INDIANAPOLIS – Butler University hired LaVall Jordan in mid-June, a time when college basketball coaches are out recruiting and everything for next season should be set. The Bulldogs lost four of their top seven scorers, then two of the five signees lured by Chris Holtmann.
And did we mention Butler was picked for eighth place in the Big East?
But this is Butler. Butler is supposed to make the NCAA tournament every year, even though traditional powers such as Indiana, Illinois, Connecticut, Georgetown, St. John’s and Marquette do not.
Butler did so it in its first season under Jordan.