The Bulldogs head west for their first road tip of the 2026-27 regular season, facing off with Boise State of the Pac-12 Conference Sunday afternoon in Idaho. The 2 p.m. (Eastern) tip will air on USA Network.
 
Butler is 2-0 after a pair of 30-point home wins to open the season and the Ronald Nored Era. The Bulldogs tied program records for both three-pointers made (20) and assists (31) in Wednesday's 99-65 win over FDU.
 
Butler Bulldogs (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) at Boise State Broncos (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12)
Sunday, Nov. 8 • Noon MT
ExtraMile Arena • Boise, Idaho
TV/Stream: USA Network • Nate Gatter & Ernie Kent
Radio/Audio: Fuego 92.7FM, Butler Sports App, SiriusXM App 985, TuneIn Radio App & ButlerSports.com • @MarkMinner & Nick Gardner (@n_gardner)
 
Not to be 'IG-NORED'
• The 20 made three-pointers included multiple makes from six different Bulldogs.
• The Bulldogs have made 36 three-pointers through their first two games, hitting at 41.4-percent efficiency. Butler is third in the nation with 64.9 percent of their shot attempts coming from behind the arc so far this season.
• Butler previously hit 20 three-pointers at Cleveland State Feb. 8, 2007. The Bulldogs also handed out 31 assists at Oral Roberts Feb. 20, 1984.
• Butler has assisted on 57 of the team's 68 makes so far this season; the 83.8-percent connection rate is third nationally.
• Asim Djulovic has led the Bulldogs in scoring in both games this season, hitting eight of 11 attempts from long range. He scored 25 points on 10-for-12 shooting from the field in Wednesday's win over FDU.
• Butler placed five scorers in double figures Wednesday against FDU after six Bulldogs scored 10 or more in Monday's opener versus Lafayette.
• In both games this season, five Bulldogs have pulled down five or more rebounds.
• Butler's starting backcourt of Jalen Jackson and Eduardo Klafke combined for 15 assists against a single turnover Wednesday against FDU. Jackson's eight assists against FDU were a career-high, while Klafke's seven against FDU were one shy of his career-best eight he handed out Monday against Lafayette.
• In 70 games at Ole Miss over the past two seasons, Klafke had a total of 52 assists; he has 15 assists through his first two games at Butler.
• Samu Adler had six assists Wednesday against FDU, giving the Bulldogs three players with six or more helpers in the game.
• Klafke matched his career-high with 16 points Wednesday against FDU.
• Jackson and Djulovic have each hit four three-pointers in both games this season. Three Bulldogs have hit four three-pointers in both games this season, the fourth and fifth games that has occurred over the last 10 seasons (joining Nov. 11, 2025 vs. Chicago State, Nov. 19, 2022 vs. The Citadel, and Feb. 16, 2016 vs. Creighton).
• Jackson has hit four three-pointers in back-to-back games this season after hitting four three-pointers only once in his first 103 collegiate games.
• Butler is averaging a +21.0 rebounding advantage through two games. Butler's offensive rebounding rate of collecting 50 percent of their own misses is 11th nationally.
• Butler's defense has limited its two opponents to a combined 9-for-45 (20 percent) mark from three-point range. The Bulldogs own a 108-27 advantage over their opponents in points scored via three-pointers through two games.
• Four Bulldogs -- Djulovic, Jackson, Klafke, and Treyson Anderson -- have scored in double figures in both games this season. Seven different Bulldogs have scored 10+ in at least one of the games, including Adler's 15 Wednesday against FDU.
• Boise State opened their season with a 132-53 home win over West Coast Baptist Wednesday.
 
The Series: Boise State leads, 2-1
Streak: Boise State, W2
In Boise: First Meeting
First Meeting: Nov. 26, 2023; Butler, 70-56 (Orlando, Fla.)
Last Meeting: Dec. 6, 2025; Boise State, 77-68 (Hinkle)
 
• This will be the fourth consecutive season that Butler and Boise State have played. The first two match-ups came on neutral courts -- at the 2023 ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando and at The Crown in Las Vegas in 2025. Sunday's tip concludes a home-and-home series that saw the teams play in Indianapolis last season.
• Butler and Boise State played 11 months ago in Indianapolis; only four of the 20 participants in that box score are still on their team's respective roster: Butler's Drayton Jones and Boise State's Aginaldo Neto, Pearson Carmichael and Spencer Ahrens.
• Butler's Anderson and Boise State's Damari Wheeler-Thomas were teammates at North Dakota State the last two seasons.
• Butler is 3-1 in its last four true road games played in the Mountain and Pacific time zones (a 2022 win at Cal, a 2016 win at Utah, a 2011 win at Stanford, and a 2011 loss at Gonzaga).
• Including those four true road games and all events on neutral courts dating back to the 2007 Great Alaska Shootout, Butler is 24-8 in games played beginning in the Mountain time zone and moving west.
• Including Butler's 1-2 mark against Boise State, the Bulldogs are 6-6 all-time against current members of the Pac-12 Conference. Only the three match-ups against Boise State, three against Gonzaga (2-1) and two against Washington State (2-0) have come since 1964.
 
Up Next: The Bulldogs return to Hinkle Fieldhouse to host Pittsburgh Friday, Nov. 13. The tip against the ACC foe begins a home-and-home series with the Panthers.