Butler males's basketball introduced first 2024-25 sport, it's an enormous one – IndyStar

Butler simply added a resume-building opponent for the 2024-25 season.
The Massive East and Massive 12 introduced the matchups for the 2024 Massive 12-Massive East Battle Thursday, and Butler will face perennial title contender Houston on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Houston.
Houston ended the common season ranked No. 3 within the nation. The Cougars earned a No. 1 seed within the NCAA Event and fell to No. 4-seeded Duke within the Candy 16.
Butler is 3-1 in Massive 12-Massive East Battle contests, together with a 103-95 additional time win over Texas Tech at Hinkle Fieldhouse in the newest Battle. The Bulldogs additionally gained at residence towards Kansas State in 2022, gained at Oklahoma in 2021 and misplaced at Baylor in 2019.
Butler and Houston have solely met as soon as beforehand with the Cougars taking a win within the 2021 Maui Invitational, which was performed in Las Vegas because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
The Battle matchups are collectively decided by the 2 conferences, with the house staff selecting the venue of its sport. Broadcast preparations for the contests can be decided by the nationwide tv rights holder of the house staff, which is FOX Sports activities for the Massive East and ESPN for the Massive 12.  Sport instances and tv networks can be introduced when decided.
That is the primary sport to be formally positioned on Butler’s 2024-25 schedule.
Tuesday, Dec. 3                 Cincinnati at Villanova
BYU at Windfall
Wednesday, Dec. 4                  
Baylor at Connecticut
Kansas at Creighton
DePaul at Texas Tech
Marquette at Iowa State
Friday, Dec. 6                  
Georgetown at West Virginia
Xavier at TCU
Saturday, Dec. 7                  
Kansas State at St. John’s
Butler at Houston

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