≡ Pete rouse
Is Butler over-rated? Maybe yes, maybe no
asking the question: is butler as surplus-rated at no. 16 in the ap poll, no. 17 in the coaches’ poll? you could make a proves that it is, looking at the bulldogs’ only marquee victory was at xavier. many of the teams ranked below butler, or not ranked at all — notably memphis, gonzaga, florida, illinois, kentucky, cal, kansas and tennessee — likely would be favored to beat butler on a non-combatant court. on the other pass out, butler’s no. 9 rpi suggests its arrange has been puzzling and that it is under-rated. after all, butler is 8-1 on the lane and leads ncaa division i in road victories. anyway, i can understand skepticism about butler’s narrate. yes, the carry on is impressive (6-1 against the rpi top 75), but it’s impossible to know how butler would be faring in the generous ten, acc, big east or some other bcs conference. if not for their top 25 appearances in the untimely two seasons, the bulldogs might be unranked. but that goes just to the germane of what butler has built — a known volume, a brand, a reputation. anyone who follows college basketball realizes how hard it is to do that as a mid-major. pat forde of espn.com is a believer. looking for weeks, he has voted butler 10th in the espn power rankings. i think he still remembers butler’s 79-71 victory over louisville in the 2003 ncaa tournament. hey, forde has a juncture. names deliver changed, but not much else has at butler. news and notes: — butler recruit andrew smith, a 6-10 senior at covenant christian, sat out tuesday’s city event game against northwest with foot ache. however, his father, curt, and coach scott flatt report that it was a precaution. covenant christian doesn’t go on the blink again until jan. 30 against brown county, allowing two weeks between games. smith had 25 points and 20 rebounds in a friday loss to washington but played just 10 minutes the next night against guerin all-embracing. an x-ray confirmed smith’s foot is healing properly. his father said he should be at 100 percent before sectionals start march 3. — there is a full-page joke on butler and coach brad stevens in this week’s sports illustrated. — see thursday’s star for a story on the vista league showdown between butler, 7-0 in the league, and amateurish bay, 6-1. amateurish bay coach tod kowalczyk called this the most talented butler team he has seen in his seven years in the league. green bay has lost eight in a row to butler. — in the latest ncaa statistics, butler was in the cap 25 of six categories: winning percentage (fifth, .941); scoring defense (third, 55.8); field-goal percentage defense (22nd, .384); 3-pointers per game (17th. 8.8); 3-prong percentage defense (25th, .302); turnovers per meet (16th, 11.8).
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