GAME 1: Butler (0-0) vs. IUPUI (0-0)
Wednesday, Nov. 6; 6:30PM
Hinkle Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, Ind.
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The Bulldogs tip off the 2019-20 season officially Wednesday night, welcoming IUPUI to Hinkle Fieldhouse for a 6:30 p.m. start. Tickets remain available for the contest, which will be televised on FS2.
Butler is coming off a pair of exhibition wins, topping IU-Kokomo and the University of Indianapolis in preseason action.
Sean McDermott averaged 23.5 points per game in those two outings, combining to make 10 of his 16 attempts from three-point range. Butler's defense limited the two exhibition opponents to 43.5 points per game on 29-percent shooting.
THE SERIES
Butler Leads, 5-0
Streak: Butler, W5
First Meeting: Butler, 83-44, 12/10/97 (Hinkle Fieldhouse)
Last Meeting: Butler, 92-54, 12/28/15 (Hinkle Fieldhouse)
• The Bulldogs return four of their top six scorers from 2018-19.
• Butler posted a 12-4 record at Hinkle Fieldhouse in 2018-19.
• Butler has won 50 consecutive non-conference home games (second-longest active streak nationally behind Duke)
• The Bulldogs have won their home opener in 20 consecutive seasons. That dates back to 1998 when Southwest Missouri State (now referred to as Missouri State) won a 72-57 decision at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
• Twenty-five of Butler's 31 regular season games in 2019-20 are scheduled against power conference opponents.
• Butler has made the postseason in 13 of the last 14 seasons.
• 2019 was Butler's ninth NIT appearance, having most recently participated in 2006.
• Nine of the BIG EAST's 10 teams earned bids to the 2019 NCAA Tournament or 2019 NIT.
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Kamar Baldwin enters his senior season at No. 16 on Butler's all-time scoring list with 1,453 career points.
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Aaron Thompson's 142 assists (2018-19) are 10th on Butler's single-season list.
• Thompson posted a career-high 12 assists in the NIT game at Nebraska as part of his first career double-double; his 4.3 assists per game were fourth in the BIG EAST.
• Butler's bench outscored its opponent's bench in 16 of the team's 18 BIG EAST games (by a total margin of 429-206).
• Butler had 11 single-digit turnover games in 2018-19; Butler's 10.8 turnovers per game were the 29th-fewest nationally.
• Butler was 12-2 when holding its opponent under 70 points in 2018-19.
• Butler was 8-2 when out-rebounding its opponent a season ago.
• Butler shot 74 percent at the free throw line, good for second in the BIG EAST.
• Butler made 10 or more three-pointers in 12 games last season; Butler was 9-3 in those games.
