Butler and Saint Louis have entered into a home-and-home scheduling agreement. The teams will meet at Hinkle Fieldhouse Saturday, Dec. 2, before playing in St. Louis during the 2018-19 season.

Saint Louis enters year two under head coach Travis Ford. The Billikens finished 12-21 a year ago but will have a much different look as they welcome in at least six newcomers. Four NCAA Division I transfers will be eligible in 2017-18. In addition, two ESPN Top 100 recruits figure to be immediate contributors for a Billiken team that advanced to three straight NCAA Tournaments from 2012-14.  

The teams last met during the 2012-13 season. Butler and Saint Louis actually played three times that season, Butler's only season in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Billikens won all three games. Butler is 11-19 all-time against Saint Louis, a series that dates back to when both were members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now the Horizon League).

The remainder of Butler's non-conference schedule will be released over the coming months. That schedule will include a Dec. 16 Crossroads Classic game against Purdue at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, while the Bulldogs will host Utah in the back end of a home-and-home agreement that began last season in Salt Lake City. The opponents for Butler's first two regular season contests of the season have already been announced – Princeton and Kennesaw State.

Butler is one of 16 teams selected to be part of PK80 – Phil Knight Invitational, an early-season men's college basketball tournament honoring Nike co-founder and 2012 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Phil Knight in advance of his 80^th birthday. The event is scheduled for Nov. 23-26 in Portland, Ore.
 
Season tickets for the 2017-18 campaign are on sale now. The Bulldogs' 2017-18 home schedule features 19 contests, including all nine BIG EAST opponents. Fans interested in purchasing season tickets can contact the Butler Athletics Ticket Office at (317) 940-DOGS or tickets@butler.edu.  

Butler finished the 2016-17 season with a 25-9 record under head coach Chris Holtmann, advancing to the sixth Sweet 16 in program history. The Bulldogs earned their highest NCAA Tournament seed in program history on the heels of a second-place finish in the BIG EAST standings. Leading scorer and All-BIG EAST selection Kelan Martin returns alongside starters Tyler Wideman and Kamar Baldwin. That talented trio will join an experienced group of returners and the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history.