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rv/rv Bulldogs (2-0) at rv/rv Maryland (2-0) -- Gavitt Tipoff Games Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 Senior Kelan Martin earned 2017-18 SCHEDULE FAST START: BIG EAST Player of the Week honors after THE SPECIFICS Date Opponent Result/ registering back-to-back 20-point games as 8:30 p.m. ET | College Park, Md. Time (ET) Butler won two games over the weekend. XFINITI Center November This is the fifth weekly honor for Martin, who 10 KENNESAW STATE (FCS) W, 82-64 also was recognized twice as a junior and 1430 AM & TuneIn Radio App 12 PRINCETON (CBSSN) W, 85-75 twice as a senior. Radio: Gavitt Tipoff Games Mark Minner (@MarkMinner) & 15 at Maryland# (FS1) 8:30PM Nick Gardner (@n_gardner) Phil Knight Invitational: PK80 ‘BOARD’ OUT OF HIS MIND: Martin had 18 FURMAN% (FS2) 2PM a career-best 14 rebounds Sunday against 23 vs. Texas% (ESPN2) 7PM Princeton, which contributed to his first TV: FS1 24 vs. Duke or Portland State% (ESPN) TBD double-double of the season and the 11th Justin Kutcher & Jim Jackson 26 vs. TBD% (TBD) TBD of his career. No Bulldog had more than 11 rebounds in a game last season. @ButlerMBB | ButlerSports.com December 2 SAINT LOUIS (FS1) 2PM 5 UTAH (FS1) 9PM CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Just two games 9 YOUNGSTOWN STATE (FSN) 12PM into his senior season, Kelan Martin now THE SERIES Crossroads Classic has 1,344 career points, which is already 16 vs. Purdue$ (FOX) 12PM 20th on Butler’s all-time list. His 544 points Butler is 1-0 all-time against Mary- in 2016-17 were the seventh-best total for a land, a 62-59 win in the second round 19 MOREHEAD STATE (FS1) 8:30PM junior in Butler history. 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS (FSN) 7PM of the 2007 NCAA Tournament. 27 at Georgetown* (FS1) 6:30PM 30 VILLANOVA* (CBS) 4PM GOOD IN THE GAVITT GAMES: Butler is January 1-0 as a participant in the Gavitt Games, 2 at Xavier* (FS1) 7PM which pairs BIG EAST and Big Ten teams. 6 SETON HALL* (FS1) 2:30PM The Bulldogs’ win came a season ago over 9 at Creighton* (FS1) 8:30PM Northwestern at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Kamar TWEETS YOU CAN PASS OFF 12 MARQUETTE* (FS1) 6:30PM Baldwin, in his second collegiate game, hit 15 at Providence* (FS1) 4:30PM AS YOUR OWN 20 at DePaul* (FS1) 2PM a step-back 17-foot jumper with 0.4 seconds 27 ST JOHN’S* (FS1) 2:30PM remaining on the clock to give the Bulldogs • The 2007 win over Maryland was the 31 at Marquette* (FS1) 9PM a 70-68 win. final win for LaVall Jordan as an assistant February coach at Butler. Current Director of Bas- 3 DEPAUL* (FS1) 12PM HANDLE WITH CARE: Butler committed 6 XAVIER* (FS1) 6:30PM ketball Operations Brandon Crone had 13 only seven turnovers in Sunday’s win points in that win as a senior. 10 at Villanova* (FOX) 12PM over Princeton. Butler averaged only 10.2 13 GEORGETOWN* (CBSSN) 6:30PM turnovers per game in 2016-17. That mark 17 PROVIDENCE* (FOX) 12PM • Freshman guard Aaron Thompson is was ninth nationally. The Bulldogs posted 10 20 CREIGHTON* (FS1) 7PM from Glenn Dale, Md. 28 at St. John’s* (CBSSN) 9PM or fewer miscues in 16 games last season March and were 13-3 in those games, including the • Butler is receiving votes in both national 3 at Seton Hall* (TBD) TBD team’s NCAA second round win over Middle BIG EAST Tournament Tennessee State. polls (AP and Coaches polls), just outside 7-10 First Round / Quarterfinals / the Top 25 Semifinals / Championship Game LaVall Jordan started WELCOME HOME: his Butler head coaching career in style • Butler opens the regular season with four games in nine days, followed by #--Gavitt Tipoff Games, College Park, Md. Friday night as his Bulldogs posted an 82-64 %--PK80: Phil Knight Invitational win over Kennesaw State in front of a sold- a flight to Portland, Ore., for the PK80 $--Crossroads Classic, Bankers Life Fieldhouse out Hinkle Fieldhouse crowd. Jordan, who event, which features three games in four * BIG EAST game helped Butler to conference championships days. ** BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) and NCAA Tournament appearances as both a player and an assistant coach, returned to his alma mater as the 24th head coach in men’s basketball program history on June 12. The head coach who recruited him to Butler as a student-athlete (Barry Collier) is the Butler’s Director of Athletics who hired @ButlerMBB -- 1 him to this position over the summer. 2016-17 HIGHLIGHTS 2016-17 STATISTICAL RANKINGS BUTLER QUICK FACTS 25-9, program’s 22nd 20-win season Offensive Suggested Twitter Follows ............................. 12-6, tying best BIG EAST mark in @ButlerMBB, @LaVall_Jordan, @Coach_JMeyer, @CoachLowery, program history Statistic # BIG EAST NCAA Points 76.3 5 104 @EKampen30, @CoachBrandonC, NCAA Sweet 16, program’s sixth Margin +7.5 3 52 @W_Vergollo, @ButlerTickets, Sweet 16 appearance FG% .477 4 32 @BIGEASTMBB, @FS1, , program’s best BIG 3FG% .366 5 104 @BUADCollier, @ButlerAthletics, @ButlerU Second Place 3FG/gm. 7.7 5 145 EAST finish FT% .741 3 55 Location ..................................Indianapolis, Ind. NCAA South Region No. 4 seed, Rebounds 32.0 10 325 Founded .................................................... 1855 highest seed in program history Reb Margin +0.6 5 168 Enrollment ....................4,200 (undergraduates) Assists 13.3 8 189 regular season record against Nickname ............................................. Bulldogs 14-5 Turnovers 10.2 1 9 Colors ........................................Blue and White the 12 teams that made NCAA Tour- TO Margin +3.1 1 22 Conference ........................................BIG EAST A/TO Ratio 1.31 3 36 nament Home Court .............. Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) Defensive President ..................................... James Danko Director of Athletics ........................ Barry Collier 2016-17 BY THE NUMBERS Statistic # BIG EAST NCAA Athletic Dept. Phone ..................(317) 940-9375 Pts Allowed 68.9 3 86 Ticket Office Phone ...................(317) 940-3647 Butler BU Opponents FG% Def .445 6 215 76.3 68.9 3FG% Def .333 5 89 PPG Steals 6.1 7 182 MBB MEDIA CONTACT +7.5 Margin Blocks 2.8 8 237 .477 FG% .445 Turnovers Forced 13.3 5 159 Associate AD/Communications ...John Dedman .366 3FG% .333 Office Phone .........................(317) 940-9414 ** 2016-17 Season Final Statistics Cell Phone ............................(317) 491-5462 7.7 3FG/gm. 6.8 E-Mail [email protected] .741 FT% .697 RETURNING VS. LOST Twitter .................................. @JohnDedman 15.4 FT/gm. 13.9 Press Row Phone ......................(317) 940-9817 32.0 Rebounds 31.4 Returning Lost Website ..........................www.ButlerSports.com 1430 (55%) 1165 (45%) +0.6 Reb Margin Points 520 (57%) FGM 386 (43%) 13.3 10.8 Assists 124 (48%) 3FGM 137 (52%) 10.2 Turnovers 13.3 266 (51%) FTM 256 (49%) +3.1 TO Margin 631 (63%) Rebounds 376 (37%) 1.3 A/TO Ratio 0.8 134 (30%) Assists 319 (70%) 6.1 Steals 5.0 123 (60%) Steals 83 (40%) 2.8 Blocks 2.6 71 (74%) Blocks 25 (26%) 2017-18 BUTLER ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School 0 Campbell Donovan G 5-11 165 Fr. Ft. Wayne, Ind./Bishop Dwenger 2 Aaron Thompson G 6-2 190 Fr. Glenn Dale, Md./Paul XI Catholic (Va.) 3 Kamar Baldwin* G 6-1 170 So. Winder, Ga./Apalachee 4 Tyler Wideman*** F 6-8 240 Sr. Schererville, Ind./Lake Central 5 Paul Jorgensen G 6-2 185 R-Jr. New City, N.Y./Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)/George Washington 20 Henry Baddley* G/F 6-4 175 So. Wadsworth, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary 21 Jerald Gillens-Butler G/F 6-4 235 Fr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Calvary Christian 22 Sean McDermott* G/F 6-6 190 R-So. Anderson, Ind./Pendleton Heights 25 Christian David G/F 6-6 215 Fr. Milton, Ontario/Vermont Academy 30 Kelan Martin*** F 6-7 220 Sr. Louisville, Ky./Ballard 50 Joey Brunk* F/C 6-11 240 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Southport 51 Nate Fowler** C 6-10 240 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller *—Varsity letters earned at Butler Coaching Staff: Head Coach: LaVall Jordan (Butler, 2001 / First Season as Butler Head Coach) Assistant Coaches: Jeff Meyer (Taylor, 1976 / Fourth Season as Assistant Coach at Butler - including 2001-04) Omar Lowery (Concordia University Wisconsin, 2002 / First Season at Butler) Emerson Kampen (Butler, 2013 / Second Season as Assistant Coach / Fourth Season on Butler Staff) Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Brandon Crone (Butler, 2007) Basketball Analyst: Will Vergollo (Michigan, 2010) Men’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Ryan Galloy (Butler, 2000) Pronunciation Guide: Wideman - WIDE-mun Gillens-Butler - GILL-ens Kelan (Martin) - KEY-lun LaVall (Jordan) - Luh-VAL @ButlerMBB -- 2 THE FRESHMAN 15: Newcomer Aaron GRAB AND GO: Butler forced 17 turnovers Thompson posted 15 points on 5-of-6 by Kennesaw State Friday night and BIG EAST CONFERENCE shooting in Sunday’s win over Princeton. converted those into 29 points. Junior Paul 2017-18 BIG EAST All Games He also went 5-of-7 from the free throw. Ten Jorgensen, playing in his first game for Butler Butler 2-0 of his points steadied the ship in the first after transferring from George Washington, Creighton 2-0 half as Butler’s starting backcourt of Kamar tied his career-high with three steals. His 14 Seton Hall 2-0 Baldwin and Paul Jorgensen were saddled points were just two shy of his career-high Xavier 2-0 with two fouls. during his time at GW. Georgetown 1-0 Marquette 1-0 Thompson had five assists in the team’s ‘TAPAS’ PERFORMANCES: The Bulldogs St. John’s 1-0 opener against Kennesaw State.