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2018–19 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

2018–19 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball

Big East Conference
16–17 (7–11 Big East)
LaVall Jordan (2nd season)
Jeff Meyer (5th season)
Emerson Kampen (3rd season)
Omar Lowery (2nd season)
Hinkle Fieldhouse

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.

The 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.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kelan Martin	30	F	6'7"	220	Senior	Louisville, KY	Graduated
Tyler Wideman	4	F	6'8"	240	Senior	Merrillville, IN	Graduated

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Markeese Hastings SF	Grand Rapids, MI	Godwin Heights High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Nov 11, 2017
Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Bryce Golden PF	Hagerstown, MD	St. James School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Apr 30, 2018
Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
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.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
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
November 10, 2018*7:00 pm, FSN		Miami (OH) Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game	W 90–68	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	9–4	9 – Baldwin	3 – Baldwin	2 – Tied	Exactech Arena (9,814)Gainesville, FL
January 2, 20197:00 pm, FSN/MASN2		Georgetown	L 76–84	9–5(0–1)	15 – Baddley	8 – Tied	5 – Thompson	Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,876)Indianapolis, IN
January 5, 201912:00 pm, FS1		Creighton	W 84–69	10–5(1–1)	28 – Baldwin	8 – McDermott	7 – Baldwin	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,148)Indianapolis, IN
January 9, 20188:30 pm, FS1		at Seton Hall	L 75–76	10–6(1–2)	23 – Baldwin	10 – Brunk	3 – Tied	Prudential Center (7,640)Newark, NJ
January 13, 201912:00 pm, CBSSN		at Xavier	L 69–70	10–7(1–3)	18 – Baldwin	8 – Tucker	7 – Baldwin	Cintas Center (10,144)Cincinnati, OH
January 16, 20199:30 pm, FS1		at DePaul	W 87–69	11–7(2–3)	19 – Tucker	14 – Baldwin	5 – Baldwin	Wintrust Arena (4,616)Chicago, IL
January 19, 20194:30 pm, FOX		St. John's	W 80–71	12–7(3–3)	30 – Baldwin	12 – McDermott	3 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,121)Indianapolis, IN
January 22, 20197:00 pm, FS1		No. 18 Villanova	L 72–80	12–8(3–4)	15 – Thompson	7 – McDermott	4 – Thompson	Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,962)Indianapolis, IN
January 25, 20198:30 pm, FS1		at Creighton	L 61–75	12–9(3–5)	23 – Baldwin	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	CHI Health Center Omaha (18,089)Omaha, NE
January 30, 20196:30 pm, FS1		No. 10 Marquette	L 58–76	12–10(3–6)	16 – Baldwin	6 – Fowler	4 – Thompson	Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,292)Indianapolis, IN
February 2, 201912:00 pm, FS1		Seton Hall	W 70–68	13–10(4–6)	18 – Jorgensen	7 – McDermott	6 – Thompson	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,102)Indianapolis, IN
February 9, 201912:00 pm, FSN/MASN2		at Georgetown	W 73–69	14–10(5–6)	18 – Baldwin	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	Capital One Arena (13,345)Washington, D.C.
February 12, 20198:30 pm, CBSSN		at St. John's	L 73–77 OT	14–11(5–7)	16 – Baldwin	9 – Jorgensen	4 – Thompson	Carnesecca Arena (5,602)Queens, NY
February 16, 20198:00 pm, FS1		DePaul	W 91–78	15–11(6–7)	25 – Baldwin	6 – McDermott	5 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100)Indianapolis, IN
February 20, 20199:00 pm, CBSSN		at No. 11 Marquette	L 69–79	15–12(6–8)	27 – McDermott	8 – McDermott	2 – Tied	Fiserv Forum (14,600)Milwaukee, WI
February 26, 20197:00 pm, FS1		Providence	L 67–73	15–13(6–9)	27 – Baldwin	6 – Baldwin	5 – Thompson	Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,149)Indianapolis, IN
March 2, 20192:00 pm, FOX		at Villanova	L 54–75	15–14(6–10)	11 – Jorgenson	5 – Baldwin	4 – Thompson	Wells Fargo Center (17,515)Philadelphia, PA
March 5, 20196:00 pm, FS1		Xavier	W 71–66	16–14(7–10)	24 – Baldwin	6 – Baldwin	4 – David	Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,551)Indianapolis, IN
March 9, 201912:00 pm, FSN		at Providence	L 70–83	16–15(7–11)	17 – Jorgensen	4 – Tied	4 – Thompson	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,004)Providence, RI
March 13, 20197:00 pm, FS1	(9)	vs. (8) Providence Quarterfinals	L 57–80	16–16	14 – Tucker	5 – Fowler	6 – Thompson	Madison Square Garden (19,812)New York, NY
March 20, 2019*9:00 pm, ESPN2	(5)	at (4) Nebraska First round – TCU bracket	L 76–80	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
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*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Name	Award(s)
Kamar Baldwin	Preseason All-Big East First Team

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