No. 11 Butler blows out NAIA school in exhibition (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:31:55 PST

Guard Shelvin Mack scored 12 points and center Matt Howard had 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 11 Butler past Taylor 75-44 in an exhibition game Saturday. Howard was the only Butler starter to play more than 20 minutes against Taylor, an NAIA school located in Upland, Ind., north of Indianapolis.

Butler Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:24:26 PDT

The entire cast is back for an encore performance at Butler, which lost no starters or even non-starters from last year's regular-season Horizon League champions.

Third-year head coach Brad Stevens' entire roster is back, with two redshirt freshmen and a 6-11 freshman center added to the mix. No wonder the Bulldogs, who won 26 games last year and made their annual trip to the NCAA Tournament, are considered a contender for the 2010 Final Four held a few miles from campus at Lucas Oil Stadium. That's "the last thing we're thinking about," Stevens told the Indianapolis Star.

The Bulldogs are deep and also built for the long haul. The class breakdown also includes just two seniors (one of them a walk-on), five juniors and four sophomores.

Butler, which has won at...