Butler's home schedule will feature a match-up with Texas Tech as part of this season's BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle. The teams will meet at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Thursday, Nov. 30.

The Big 12 and BIG EAST Conferences jointly announced the complete 2023 schedule for the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle, the men's basketball non-conference scheduling alliance which is in its fifth year, on April 6. Games for the upcoming season will be played from November 30 through December 5.

With each conference adding member schools since the start of the original agreement, the Battle will increase from 10 to 11 match-ups for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. The Big 12 will host six games in 2023-24 while the BIG EAST will host six the following season.

The game time and television assignment will be announced at a later date. Broadcast arrangements for the contests will be determined by the national television rights holder of the home team, which is ESPN for the Big 12 and FOX Sports for the BIG EAST. 
 
The Bulldogs and Red Raiders have met twice previously, with Butler taking wins in both contests. Butler defeated Texas Tech in the opening round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament (by a score of 71-61 in Raleigh, N.C.). The Bulldogs captured the 2007 Great Alaska Shootout championship with a win over Texas Tech in the title game (81-71).

Butler is 2-1 in BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle contests, including a 76-64 win over Kansas State at Hinkle Fieldhouse in the most recent Battle. The Bulldogs also won at Oklahoma in 2021 and lost at Baylor in 2019.
 
Thad Matta returns in the second year of his second head coaching stint at Butler. He will match up with Texas Tech's first-year coach Grant McCasland, who spent the last six seasons guiding the North Texas program.

Season tickets to cheer on the Butler men's basketball team at Hinkle Fieldhouse during the 2023-2024 campaign will go on sale soon. The Bulldogs' home schedule will feature 19 contests, including all 10 BIG EAST opponents.
 
BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle Schedule
November 30          Texas Tech at Butler
November 30          Creighton at Oklahoma State
December 1             Iowa State at DePaul
December 1             Houston at Xavier
December 1             Connecticut at Kansas
December 1             St John's at West Virginia
December 2             TCU at Georgetown
December 5             Texas at Marquette
December 5             Providence at Oklahoma
December 5             Villanova at Kansas State          
December 5             Seton Hall at Baylor