ | ||||
January 13, 2019 12:00 pm, CBSSN |
at Xavier | L 69–70[18] | 10–7 (1–3) |
18 – Baldwin | 8 – Tucker | 7 – Baldwin | Cintas Center (10,144) Cincinnati, OH | ||||
January 16, 2019 9:30 pm, FS1 |
at DePaul | W 87–69[19] | 11–7 (2–3) |
19 – Tucker | 14 – Baldwin | 5 – Baldwin | Wintrust Arena (4,616) Chicago, IL | ||||
January 19, 2019 4:30 pm, FOX |
St. John's | W 80–71[20] | 12–7 (3–3) |
30 – Baldwin | 12 – McDermott | 3 – Tied | Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,121) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
January 22, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1 |
No. 18 Villanova | L 72–80[21] | 12–8 (3–4) |
15 – Thompson | 7 – McDermott | 4 – Thompson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,962) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
January 25, 2019 8:30 pm, FS1 |
at Creighton | L 61–75[22] | 12–9 (3–5) |
23 – Baldwin | 5 – Tied | 3 – Tied | CHI Health Center Omaha (18,089) Omaha, NE | ||||
January 30, 2019 6:30 pm, FS1 |
No. 10 Marquette | L 58–76[23] | 12–10 (3–6) |
16 – Baldwin | 6 – Fowler | 4 – Thompson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,292) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
February 2, 2019 12:00 pm, FS1 |
Seton Hall | W 70–68[24] | 13–10 (4–6) |
18 – Jorgensen | 7 – McDermott | 6 – Thompson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,102) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
February 9, 2019 12:00 pm, FSN/MASN2 |
at Georgetown | W 73–69[25] | 14–10 (5–6) |
18 – Baldwin | 5 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Capital One Arena (13,345) Washington, D.C. | ||||
February 12, 2019 8:30 pm, CBSSN |
at St. John's | L 73–77[26] OT | 14–11 (5–7) |
16 – Baldwin | 9 – Jorgensen | 4 – Thompson | Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Queens, NY | ||||
February 16, 2019 8:00 pm, FS1 |
DePaul | W 91–78[27] | 15–11 (6–7) |
25 – Baldwin | 6 – McDermott | 5 – Tied | Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
February 20, 2019 9:00 pm, CBSSN |
at No. 11 Marquette | L 69–79[28] | 15–12 (6–8) |
27 – McDermott | 8 – McDermott | 2 – Tied | Fiserv Forum (14,600) Milwaukee, WI | ||||
February 26, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1 |
Providence | L 67–73[29] | 15–13 (6–9) |
27 – Baldwin | 6 – Baldwin | 5 – Thompson | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,149) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
March 2, 2019 2:00 pm, FOX |
at Villanova | L 54–75[30] | 15–14 (6–10) |
11 – Jorgenson | 5 – Baldwin | 4 – Thompson | Wells Fargo Center (17,515) Philadelphia, PA | ||||
March 5, 2019 6:00 pm, FS1 |
Xavier | W 71–66[31] | 16–14 (7–10) |
24 – Baldwin | 6 – Baldwin | 4 – David | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,551) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
March 9, 2019 12:00 pm, FSN |
at Providence | L 70–83[32] | 16–15 (7–11) |
17 – Jorgensen | 4 – Tied | 4 – Thompson | Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,004) Providence, RI | ||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
March 13, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1 |
(9) | vs. (8) Providence Quarterfinals |
L 57–80[33] | 16–16 |
14 – Tucker | 5 – Fowler | 6 – Thompson | Madison Square Garden (19,812) New York, NY | |||
NIT | |||||||||||
March 20, 2019* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(5) | at (4) Nebraska First round – TCU bracket |
L 76–80[34] | 16–17 |
14 – McDermott | 7 – McDermott | 12 – Thompson | Pinnacle Bank Arena (10,103) Lincoln, NE | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time [35]. |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
AP | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | Not released | |||||||||||||
Coaches | RV | RV^ | RV | RV | — | — |
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.
Awards
editName | Award(s) |
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Kamar Baldwin | Preseason All-Big East First Team[36] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster". Butlersports.com. Butler University. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ "Miami (OH) vs. Butler Box Score, November 10, 2018".
- ^ "Detroit Mercy vs. Butler Box Score, November 12, 2018".
- ^ "Mississippi vs. Butler Box Score, November 16, 2018".
- ^ "Dayton vs. Butler Box Score, November 21, 2018".
- ^ "Middle Tennessee vs. Butler Box Score, November 22, 2018".
- ^ "Butler vs. Florida Box Score, November 23, 2018".
- ^ "Butler vs. Saint Louis Box Score, December 1, 2018".
- ^ "Brown vs. Butler Box Score, December 5, 2018".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Butler Box Score, December 8, 2018".
- ^ "Butler vs. Indiana Box Score, December 15, 2018".
- ^ "Presbyterian vs. Butler Box Score, December 18, 2018".
- ^ "UC-Irvine vs. Butler Box Score, December 21, 2018".
- ^ "Butler vs. Florida Box Score, December 29, 2018".
- ^ "Georgetown vs. Butler Box Score, January 2, 2019".
- ^ "Creighton vs. Butler Box Score, January 5, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Seton Hall Box Score, January 9, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Xavier Box Score, January 13, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. DePaul Box Score, January 16, 2019".
- ^ "St. John's (NY) vs. Butler Box Score, January 19, 2019".
- ^ "Villanova vs. Butler Box Score, January 22, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Creighton Box Score, January 25, 2019".
- ^ "Marquette vs. Butler Box Score, January 30, 2019".
- ^ "Seton Hall vs. Butler Box Score, February 2, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Georgetown Box Score, February 9, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. St. John's (NY) Box Score, February 12, 2019".
- ^ "DePaul vs. Butler Box Score, February 16, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Marquette Box Score, February 20, 2019".
- ^ "Providence vs. Butler Box Score, February 26, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Villanova Box Score, March 2, 2019".
- ^ "Xavier vs. Butler Box Score, March 5, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Providence Box Score, March 9, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Providence Box Score, March 13, 2019".
- ^ "Butler vs. Nebraska Box Score, March 20, 2019".
- ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".
- ^ "@ButlerMBB Picked Fifth in BIG EAST Preseason Poll". Butler University. October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.