The Bulldogs match up against Virginia in the de facto championship game of the 2025 Greenbrier Tip-Off.

Butler (4-1) vs. Virginia (5-0)
Sunday, Nov. 23 • 2PM
Greenbrier Tip-Off • White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

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Notes from the Bunker
• The Bulldogs and Virginia have played only once (a 77-69 Virginia win in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament).
• Butler posted a 79-72 win over South Carolina Friday while Virginia claimed an 83-78 win over Northwestern.
• Butler dominated the glass with a 48-29 rebounding advantage in Friday's win over South Carolina.
• Butler has out-rebounded all five of its opponents on the young season. The Bulldogs rank seventh in the NCAA in rebounding margin (+15.8 per game). The Bulldogs only had six games last season with a rebounding margin of +10 or better but have accomplished the feat in four games so far this season. Averaging 46.6 rebounds per game, Butler ranks 11th nationally.
• Michael Ajayi has opened the season (and his Butler career) with five consecutive double-doubles. He scored 15 points and pulled down 14 rebounds in Friday's win over South Carolina.
• Ajayi ranks fifth in the nation, averaging 12.2 rebounds per game. His average of 9.4 defensive rebounds per game leads the country.
• Finley Bizjack led the Bulldogs with 18 points in the win over South Carolina. He went 3-for-5 from three-point range.
• Bizjack is 13-for-23 from behind the arc over his last three games (57 percent). On the season, he is shooting 50 percent, which is 38th in the NCAA.
• Butler is shooting 40.3 percent from three-point range as a team on the season, which is 23rd in the country.
• The 79 points scored by Butler in Friday's win over South Carolina were a season-low for the Bulldogs. Butler is averaging 92.4 points per game (35th in the country).
• Jamie Kaiser Jr. made all five of his attempts from the floor, scoring 14 points, in the win over South Carolina.
• Butler got to the free throw line 34 times against South Carolina. On the season, the Bulldogs are averaging 31.8 free throw attempts per game, a number that is 12th in the NCAA. The team is only converting those attempts at a 65.4-percent clip.
• The Bulldogs committed a season-low 10 turnovers against South Carolina.
• After the Bulldogs assisted on 48 of their 59 made field goals over the last two games, Butler handed out a season-low nine assists against South Carolina. Butler ranks 43rd in the nation at 18.6 assists per game.
• Butler's bench had outscored their counterparts by at least 18 points in each of the team's first four games this season. South Carolina held a 26-14 scoring advantage off the bench Friday. On the season, Butler is averaging 34.8 bench points per game, which is 49th nationally.
• Six different Bulldogs have at least two double-figure scoring games for Butler through five contests; that includes both Yohan Traore and Azavier Robinson off the Butler bench.
• Butler has 11 players averaging at least nine minutes per game.
• Butler won the 2024 Arizona Tip-Off in the team's most recent multi-team event (MTE) appearance, taking wins over Northwestern and Mississippi State.
• The Bulldogs opened the season with three straight 30-point wins. Butler also opened the 2023-24 season with three consecutive wins of 30+ points.
• Butler hit 17 three-pointers in the 98-66 win over Chicago State Nov. 11. That was just three shy of the program record and the most by the Bulldogs since Butler hit 17 against Northern Illinois in a 95-68 win Dec. 8, 2018. Thirteen of those makes came in the first half.
• Jamie Kaiser Jr. finished with a career-high 16 points against Chicago State. He registered the first double-double of his career with 12 points and a career-best 10 rebounds against USI in the season opener Nov. 5.
• Butler's 112 points Nov. 8 against IU Indy are the most by the Bulldogs since scoring 144 in a win over The Citadel Nov. 14, 2015.

Conversation Topics on the Cavaliers
• Virginia is 5-0 on the season.
• The Cavaliers are fifth in the country in rebounding margin (+16.4). 
• UVA ranks seventh in the nation at 7.4 blocks per game. Johann Gruenloh is averaging 3.8 blocks per game, which is second in the NCAA.
• Thijs De Ridder leads UVA at 19.0 points per game. 

First Time Around
• Virginia topped Butler 77-69 in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. 
• Andrew Chrabascz led the Bulldogs with 25 points on 9-for-13 shooting. Roosevelt Jones added 18. 
• Malcolm Brogdon scored 22 points for the Cavaliers; Anthony Gill added 19. 
• Brogdon and Gill combined to go 9-for-9 from the field in the second half. 

Up Next
The Bulldogs return to Hinkle for a Friday (Nov. 28) tip against Wright State.