2019–20 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

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2019–20 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 23
Record22–9 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Meyer (6th season)
  • Emerson Kampen (4th season)
  • Omar Lowery (3rd season)
Home arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
Seasons
2019–20 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Creighton 13 – 5   .722 24 – 7   .774
No. 11 Villanova 13 – 5   .722 24 – 7   .774
No. 16 Seton Hall 13 – 5   .722 21 – 9   .700
Providence 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
No. 24 Butler 10 – 8   .556 22 – 9   .710
Marquette 8 – 10   .444 18 – 12   .600
Xavier 8 – 10   .444 19 – 13   .594
Georgetown 5 – 13   .278 15 – 17   .469
St. John's 5 – 13   .278 17 – 15   .531
DePaul 3 – 15   .167 16 – 16   .500
Note: The 2020 Big East tournament was cancelled at halftime of the first game of the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll


The 2019–20 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by LaVall Jordan, in his third 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. The Bulldogs finished the season 23–9, 10–8 in Big East play which put them in fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East tournament, they were slated to play Providence in the second game of the quarterfinals, but the Tournament was cancelled at halftime of the first game due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the rest of the NCAA postseason.

Previous season[edit]

The Bulldogs finished the 2018–19 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.

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Nate Fowler 51 C 6'10" 240 Senior Cincinnati, OH Graduated
Paul Jorgensen 5 G 6'2" 185 RS Senior New City, NY Graduated
Joey Brunk 50 C 6'11" 250 RS Sophomore Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Indiana
Jerald Gillens-Butler 21 G/F 6'4" 230 Sophomore Fort Lauderdale, FL Transferred to Elon

Incoming Transfers[edit]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Derrik Smits 21 C 7'1" 240 Graduate Zionsville, IN Transferred from Valparaiso. Immediately eligible to play as he graduated from Valparaiso.

2019 Recruiting Class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
John-Michael Mulloy
C 		Carmel, IN Carmel High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sep 6, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Khalif Battle
SG 		Metuchen, NJ Trenton Catholic Academy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) May 4, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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:

  • "2019 Butler Commits". Rivals.com.
  • "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster[edit]

2019–20 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
C 21 Derrik Smits 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) GS Zionsville (Valparaiso) Zionsville, IN
G/F 20 Henry Baddley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr St. Vincent–St. Mary Wadsworth, OH
G 3 Kamar Baldwin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Apalachee Winder, GA
G 22 Sean McDermott 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Pendleton Heights Pendleton, IN
F 25 Christian David Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Vermont Academy Milton, Ontario
G 0 Campbell Donovan Injured (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Bishop Dwenger Fort Wayne, IN
G 2 Aaron Thompson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Paul VI Catholic Glenn Dale, MD
F 10 Bryce Nze 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr Arrowhead (Milwaukee) Hartland, WI
F 1 Jordan Tucker 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Wheeler (Duke) White Plains, NY
F 33 Bryce Golden 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So St. James School Winchester, VA
F 24 Markeese Hastings 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Godwin Heights Wyoming, MI
F 30 Mike Parker (W) Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Fr Coastal Christian Wilmington, NC
G 4 Khalif Battle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Trenton Catholic Edison, NJ
F/C 35 John-Michael Mulloy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Carmel Carmel, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: July 12, 2018[1]

Schedule and results[edit]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2019*
7:30 p.m. 		IU Kokomo W 70–40  –
  18 – McDermott   7 – Tucker   6 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,392)
Indianapolis, IN
November 1, 2019*
7:00 p.m. 		Indianapolis W 79–47  –
  29 – McDermott   11 – Nze   5 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,527)
Indianapolis, IN
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2019*
6:30 p.m., FS2 		IUPUI W 80–47[2]  1–0
  26 – McDermott   11 – Nze   9 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,706)
Indianapolis, IN
November 9, 2019*
7:00 p.m., FSN 		New Orleans W 79–53[3]  2–0
  18 – Nze   10 – Nze   10 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,118)
Indianapolis, IN
November 12, 2019*
8:30 p.m., FS1 		Minnesota
Gavitt Tipoff Games 		W 64–56[4]  3–0
  27 – Baldwin   8 – Nze   3 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,879)
Indianapolis, IN
November 16, 2019*
8:00 p.m., FS2 		Wofford
Hall of Fame Classic campus game 		W 80–61[5]  4–0
  23 – Baldwin   7 – Tied   7 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,054)
Indianapolis, IN
November 22, 2019*
7:00 p.m., FS1 		Morehead State
CBE Hall of Fame Classic campus game 		W 68–50[6]  5–0
  17 – Baldwin   8 – Baldwin   5 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,707)
Indianapolis, IN
November 25, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ESPNU 		vs. Missouri
CBE Hall of Fame Classic semifinal 		W 63–52[7]  6–0
  13 – Tied   7 – Nze   7 – Thompson  Sprint Center 
Kansas City, MO
November 26, 2019*
9:30 p.m., ESPN2 		vs. Stanford
CBE Hall of Fame Classic championship 		W 68–67[8]  7–0
  22 – Baldwin   8 – Nze   4 – Thompson  Sprint Center (8,506)
Kansas City, MO
December 3, 2019*
7:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 24 at Ole Miss W 67–58[9]  8–0
  31 – Baldwin   7 – Nze   3 – Tied  The Pavilion at Ole Miss (7,348)
Oxford, MS
December 7, 2019*
12:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 24 Florida W 76–62[10]  9–0
  16 – Tied   7 – McDermott   7 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,303)
Indianapolis, IN
December 10, 2019*
9:00 pm, ESPN2 		No. 18 at No. 11 Baylor
Big East/Big 12 Battle 		L 52–53[11]  9–1
  19 – Baldwin   8 – Thompson   3 – Baldwin  Ferrell Center (7,270)
Waco, TX
December 14, 2019*
12:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 18 Southern W 66–41[12]  10–1
  12 – Golden   7 – Nze   8 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,635)
Indianapolis, IN
December 21, 2019*
2:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 17 vs. Purdue
Crossroads Classic 		W 70–61[13]  11–1
  14 – Golden   6 – Nze   6 – Thompson  Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,538)
Indianapolis, IN
December 28, 2019*
4:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 12 Louisiana–Monroe W 67–36[14]  12–1
  16 – Smits   8 – Baldwin   6 – Baldwin  Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,040)
Indianapolis, IN
Big East regular season
December 31, 2019
7:30 p.m., FS1 		No. 11 at St. John's W 60–58[15]  13–1
(1–0) 		 19 – Baldwin   12 – Nze   5 – Nze  Carnesecca Arena (3,816)
Queens, NY
January 4, 2020
12:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 11 Creighton W 71–57[16]  14–1
(2–0) 		 20 – Baldwin   11 – McDermott   2 – Tied  Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,129)
Indianapolis, IN
January 10, 2020
9:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 6 at Providence W 70–58[17]  15–1
(3–0) 		 17 – Tied   9 – Golden   3 – Thompson  Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,674)
Providence, RI
January 15, 2020
6:30 p.m., FS1 		No. 5 No. 18 Seton Hall L 70–78[18]  15–2
(3–1) 		 19 – Baldwin   10 – Tucker   6 – Baldwin  Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,823)
Indianapolis, IN
January 18, 2020
1:00 p.m., FSN 		No. 5 at DePaul L 66–79[19]  15–3
(3–2) 		 16 – Baldwin   8 – McDermott   6 – Thompson  Wintrust Arena (8,967)
Chicago, IL
January 21, 2020
7:00 p.m., CBSSN 		No. 13 at No. 9 Villanova L 61–76[20]  15–4
(3–3) 		 21 – Baldwin   12 – Nze   5 – Tied  Finneran Pavilion (6,501)
Villanova, PA
January 24, 2020
9:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 13 Marquette W 89–85[21] OT 16–4
(4–3) 		 31 – Baldwin   9 – McDermott   5 – Baldwin  Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,204)
Indianapolis, IN
January 28, 2020
9:00 p.m., CBSSN 		No. 16 at Georgetown W 69–64[22]  17–4
(5–3) 		 25 – McDermott   8 – McDermott   6 – Baldwin  Capital One Arena (5,329)
Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2020
2:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 16 Providence L 61–65[23]  17–5
(5–4) 		 14 – Baldwin   8 – Tucker   5 – Baldwin  Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,132)
Indianapolis, IN
February 5, 2020
6:30 p.m., FS1 		No. 19 No. 10 Villanova W 79–76[24]  18–5
(6–4) 		 21 – McDermott   8 – Tied   3 – Tied  Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,814)
Indianapolis, IN
February 9, 2020
12:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 19 at Marquette L 57–76[25]  18–6
(6–5) 		 23 – Baldwin   6 – Tied   7 – Thompson  Fiserv Forum (17,526)
Milwaukee, WI
February 12, 2020
6:30 p.m., CBSSN 		No. 19 Xavier W 66–61[26]  19–6
(7–5) 		 14 – McDermott   6 – McDermott   5 – Baldwin  Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,878)
Indianapolis, IN
February 15, 2020
2:30 p.m., FOX 		No. 19 Georgetown L 66–73[27]  19–7
(7–6) 		 17 – Baldwin   7 – McDermott   6 – Baldwin  Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,158)
Indianapolis, IN
February 19, 2020
6:30 p.m., FS1 		No. 21 at No. 16 Seton Hall L 72–74[28]  19–8
(7–7) 		 20 – Baldwin   10 – Nze   6 – Baldwin  Prudential Center (10,481)
Newark, NJ
February 23, 2020
4:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 21 at No. 15 Creighton L 59–81[29]  19–9
(7–8) 		 13 – Baddley   7 – Nze   4 – Battle  CHI Health Center Omaha (18,148)
Omaha, NE
February 29, 2020
6:30 p.m., FS1 		DePaul W 60–42[30]  20–9
(8–8) 		 13 – Tied   8 – Baldwin   5 – Baldwin  Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,234)
Indianapolis, IN
March 4, 2020
7:00 p.m., CBSSN 		St. John's W 77–55[31]  21–9
(9–8) 		 16 – McDermott   14 – McDermott   5 – Thompson  Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,675)
Indianapolis, IN
March 7, 2020
8:30 p.m., FS1 		at Xavier W 72–71[32]  22–9
(10–8) 		 36 – Baldwin   8 – Nze   3 – Tied  Cintas Center 
Cincinnati, OH
Big East tournament
March 12, 2020
2:30 pm, FS1 		(5) No. 24 vs. (4) Providence
Quarterfinal 		Big East tournament canceled Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time [33].

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP——RVRV2418171211651316191921RVRV2423
Coaches——RVRV2419161110651217192023RV252121

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Awards[edit]

Name Award(s)
Kamar Baldwin Preseason All-Big East First Team[34]
Big East Player of the Week – Jan. 27[35]

See also[edit]

2019–20 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster". Butlersports.com. Butler University. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "IUPUI vs. Butler Box Score, November 6, 2019".
  3. ^ "New Orleans vs. Butler Box Score, November 9, 2019".
  4. ^ "Minnesota vs. Butler Box Score, November 12, 2019".
  5. ^ "Wofford vs. Butler Box Score, November 16, 2019".
  6. ^ "Morehead State vs. Butler Box Score, November 22, 2019".
  7. ^ "Butler vs. Missouri Box Score, November 25, 2019".
  8. ^ "Stanford vs. Butler Box Score, November 26, 2019".
  9. ^ "Butler vs. Mississippi Box Score, December 3, 2019".
  10. ^ "Florida vs. Butler Box Score, December 7, 2019".
  11. ^ "Butler vs. Baylor Box Score, December 10, 2019".
  12. ^ "Southern vs. Butler Box Score, December 14, 2019".
  13. ^ "Butler vs. Purdue Box Score, December 21, 2019".
  14. ^ "Louisiana-Monroe vs. Butler Box Score, December 28, 2019".
  15. ^ "Butler vs. St. John's (NY) Box Score, December 31, 2019".
  16. ^ "Creighton vs. Butler Box Score, January 4, 2020".
  17. ^ "Butler vs. Providence Box Score, January 10, 2020".
  18. ^ "Seton Hall vs. Butler Box Score, January 15, 2020".
  19. ^ "Butler vs. DePaul Box Score, January 18, 2020".
  20. ^ "Butler vs. Villanova Box Score, January 21, 2020".
  21. ^ "Marquette vs. Butler Box Score, January 24, 2020".
  22. ^ "Butler vs. Georgetown Box Score, January 28, 2020".
  23. ^ "Providence vs. Butler Box Score, February 1, 2020".
  24. ^ "Villanova vs. Butler Box Score, February 5, 2020".
  25. ^ "Butler vs. Marquette Box Score, February 9, 2020".
  26. ^ "Xavier vs. Butler Box Score, February 12, 2020".
  27. ^ "Georgetown vs. Butler Box Score, February 15, 2020".
  28. ^ "Butler vs. Seton Hall Box Score, February 19, 2020".
  29. ^ "Butler vs. Creighton Box Score, February 23, 2020".
  30. ^ "DePaul vs. Butler Box Score, February 29, 2020".
  31. ^ "St. John's (NY) vs. Butler Box Score, March 4, 2020".
  32. ^ "Butler vs. Xavier Box Score, March 7, 2020".
  33. ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".
  34. ^ "Baldwin Named to Preseason All-Big East First Team; @ButlerMBB Tabbed Eighth". Butler University. October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
  35. ^ "Butler's Baldwin, Villanova's Robinson-Earl Earn #BIGEASTmbb Weekly Honors". Big East Conference. January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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