LaVall Jordan declined to address who graduated, who was injured, who was ineligible, who was young or who barely practiced. That is not the Butler Way.
Yet a 2020 that started spectacularly has finished unsatisfactorily. Not only did the Bulldogs not get to play in one NCAA tournament, they are unlikely to play in a 2021 tournament held in their home city.
The 15-1 start and mid-January’s No. 5 national ranking seem like another era.
A week after beating Providence, the Bulldogs were held to three points by the Friars over the closing 10 minutes of the first half Wednesday night.