2008–09 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

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.

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
Conference	Horizon League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 22
Record	26–6 (15–3 Horizon)
Head coach	Brad Stevens
Assistant coaches	Matthew Graves Terry Johnson Micah Shrewsberry
Home arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse

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 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 Brad Stevens (DePauw) Assistant coach(es) Matthew Graves (Butler) Terry Johnson (Purdue Fort Wayne) Micah Shrewsberry (Hanover) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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	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..

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

• 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament