THE SERIES Butler Leads, 8-4 Streak: Butler, W1 In Newark: Butler Leads, 4-1 First Meeting: Butler, 64-57, 1/29/14 (Newark) Last Meeting: Butler, 75-74, 3/8/18 GAME 16: BUTLER (10-5, 1-1 BIG EAST) AT RV/RV SETON HALL (11-4, 2-1 BIG EAST) (BIG EAST Quarterfinals - Madison Square Wednesday, Jan. 9; 8:30PM Garden) Prudential Center; Newark, N.J. TV: FS1 - Brian Custer & Jim Spanarkel RADIO: 93.1 FM - @MarkMinner & Nick Gardner (@n_gardner) TWEETS YOU CAN PASS TuneIn Radio App, XM 381, SiriusXM Internet 972 OFF AS YOUR OWN @BUTLERMBB | BUTLERSPORTS.COM • Kamar Baldwin had a career-best 32 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS IN THE METRICS points in the team’s last meeting against Result/ NET Sagarin KPI BPI Seton Hall, in the 2018 BIG EAST Tourna- Time (ET) 57 42 39 43 ment. November • Baldwin ranks in the Top 10 of the BIG 10 MIAMI (OHIO) (FSN) W, 90-68 KenPom # NCAA EAST in scoring, assists, steals, free 12 DETROIT MERCY (FS1) W, 84-63 Adj. Efficiency +14.64 39 throw percentage, and minutes. 16 OLE MISS (FS2) W, 83-76 Adj. Offense 111.6 37 • Joey Brunk is second in the BIG EAST Battle 4 Atlantis Adj. Defense 97.0 67 21 vs. Dayton (ESPNews) L, 69-64 Schedule Strength +4.24 50 in field goal percentage (.687). 22 vs. Middle Tennessee (ESPNU) W, 84-53 • Wednesday’s game begins a stretch of 23 vs. Florida (ESPNU) W, 61-54 ** Through the games of Sunday, Jan. 6 three consecutive BIG EAST road games December for the Bulldogs. 1 at Saint Louis (FSN) L, 64-52 • In Saturday’s win over Creighton, Nate 5 BROWN (FSN) W, 70-55 2018-19 BY THE NUMBERS 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (FS1) W, 95-68 Fowler had a season-high 11 points and Butler BU Opponents Crossroads Classic tied his career-high with three three- 15 vs. #25/rv Indiana (CBS) L, 71-68 73.4 PPG 66.1 pointers. 18 PRESBYTERIAN (FS1) W, 76-67 +7.3 Margin • Butler’s 10.8 turnovers per game are the 21 UC-IRVINE (FS1) W, 71-54 .457 FG% .443 18th-fewest nationally. 29 at Florida (ESPNU) L, 77-43 .368 3FG% .347 • Brunk and Henry Baddley got the first January 9.1 3FG/gm. 7.3 2 GEORGETOWN* (FSN) L, 84-76 starts of their respective Butler careers in .742 .659 5 CREIGHTON* (FS1) W, 84-69 FT% Saturday’s win over Creighton. 9 at Seton Hall* (FS1) 8:30PM 11.5 FT/gm. 12.7 • Butler tied a season-high with 12 steals 13 at Xavier* (CBSSN) 12PM 32.5 Rebounds 33.2 against Creighton. 16 at DePaul* (FS1) 8:30PM -0.7 Reb Margin • Butler has shot 40 percent or better from 19 ST. JOHN’S* (FOX) 4:30PM 14.2 Assists 10.5 three-point range five times this season, 22 VILLANOVA* (FS1) 7PM 10.7 Turnovers 14.1 25 at Creighton* (FS1) 8:30PM hitting nine or more three-pointers in each 30 MARQUETTE* (FS1) 6:30PM +3.3 TO Margin of those games February 1.3 A/TO Ratio 0.7 • The Bulldogs are 9-0 this season (and 2 SETON HALL* (FS1) 12PM 5.9 Steals 5.5 28-1 under coach LaVall Jordan) when 9 at Georgetown* (FSN) 12PM 2.1 Blocks 3.5 shooting a better field goal percentage 12 at St. John’s* (CBSSN) 8:30PM than its opponent. 16 DEPAUL* (FS1) 8PM 2018-19 STATISTICAL RANKINGS 20 at Marquette* (CBSSN) 9PM • Aaron Thompson has registered 26 PROVIDENCE* (FS1) 7PM Offensive seven or more assists in four games this March ALL GAMES BIG EAST ONLY season. He is third in the BIG EAST in 2 at Villanova* (FOX) 2PM Statistic # BE / NCAA # RANK assists. 5 XAVIER* (FS1) 6PM Points 73.4 10 / 199 80.0 3 • Baldwin’s 28 points against Creighton 9 at Providence* (TBD) 12PM Margin +7.3 5 / 103 +3.5 4 were the second-most in a BIG EAST BIG EAST Tournament FG% .457 6 / 134 .455 5 13-16 New York City, N.Y. 3FG% .368 5 / 73 .364 3 game so far this season. (Madison Square Garden) 3FG/gm. 9.1 5 / 62 10.0 3 • Less than two weeks in the BIG EAST * BIG EAST game FT% .742 1 / 45 .643 8 schedule, 9 of the 10 teams have already Rebounds 32.5 10 / 321 37.5 3 suffered a conference loss (as of Sunday, Reb Margin -0.7 8 / 230 +3.0 4 Jan. 6). Assists 14.2 7 / 143 13.5 6 Turnovers 10.7 1 / 18 12.0 4 • Sean McDermott and Paul Jorgensen TO Margin +3.3 3 / 44 +3.0 3 are sixth and eighth, respectively, in the A/TO Ratio 1.3 2 / 51 1.1 5 BIG EAST in three-pointers made per game. Defensive • On the season, the Bulldogs are shoot- MBB MEDIA CONTACT ALL GAMES BIG EAST ONLY Statistic # BE / NCAA # RANK ing 74 percent from the free throw line. • Butler is one of just eight programs to Associate AD/Communications .........John Dedman Pts Allowed 66.1 2 / 61 76.5 8 win at least one game in each of the last Office Phone ...............................(317) 940-9414 FG% Def .443 9 / 238 .490 10 3FG% Def .347 7 / 229 .388 9 four NCAA Tournaments. Cell Phone ..................................(317) 491-5462 Steals 5.9 7 / 220 10.5 2 E-Mail ................................ [email protected] Blocks 2.1 10 / 313 2.5 7 Twitter ........................................ @JohnDedman TOs Forced 14.1 3 / 160 15.0 1 @ButlerMBB -- 1 BIG EAST CONFERENCE PRESEASON VOTING BUTLER QUICK FACTS 2018-19 BIG EAST All Games 2018-19 Preseason Coaches’ Poll Suggested Twitter Follows Villanova 2-0 11-4 1. Villanova (8) 79 points @ButlerMBB, @LaVall_Jordan, St. John’s 2-1 14-1 2. Marquette (1) 70 @Coach_JMeyer, @CoachOmarLowery, Seton Hall 2-1 11-4 3. Providence 58 @EKampen30, @CoachBrandonC, Marquette 1-1 12-3 4. St. John’s 57 @W_Vergollo, @ButlerTickets, 5. Butler (1) 45 Georgetown 1-1 11-4 6. Xavier 41 @BIGEASTMBB, @FS1, @ButlerBlue3, Butler 1-1 10-5 7. Georgetown 33 @BUADCollier, @ButlerAthletics, @ButlerU Creighton 1-1 10-5 8. Seton Hall 26 DePaul 1-2 9-5 9. Creighton 25 Location ..................................Indianapolis, Ind. Xavier 1-2 9-7 10. DePaul 16 Founded .................................................... 1855 Providence 0-2 10-5 First-place votes in parentheses Enrollment ....................4,726 (undergraduates) **Through the games of Sun., Jan. 6 Nickname ............................................. Bulldogs Preseason Player of the Year Colors ........................................Blue and White Conference ........................................BIG EAST Tuesday, Jan. 8 Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s, G, Jr., 6-1 Home Court .............. Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) St. John’s at Villanova Preseason Freshmen of the Year President ..................................... James Danko David Duke, Providence, G, Fr., 6-5 Director of Athletics ........................ Barry Collier Wednesday, Jan. 9 Jahvon Quinerly, Villanova, G, Fr., 6-1 Athletic Dept. Phone ..................(317) 940-9375 Butler at Seton Hall Ticket Office Phone ...................(317) 940-3647 Georgetown at Xavier Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team Marquette at Creighton Kamar Baldwin, Butler, G, Jr., 6-1* Jessie Govan, Georgetown, C, Sr., 6-10* Saturday, Jan. 12 Markus Howard, Marquette, G, Jr., 5-11* Providence at Georgetown Alpha Diallo, Providence, G, Jr., 6-7 Eric Paschall, Villanova, F, Sr., 6-8* Seton Hall at Marquette *Unanimous selection DePaul at St. John’s Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team Sunday, Jan. 13 Max Strus, DePaul, F, Sr., 6-6 Butler at Xavier Sam Hauser, Marquette, F, Jr., 6-8 Villanova at Creighton Justin Simon, St. John’s, G, Jr., 6-5 Myles Powell, Seton Hall, G, Jr., 6-2 Phil Booth, Villanova, G, Sr., 6-3 Preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention Martin Krampelj, Creighton, F, Jr., 6-9 Naji Marshall, Xavier, F, So., 6-7 2018-19 BUTLER ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School 0 Campbell Donovan* G 5-11 170 So. Ft. Wayne, Ind./Bishop Dwenger 1 Jordan Tucker^ F 6-7 210 So. White Plains, N.Y./Wheeler (Ga.)/Duke 2 Aaron Thompson* G 6-2 185 So. Glenn Dale, Md./Paul VI Catholic (Va.) 3 Kamar Baldwin** G 6-1 195 Jr. Winder, Ga./Apalachee 5 Paul Jorgensen* G 6-2 185 R-Sr. New City, N.Y./Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)/George Washington 20 Henry Baddley** G/F 6-4 180 Jr. Wadsworth, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary 21 Jerald Gillens-Butler* G/F 6-4 230 So. Orlando, Fla./Calvary Christian 22 Sean McDermott** F 6-6 195 R-Jr. Anderson, Ind./Pendleton Heights 24 Markeese Hastings F 6-7 190 Fr. Wyoming, Mich./Godwin Heights 25 Christian David* F 6-6 200 So. Milton, Ontario/Vermont Academy 33 Bryce Golden F 6-9 250 Fr. Winchester, Va./Saint James School (Md.) 50 Joey Brunk* C 6-11 230 R-So. Indianapolis, Ind./Southport 51 Nate Fowler*** C 6-10 240 Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller Bryce Nze+ F 6-7 225 R-So. Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead/Milwaukee *—Varsity letters earned at Butler ^—Transfer, will be able to play in games once Fall 2018 semester concludes +—Transfer, will sit out the 2018-19 season and then have two seasons of eligibility remaining Coaching Staff: Head Coach: LaVall Jordan (Butler, 2001 / Second Season as Butler Head Coach) Assistant Coaches: Jeff Meyer (Taylor, 1976 / Fifth Season as Assistant Coach at Butler - including 2001-04) Omar Lowery (Concordia University Wisconsin, 2002 / Second Season at Butler) Emerson Kampen (Butler, 2013 / Third Season as Assistant Coach / Fifth Season on Butler Staff) Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Brandon Crone (Butler, 2007) Basketball Analyst: Will Vergollo (Michigan, 2010) Strength and Conditioning Coach - Men’s Basketball: Matthew Johnson (Marywood University, 2007) Director of Sports Medicine/MBB Athletic Trainer: Ryan Galloy (Butler, 2000) Pronunciation Guide: Gillens-Butler - GILL-ens Nze - IN-zee LaVall (Jordan) - Luh-VAL (rhymes with pal) Vergollo - VUR-go-low Galloy - GUH-loy (rhymes with boy) @ButlerMBB -- 2 PROJECTED STARTERS #2 AARON THOMPSON 2018-19: 6.3 ppg 1.9 rpg 4.4 apg .577 FG .417 3FG .500 FT G, 6-2, 185, So.