2008–09 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

2008–09 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
Horizon League Regular Season Champions
Horizon League tournament Runners Up
2009 NCAA tournament 9 Seed (South)
First Round vs. LSU, L 75–71
ConferenceHorizon League
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 22
Record26–6 (15–3 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
Seasons
2008–09 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Butler 15 – 3   .833 26 – 6   .813
Green Bay 13 – 5   .722 22 – 11   .667
Cleveland State † 12 – 6   .667 26 – 11   .703
Wright State 12 – 6   .667 20 – 13   .606
Milwaukee 11 – 7   .611 17 – 14   .548
UIC 7 – 11   .389 16 – 15   .516
Youngstown State 7 – 11   .389 11 – 19   .367
Loyola Chicago 6 – 12   .333 14 – 18   .438
Valparaiso 5 – 13   .278 9 – 22   .290
Detroit 2 – 16   .111 7 – 23   .233
† Horizon League Tournament winner
As of April 1, 2009
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2008–09 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Brad Stevens, serving his 2nd year. The Bulldogs played their home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, which has a capacity of approximately 10,000.[1]

The Bulldogs won the 2009 Horizon League Men's Basketball Regular Season Championship and received an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 9 seed in the South Region. They fell to 8 seed LSU .

Roster

2009–10 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 11 Alex Anglin (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 171 lb (78 kg) So Kokomo Kokomo, Indiana
F 32 Garrett Butcher 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Fr Edgewood Ellettsville, Indiana
G 3 Zach Hahn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So New Castle Chrysler New Castle, Indiana
G/F 20 Gordon Hayward 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Brownsburg Brownsburg, Indiana
F 54 Matt Howard 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Connersville Connersville, Indiana
F 24 Avery Jukes 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Jr South Gwinnett/Alabama Snellville, Georgia
C 30 Emerson Kampen (W) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 192 lb (87 kg) RS Fr Yorktown Yorktown, Indiana
G 22 Grant Leiendecker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Homestead Fort Wayne, Indiana
G 1 Shelvin Mack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Fr Bryan Station Lexington, Kentucky
G 5 Ronald Nored 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Fr Homewood Homewood, Alabama
G 14 Nick Rodgers (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Jr Noblesville Noblesville, Indiana
G 33 Chase Stigall 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) RS Fr New Castle Chrysler New Castle, Indiana
G 2 Shawn Vanzant 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 171 lb (78 kg) So Wharton Tampa, Florida
G/F 21 Willie Veasley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Jr Freeport Freeport, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 05 May 2010

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Exhibition
October 30*
7:00 pm 		Marian W 61–31 
Hinkle Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
November 8*
7:00 pm 		Oakland City W 91–52 
Hinkle Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
Non-conference regular season
November 15*
8:05 pm 		at Drake W 58–48  1–0
 Knapp Center (6,012)
Des Moines, IA
November 19*
7:00 pm 		Ball State W 64–55  2–0
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (5,056)
Indianapolis, IN
November 22*
2:00 pm 		Indiana University South Bend W 87–33  3–0
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (3,444)
Indianapolis, IN
November 26*
7:00 pm 		at Northwestern W 57–53  4–0
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,727)
Indianapolis, IN
November 29*
2:00 pm 		Evansville W 75–59  5–0
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,708)
Indianapolis, IN
December 4
8:00 pm 		at Cleveland State W 50–48  6–0 (1–0)
 Wolstein Center (2,604)
Cleveland, OH
December 6
7:05 pm 		at Youngstown State W 79–71  7–0 (2–0)
 Beeghly Center (2,657)
Youngstown, OH
December 10*
8:05 pm 		at Bradley W 87–75  8–0
 Carver Arena (9,366)
Peoria, IL
December 13*
12:00 pm 		at No. 21 Ohio State L 51–54  8–1
 Jerome Schottenstein Center (13,976)
Columbus, OH
December 20*
2:00 pm 		Florida Gulf Coast W 73–53  9–1
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,358)
Indianapolis, IN
December 23*
7:00 pm 		at No. 12 Xavier W 74–65  10–1
 Cintas Center (10,250)
Cincinnati, OH
December 30*
7:00 pm 		UAB W 72–68  11–1
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,141)
Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League Play
January 3
8:05 pm 		at Valparaiso W 75–62  12–1 (3–0)
 Athletics–Recreation Center (4,737)
Valparaiso, IN
January 8
7:00 pm 		No. 20 Wright State W 64–48  13–1 (4–0)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,773)
Indianapolis, IN
January 10
2:00 pm 		No. 20 Detroit W 54–50  14–1 (5–0)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (5,652)
Indianapolis, IN
January 15
8:00 pm 		No. 18 at Loyola–Chicago W 78–55  15–1 (6–0)
 Joseph J. Gentile Center (3,229)
Chicago, IL
January 17
2:00 		No. 18 at Illinois-Chicago W 59–52  16–1 (7–0)
 UIC Pavilion (5,844)
Chicago, IL
January 22
7:00 pm 		No. 17 Green Bay W 68–59  17–1 (8–0)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (5,355)
Indianapolis, IN
January 24
2:00 pm 		No. 17 Milwaukee W 78–48  18–1 (9–0)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,418)
Indianapolis, IN
January 30
7:00 pm 		No. 13 Valparaiso W 59–51  19–1 (10–0)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (6,623)
Indianapolis, IN
February 2
8:00 pm 		No. 11 at Green Bay L 66–75  19–2 (10–1)
 Resch Center (6,978)
Green Bay, WI
February 5
8:05 pm 		No. 11 at Detroit W 66–61  20–2 (11–1)
 Calihan Hall (2,289)
Detroit, MI
February 7
7:00 pm 		No. 11 at Wright State W 69–51  21–2 (12–1)
 Nutter Center (9,735)
Dayton, OH
February 13
7:00 pm 		No. 15 Illinois-Chicago W 80–61  22–2 (13–1)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (6,137)
Indianapolis, IN
February 15
2:00 pm 		No. 15 Loyola–Chicago L 67–71  22–3 (13–2)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (6,680)
Indianapolis, IN
February 18
8:00 pm 		No. 22 at Milwaukee L 60–63  22–4 (13–3)
 U.S. Cellular Arena (5,026)
Milwaukee, WI
February 21*
12:00 pm 		No. 22 at Davidson W 75–63  23–4
 John M. Belk Arena (5,223)
Davidson, NC
February 26
7:00 pm 		No. 23 Youngstown State W 78–57  24–4 (14–3)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (5,048)
Indianapolis, IN
February 28
12:00 pm 		No. 23 Cleveland State W 58–56  25–4 (15–3)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,549)
Indianapolis, IN
Horizon League tournament
March 7
7:00 pm 		(1) No. 22 (4) Wright State
Horizon League Semifinal 		W 62–57  26–4
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (6,477)
Indianapolis, IN
March 10
9:00 pm 		(1) No. 17 (3) Cleveland State
Horizon League Championship 		L 54–57  26–5
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (5,107)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 19*
12:00 pm, CBS 		(9 S) No. 23 at vs. (8 S) No. 20 LSU
Round of 64 		L 71–75[2]  26–6 (15–3)
 Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=South Region.
All times are in Eastern Time..

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Rankings

Main article: 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 WK 17 Wk 18 Final
AP RV RV RV RV RV 25 21 17 16 13 11 15 21 24 22 16 22
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV 20 18 17 13 11 15 22 23 22 17 23 25

See also

References

  1. ^ Butler University – The Official Athletics Site: Hinkle Fieldhouse, retrieved 21 December 2009
  2. ^ "Louisiana State vs. Butler Box Score, March 19, 2009".
  3. ^ "2008-2009 Butler Bulldogs Men's Basketball Stats". Butler Sports.