Butler players assert they can be competitive against their Big East basketball brethren. If so, they have a chance to show it twice in three days against another heavyweight, Connecticut.
The Bulldogs (9-7, 2-3) will meet UConn (11-4, 2-2) on Tuesday night at Hartford’s XL Center and again Thursday at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The first game was rescheduled from Jan. 1 because of COVID issues in the UConn program.
UConn is 15th in the NET, the NCAA’s rankings formula.
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Butler is 0-6 against the NET Top 30 and has lost by 15 points or more in all six: Michigan State by 21, Houston by 18, Purdue by 29, Seton Hall and Xavier by 15 each, Villanova by 40.