Butler released it's tenative schedule

[Big D]

Saw this over on the Butler message board:

Season ticket renewal forms arrived in the mail today.
Home schedule (tenative):
Tu 11/22 - Oakland City (DII)
M 11/28 - Tulane
Tu 12/6 - Bradley
Sa 12/17 - Indiana State
M 1/2 - UIC
Sa 1/14 - Detroit
Sa 1/28 - Wright State
Th 2/2 - UWGB
Sa 2/4 - UWM
W 2/8 - Cleveland State
W 2/15 - Loyola
Th 2/23 - Youngstown State

Road games listed:
Sa 11/26 - Michigan
Sa 12/3 - Ball State
Th or Fr 12/22 or 23 - IU at Conseco
Sa 2/11 - Wright State
Sa 2/18 - UIC

Hopefully we can get one more home game, but the schedule is looking pretty packed with the BCA Classic as well.

[Big D]

WSU's schedule so far:

Nov 26 Ball State
Jan. 12 @ YSU
Jan 28 @ Butler
Jan. 30 YSU
Feb 11 Butler
Feb. 18 Bracket Buster

[Big D]

Butler's NC SOS:
Indiana 61
Ball State 119
Bradley 142
Michigan 157
Indiana State 202
Tulane 246
BCA CLassic ?

[Big D]

UW to host hoops tourney

By JACK DALY
Star-Tribune staff writer
The Wyoming Cowboys usually have trouble finding teams that want to come play basketball in Laramie.

The Pokes may have found a way to solve that problem for next season.

UW will host a three-day, eight-team tournament in November at the Arena-Auditorium, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Casper Star-Tribune. The event will be hosted by the Black Coaches Association, which organized tournaments at North Carolina State and Marquette last season.

The marquee teams in the field will be UW, Charlotte, Northwestern, UNC-Wilmington and Butler. In a recent column, ESPN.com's Andy Katz reported that Coppin State will also play in the event.

Each team is guaranteed three games.

One possible weekend for the tournament is Nov. 11-13, which would coincide with the Cowboys' football showdown with Brigham Young at War Memorial Stadium.

Charlotte was a No. 7 seed in last year's NCAA tournament, losing to No. 10 seed N.C. State in the first round. The 49ers, who finished the season 21-8, lose seniors Brendan Plavich, Marcus Bennett and Eddie Basden and sophomore Martin Iti, who is transferring with former Natrona County High School standout Trei Steward to New Mexico State.

Northwestern finished 15-16 last season using the Princeton-style offense, but the Wildcats boasted only one senior.

UW head coach Steve McClain declined to comment about the tournament on Thursday. UW athletics director Gary Barta didn't return phone messages left by the Star-Tribune.

As for the rest of the Cowboys' schedule, UW will host Southern Illinois at the Arena-Auditorium, Montana State at the Wyoming Shootout in Casper and travel to Washington State, Princeton and Denver. The Pokes are also looking to add another home game or two.

In recent years, UW has played in the Preseason National Invitation Tournament and the Great Alaska Shootout, losing in the first round both times.

Senior sports reporter Jack Daly can be reached at [phone] or [e-mail]

www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/06/10/sports/9d1c9ab04454dc9a8725701c000581e5.txt

[Big D]

Butler just signed a 4 year deal to play OSU. They play at OSU twice and get 2 home games out of it.

[Newbie]

This is unbelievable. How in the world does Butler get a four year STRAIGHT UP contract with OSU? Butler has a great schedule......wait a minute, mid-majors aren't suppose to be able to get home games with the big boys.........I guess someone forgot to tell Butler!

[Big D]

OSU's coach is former Butler head coach Thad Matta and 2 of their new recruits are from Indianapolis.

[Wolf]

Here's what it looks like to date (updated 7/28 w/info available at the golf outing):

Nov 13-15 BCA tourney @ Wyoming (3 games)
Nov 22 TBA Away Game (Ohio State?)
Nov 26 @ Michigan
Nov 28 Tulane
Dec 3 @ Ball State
Dec 6 Bradley
Dec 17 Indiana State
Dec 19 Elon
Dec 22 or 23 Indiana @ Conseco Fieldhouse
Dec 28 @ South Dakota State
Jan 2 UIC
Jan 7 @ UWM
Jan 14 Detroit
Jan 19 @ Loyola (thanks Rambler63)
Jan 21 @ Youngstown State
Jan 25 @ Cleveland State
Jan 28 Wright State
Feb 2 UWGB
Feb 4 UWM
Feb 8 Cleveland State
Feb 11 @ Wright State
Feb 13 @ UWGB
Feb 15 Loyola
Feb 18 @ Bracket Buster
Feb 23 Youngstown State (YSU's website says Feb 22)
Feb 25 @ Detroit

Others with no dates public yet:
@ UIC

p204.ezboard.com/fbuhoopsfrm1.showMessage?topicID=8220.topic

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Butler Will Face UNC-Wilmington At BCA Invitational
Bulldogs will open the eight-team tournament at the University of Wyoming

Aug. 5, 2005

Butler will get a jump on the 2005-06 men's basketball season when it meets UNC-Wilmington in the opening round of the 2005 BCA Invitational at Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyo., on Sunday, November 13. The two squads will square off in the opener of the eight-team tournament at 12 noon (MST) at the University of Wyoming.

Other first round games will match Alabama State against host Wyoming at 2 p.m., Coppin State against Charlotte at 6 p.m., and Lehigh against Northwestern at 8 p.m. Semifinals in the championship and consolation brackets will be held on Monday, November 14, with finals slated for Tuesday, November 15. Butler is in the upper bracket with Alabama State and Wyoming. Each team will play three games in the tournament.

UNC-Wilmington returns three starters from last year's 19-10 team, which placed runner-up in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Seahawks are led by CAA Defensive Player of the Year John Goldsberry. The 6-3 senior led UNC-Wilmington in scoring with a 12.1 average in 2004-05.

Wyoming, expected to contend for the Mountain West Conference championship in 2005-06, is the top-seeded team in the tournament, while Charlotte, a favorite in the Atlantic 10 Conference, is the No. 2 seed. The Cowboys feature MWC Defensive Player of the Year Justin Williams, while Charlotte boasts honorable mention All-American Curtis Withers.

The Bulldogs have all five starters back from last year's squad, led by 6-6 senior Brandon Polk. The All-Horizon League forward led the Bulldogs in scoring (13.6 ppg) and rebounding (4.6 rpg), while leading the Horizon League in field goal shooting. Other returning regulars are 6-0 senior Avery Sheets, 6-3 senior Bruce Horan, 6-1 sophomore A. J. Graves and 6-6 sophomore Brandon Crone. Horan led the Horizon League in three-point field goal shooting in 2004-05, while Graves topped the league in free throw shooting.

butlersports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/080505aab.html

[Wolf]

Tentative 2005-06 schedule
(updated 8/15)

Nov 1 Oakland City (exhibition)
Nov 13 vs. UNC-Wilmington, BCA Invitational, Laramie, WY
Nov 14 vs. Wyoming/Alabama State, BCA Invitational
Nov 15 vs. TBA, BCA Invitational
Nov 22 @ Ohio State
Nov 26 @ Michigan
Nov 28 Tulane
Dec 3 @ Ball State
Dec 6 Bradley
Dec 17 Indiana State
Dec 19 Elon
Dec 23 Indiana @ Conseco Fieldhouse
Dec 28 @ South Dakota State
Jan 2 UIC
Jan 7 @ UWM
Jan 14 Detroit
Jan 19 @ Loyola (thanks Rambler63)
Jan 21 @ Youngstown State
Jan 25 @ Cleveland State
Jan 28 Wright State
Jan 30 @ UIC
Feb 2 UWGB
Feb 4 UWM
Feb 8 Cleveland State
Feb 11 @ Wright State
Feb 13 @ UWGB
Feb 15 Loyola
Feb 18 @ Bracket Buster
Feb 23 Youngstown State (YSU's website says Feb 22)
Feb 25 @ Detroit


The game @ UIC was initially to be on Bracket Buster Saturday according to the insert from the season ticket renewal. Again, nothing finalized yet.