Butler coach Chris Holtmann made a rather bold move in Milwaukee on Tuesday night.
Make that two bold moves.
Holtmann, with his No. 22 Bulldogs facing the possibility of losing three games in a row and falling out of the Top 25, benched his Nos. 1 and 3 scorers for the game. Leading scorer Kelan Martin played just 10 minutes while freshman Kamar Baldwin played 30 minutes off the bench.
With his seniors leading the way, the Bulldogs defeated a Marquette team that owns a win over then-No. 1 Villanova.
"Our seniors absolutely carried us," said Holtmann who brings his team (19-5, 8-4 Big East) to Rhode Island to face Providence for another conference game Saturday
Holtmann didn't elaborate on why the players sat at the start of the game, but Martin, who sat the first half and scored one point while playing just 10 minutes, faced a disciplinary issue, according to the Indianapolis Star.