Butler has finalized the non-conference portion of its 2024-25 schedule. The Bulldogs will participate in the 2024 Arizona Tip-Off, travel to Houston as part of the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle, meet Wisconsin in the Indy Classic in downtown Indianapolis, and has SMU on its slate of games scheduled for Hinkle Fieldhouse.
 
The full BIG EAST conference schedule – which features home-and-home series with each of the 10 other BIG EAST rivals – is expected be announced in the coming weeks.
 
In finalizing the non-conference schedule, Butler announced two home games that had not been previously released: a Nov. 22 home game against Merrimack and an Oct. 30 exhibition against Illinois Wesleyan. Those are two of the eight non-conference games to be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
 
Butler will match up against Northwestern in the opening game of the 2024 Arizona Tip-Off in Tempe on Thanksgiving Day. The Bulldogs will meet Mississippi State or UNLV the next evening.
 
The non-conference schedule includes two teams from the Big Ten (Wisconsin and Northwestern), Houston from the Big 12, SMU representing the ACC (that match-up also begins a home-and-home series that the Bulldogs will return in Dallas in 2025-26), and the game against either Mississippi State of the SEC or UNLV of the Mountain West.
 
Factoring in BIG EAST opponents as well, the Bulldogs will play nine games (with the possibility of a tenth) against teams who were part of the 2024 NCAA Tournament field, and an additional nine games (with the possibility of a tenth) against participants in the 2024 NIT.
 
The Bulldogs won 18 games and earned an NIT berth in the 2023-24 season. Coach Thad Matta returns a strong nucleus, highlighted by the team's top scorers from a season ago in Pierre Brooks II and Jahmyl Telfort. Butler is the only BIG EAST team to return its top two scorers.
 
TICKET INFORMATION: The Bulldogs will have 18 games on the Hinkle portion of the 2024-25 schedule. Coming off a postseason appearance and electric atmospheres on our home court, the upcoming home schedule includes all 10 BIG EAST opponents visiting Hinkle.
 
Season tickets are currently on sale and orders can be done online, in person at the Hinkle Fieldhouse ticket office, or over the phone. Our ticket staff is happy to work with you directly. Please contact tickets@butler.edu!