Butler University NCAA News

As reported earlier by the Indianapolis Star's Kyle Neddenriep , Arizona State transfer Evan Gordon plans to visit Butler on Tuesday.

Expectations grew higher and higher immediately following a somewhat down season where the Butler Bulldogs weren't a part of the NCAA Tournament in 2011-12, but participated in the College Basketball Invitational.

Florida Gulf Coast University head women's basketball coach Karl Smesko has announced that Hannah Douglas , formerly of Butler University, will join the Eagle program for the 2013-14 academic year.

The questions and comparisons have to get old for both coaches. It's almost become a rule that you cannot talk about Brad Stevens without mentioning Shaka Smart, and you cannot talk about Smart without mentioning Stevens.

GRand Solutions LLC, a sports marketing and communications firm based in Speedway, Ind., has doubled its staff size with the hiring of Becca Bornhorst, Lindsay Condon and Kayci Woodley.

He had already put in two solid hours performing in "The Trip to Bountiful," but heard a group of people had stayed after the show to speak to some of the creators.

All recruiting updates should be prefaced by the fact that many Butler stars of the 2000s - i.e. Gordon Hayward, Shelvin Mack, Mike Green, A.J. Graves, Brandon Polk, Rylan Hainje, Thomas Jackson - were not highly ranked recruits out of high school.

When the news came by mail, Sandy Herre cried. Meridith Sanders Barone had no idea that the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame had a Silver Anniversary team for women's basketball.

The other night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Cuba Gooding Jr. came bounding onto the stage.