Butler Basketball Legends

by Stan Sutton

Overview

Although many fans think Butler University basketball took off with its back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011, the Butler Bulldogs have a long history of tenaciously outplaying larger and better-known teams. In Butler Basketball Legends, veteran sports writer Stan Sutton profiles the legacy of the Butler University basketball program and the coaches, players, and fans who give it heart.
Sutton takes readers behind the scenes to meet Butler's legendary stars and hear their stories, including players like Darnell Archey, Gordon Hayward, Matt Howard, and Mike Green, and unforgettable coaches like Thad Matta and Brad Stevens, and of course, Tony Hinkle. For 41 years Mr. Hinkle was the cornerstone of the athletics department and built a winning basketball program around small guards, short but stout centers, and players other coaches thought inadequate, leading Butler to over 550 victories. From the fabled feats of past teams all the way up to the first season of new head coach LaVall Jordan, Butler Basketball Legends is a must-read for all who love the game.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253035264
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	07/11/2018
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stan Sutton is a member of the Indiana Sports Writers and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. During his career, Sutton worked for six newspapers in the Midwest, including 25-years with the Courier-Journal. He is author of The Curse of the Indy 500: 1958's Tragic Legacy, Tales from the Indiana Hoosiers Locker Room (with John Laskowski), and Tales from the 1980–81 Indiana Hoosiers (with Landon Turner).

Table of Contents

1. Hinkle Home Away From Home for IU
2. Program Turns the Corner
3. Green and Graves Set Stage for Hayward and Mack
4. It's a Dog's World at Butler
5. A Dutch Treat for Bulldogs
6. Bulldogs Pounded Wake Early
7. Sharpshooters Shoot Down Louisville
8. A New Kid on Campus
9. Help Was on the Way
10. Jukes Foundation supports kids
11. Nored Sticks to Steph Curry
12. Bulldogs Break onto National Scene
13. For Crone, No Place like Home
14. Part of the Gig Actually Happened
15. A David and Goliath Ending
16. Coming Down Off the Mountain
17. Bulldogs in Final Four Again
18. A New Role for the Dawgs
19. Some Days Shots Won't Fall
20. All in the Family
21. Mack Follows Hayward to NBA
22. Looking Past the Horizon
23. Jones is One of a Kind
24. Clarke's Stay is Brief, but Brilliant
25. Just a Hop, Skip and Jump Away
26. Butler Goes Big Time in Big East
27. Worse Than a Death in Family
28. Butler's Barlow's Floater Dooms Hoosiers
29. It Wasn't Miller Time
30. Brad Stevens in Disguise?
31. Changes Made a Difference
32. The Citadel Takes a Beating
33. Butler Reaches Out to Baldwin
34. Third Season Is the Charm
35. Dawgs Knock Off Number One Cats Twice
36. Has Butler's Rise Affected IU?
37. No Ordinary Road Trip
38. Help Came from Outside
39. Kelan Adjusts to New Role
40. X Marks the Spot of Biggest Rival
41. Dawgs Reach Sweet Sixteen
42. Talent Is Everywhere, Just Find It
43. Lavall Jordan Takes Over Bulldogs
44. Hinkle Fieldhouse: A Historic Site
45. Butler Bowl Full of History
46. Stevens Leads by Example
47. Hayward in High Demand
48. Ground Floor of Integration
49. Archey Made 85 Straight Free Throws
50. Darnell Archey's Record Free Throw Streak
51. "You Can't Teach Shooting"
52. Bulldogs Fight for Recognition
53. Size Didn't Matter Here
54. Hinkle Starred as Navy Coach
55. First NIT Trip for Bulldogs
56. Butler Wins Pair in First NCAA Tournament
57. "You Want to Come to Butler, Kid?"
58. IU Recruited Plump Aggressively
59. Fun Days in the ICC
60. Plump Shy off the Court
61. Down Goes Michigan
62. No Match, a Truck and a VW Beetle—No Match
63. Hinkle Subtle in His Criticism
64. Billy Shepherd Small but Mighty
65. Bevo Passed through Fieldhouse
66. Tony's Last Game
67. The Old Coach Noticed
68. Buckshot Was a Good Shot
69. IU Backed Out of Classic
70. Tony at Purdue?
71. Hinkle Invented Orange Basketball
72. Ellenberger Had a Varied Career
73. A Rugged First Round
74. Dampier Driven Away?
75. Assistant Gets Job Done
76. Tucker Still Top Scorer
77. Oscar Was the Guy
78. Andrew Smith, Joel Cornette, Emerson Kampen IV
79. Nored Follows Brad Stevens
80. Butler's National Championships
81. Back in the Old Days
82. Beneath the Hoosier Sky