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Butler will be in survival mode vs. Providence as Big East tournament looms

Kamar Baldwin and Paul Jorgensen star for the Butler Bulldogs in beating the Xavier Musketeers on March 5, 2019. David Woods, david.woods@indystar.com

INDIANAPOLIS – Coach LaVall Jordan did not bother to tell the Butler Bulldogs all the seeding possibilities for the Big East basketball tournament. His slogan was succinct:

Burn the boats.

To reach the NCAA tournament – or NIT, for that matter – March has already gone mad for these Dawgs. It is survival.

“There’s no excuses any more. You burn the boats,” junior forward Sean McDermott said. “One team’s leaving. One team isn’t.