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Gordon Hayward scored 17 points and Willie Veasley added 15 to lead No. 11 Butler to a 73-62 win over Davidson on Saturday.

Jay Bilas : The Big Ten will end up being the best league in the country in 2010.

Last season: 26-6, 15-3 Key returnees: F Matt Howard, Jr. ; F Gordon Hayward, So.

Butler is once again the overwhelming favorite to win the Horizon League men's basketball title, and Wright State looks to be the Bulldogs' toughest challenger.

Guard Shelvin Mack scored 12 points and center Matt Howard had 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead No.

OUTLOOK: Last season was supposed to be a down year for Butler basketball. With a bunch of fresh new faces coach Brad Stevens' squad was entering a rebuilding phase.

The preseason AP and Coaches polls were released today. Thus, it's time for some preseason Poll Attacks .

Butler is the best of the non-BCS schools this season. "You mean the projected best," Butler coach Brad Stevens said.

He was the Horizon League Player of the Year for a team ranked in the top 25 nearly the entire season.

No wonder Andrew Smith prospered Saturday. He didn't have to oppose center Matt Howard.

News and notes on eve of Butler's first formal basketball practice: -- Wooden Tradition organizers wanted to include the Butler/Xavier game as part of the Dec.

There are reasons to be very optimistic, but also pessimistic, about Butler's upcoming season.

Ita TMs never easy to go on the road in college basketball. This is a top 25 breakdown of some of the toughest and most intimidating venues in college basketball.

While traditional heavyweights Kansas , Kentucky and Michigan State figure to open the 2009-10 season atop the national rankings, this could represent a year of transition for teams outside the six major conferences.

The Swiss national team, featuring NBA player Thabo Sefolosha, defeated Butler 76-72 today in an exhibition basketball game at Como, Italy.

The calendar keeps turning, day by day, now month by month, allowing BYU coach Dave Rose to check the pages that he's still here -- feeling better each day, and as far as he knows, cancer-free. Thursday marks the two-month anniversary of the worst day of his life, the day he thought his life was over, when he had surgery to remove his spleen and ...

The Swiss national team, featuring NBA player Thabo Sefolosha, defeated Butler 76-72 today in an exhibition basketball game at Como, Italy.

Butler's basketball Bulldogs have arrived in Italy, according to a "tweet" from coach Brad Stevens.

Butler's basketball coaching staff is level-headed about recruiting. Those coaches don't over-react to anything, positively or negatively.

Hitting the winning shot in the Class 4A finals to lift the Brownsburg Bulldogs over Marion put Gordon Hayward on the map in many people's eyes.