I haven't been up to date with some notable, news-worthy events pertaining to Butler, so I will do my best to recap them now.
1. Brad Stevens' Boston Celtics staff now consists of three other Butler players/staff: Micah Shrewsberry (Butler assistant coach, 2008-2011), Ronald Nored (Butler point guard, 2008-2012), and Drew Cannon (Butler graduate manager/statistical analysis, 2012-13).
2. Brandon Miller's 3rd assistant coach will be former Gardner-Webb head coach Chris Holtmann. While there, he faced Butler in November 2011 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in a game that was part of the Hoosier Invitational. Butler won the game, 68-66.
3. Butler will face Washington State in the first round of the Old Spice Classic on Thanksgiving Day.
4. Butler will face NJIT at Hinkle Fieldhouse this upcoming season.
5. Vanderbilt lost two of its best players today: Kevin Bright, who will play professionally in Germany, and Kedren Johnson, who was suspended for the 2013-14 season. Now you may be wondering what this has to do with Butler. Well Vanderbilt is coming to Hinkle Fieldhouse to play Butler this season, and that game just got a lot easier.
6. Former Butler guard Willie Veasley will be the video coordinator for the Illinois State men's basketball team this season. Veasley was instrumental in Butler's 2010 Final Four run, played professionally in Japan in 2010-11, and was most recently the video coordinator at IUPUI.
Stay tuned for two pieces coming to this blog in August. I still have to write about my all-time high as a Butler fan, and I am also writing a piece about Khyle Marshall.
Until then, Go Bulldogs!
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