IndyStar Bulldogs Insider David Woods discusses Butler's 81-69 win over Utah at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Tuesday. David Woods / IndyStar
INDIANAPOLIS – Basketball roles are influenced as much by personality as by skills.
The undersized forward can be an effective rebounder if bold and relentless. The slick passer and dribbler who won’t communicate cannot be the point guard.
Yet leaders can be developed, too, or there would be no point in educating officers at the U.S. Military Academy. Coach LaVall Jordan is seeing that in the Butler mini-academy he is managing.