INDIANAPOLIS – A key component in Butler’s basketball program is returning from injury just in time for the Crossroads Classic.
Butler Blue III, the bulldog mascot, has recovered from surgery and will be able to appear at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for Saturday’s game against ninth-ranked Indiana. It is also an early birthday present for “Trip” (short for Triple). The bulldog turns 5 on Dec. 23.
Trip had tibial-plateau-level osteotomy on Oct. 18, or surgery performed on dogs to stabilize the stifle joint after ruptures of the cranial cruciate ligament – which is similar to a human’s anterior cruciate ligament.