The Bulldogs make the drive up I-65 for a Wednesday night tip with DePaul in Chicago. The 8:30 p.m. (Eastern, 7:30 p.m. Chicago) contest will air on FS1.
 
Following Wednesday's game at DePaul, the Bulldogs will have their second "BIG EAST bye" of the season as the team will be off until Tuesday, when Butler hosts Marquette in the Bulldogs' final home game of the season.
 
Butler (13-15, 5-12 BIG EAST) at DePaul (9-18, 3-13)
Wednesday, Feb. 22;  8:30PM ET
Wintrust Arena; Chicago, Ill.
 
TV: FS1 - Lisa Byington & Devin Harris
Radio: 1430AM - @MarkMinner & Nick Gardner (@n_gardner)
Varsity Network Radio App, SiriusXM 385, SXM App 975
 
PDF notes can be found here.
 
Bulldogs vs. DePaul
• This is the second meeting between Butler and DePaul this season; the Bulldogs won, 78-70, Jan. 4 at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
• Eric Hunter Jr. led the Bulldogs with a career-high 23 points in that Jan. 4 win over the Blue Demons.
• Butler went 23-for-30 from the free throw line in that match-up against DePaul, a season-high for the Bulldogs in both makes and attempts from the charity stripe.
• In Butler's 73-71 win at Wintrust Arena last season (Feb. 15, 2022), Simas Lukosius had a (then) career-high 19 points, which included a three-pointer with six seconds remaining that broke a 69-69 tie. 
• The teams first met in 1939. Only Butler's all-time series with Marquette and Xavier date back farther among current BIG EAST foes.
• Butler is 17-2 against DePaul since the Bulldogs joined the BIG EAST prior to the 2013-14 season.
 
Series: Butler Leads, 18-7
Streak: Butler, W6
In Chicago: Butler Leads, 9-4
First Meeting: BU, 39-29; 1939
Last Meeting: BU, 78-70; 1/4/23
 
• According to KenPom, Butler has played the nation's 20th-toughest schedule so far this season.
• Jayden Taylor has scored at least 19 points in each of his last five games, leading the Bulldogs in scoring in each of those games; he has six career 20-point games with three of those coming in his last three games. 
• In the team's 13 games away from home, Taylor is averaging a team-best 14.8 points per game.
• Manny Bates (shoulder) missed Sunday's game against Georgetown after sustaining the injury late in the Feb. 14 game at Villanova. All seven of Butler's top scorers have only been available together in nine of the team's 28 games this season.
• Butler has lost its last two games despite shooting a better field goal percentage than its opponent. Prior to this two-game stretch, Butler was 12-0 when out-shooting its opponent.
• The Bulldogs held a 37-32 halftime lead over Georgetown before ultimately losing, the first time that Butler had lost this season when holding a halftime advantage (previously was 12-0).
• Butler is committing only 13.4 fouls per game, which is fourth nationally.
• Butler is 11-0 this season when scoring 70 or more points.
• Butler has 11 games so far this season shooting 50 percent or better from the field; eight of those have come at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler has won all 11 of those games.
• Butler has shot 40 percent or better from behind the arc 11 times this season; Butler is 9-2 in those contests.
• Butler's average of 4.6 blocks per game is 36th nationally. Butler has four games this season with eight or more blocks with three of those games coming in the team's most recent eight outings.
• Bates has 47 blocks this season, which already places him in seventh on Butler's single-season list.
• Bates ranks third in the BIG EAST in blocks per game and fifth in field goal percentage. Nationally, Bates is 19th in field goal percentage and 27th in blocks per game.
• Chuck Harris is now 21st in Butler history in career three-pointers (130).
• Lukosius, Harris, Bates and Taylor have each led the Bulldogs in scoring in at least five games this season (includes ties).
• Ali Ali had 11 points Sunday vs. Georgetown, a season-high which also serves as a Butler-high for the transfer from Akron.
• Dating back to the Jan. 4 win over DePaul, Lukosius has scored in double figures in 10 of Butler's last 13 games.
• In Butler's 13 wins this season, the Bulldogs have shot 41 percent from three-point range and have a +1.2 rebounding advantage per game; in the team's 15 losses, their opponents have averaged a rebounding advantage of +11.2 per game while the Bulldogs have hit only 27 percent of their three-point attempts.