INDIANAPOLIS – Butler continues what is almost certainly the toughest January schedule in school history Sunday at No. 21 Providence in Big East basketball.
This will be the Bulldogs’ fourth successive game against a Top 25 opponent, and sixth in seven games. Butler (9-9, 2-5) is 0-5 in the previous five such games, all of them lost by 15 or more points.
According to KenPom, Butler has played the fifth-toughest schedule in the nation.
Providence (12-2) is 5-1 in the Big East for the second time ever and tops the standings. A win would make the Friars 16-2 for the first time since 1978.