LaVall Jordan says Butler near full strength as practice begins. David Woods, david.woods@indystar.com
Butler finished last — tied for eighth, actually — in Big East basketball last season. So the 2019-20 preseason poll should not come as a surprise.
The Bulldogs were eighth in the poll announced Thursday at Big East media day in New York. In fact, their 21 points put them closer to ninth-place DePaul (19) than to seventh-place Creighton (45).
It was the Bulldogs’ lowest finish in the preseason poll since they were picked for ninth in 2013-14, the first season in the conference.