Among Kent's top eight were two seniors and five juniors who had evolved together. Four of Indiana State's starters had been doing that together for nearly three years. Their departures, then, will hardly affect the college game, but that cannot be said of the four less heralded starters who will be returning to play again for Butler. They will make the Bulldogs a more dangerous team, a threat to many of those traditional powers susceptible to early defections. That, again, is the reality generally missed while the spotlight shines on the players leaving early, yet it is a fact well recognized by the powers themselves.
Scheduling is difficult at any level.
The fact that we've had success, teams are less likely to want to play us. No question about that. We've called, I'm not going to give you names, but we've called 15 programs considered high major. There's no benefit to them to playing Butler at Hinkle Fieldhouse. But it's not only that.