2024-25 Butler Men's Basketball News
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Grizzlies Check In at No. 14 in NJCAA Rankings
January 21, 2025EL DORADO, Kan. – Butler men's basketball slid down three spots to No. 14 in the week eight NJCAA D1 Men's Basketball Poll. -
Second Half Dooms No. 11 Butler at No. 9 Cowley
January 18, 2025ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. – The 11th ranked Butler Community College men’s basketball team fell 69-59 to the No. 9 ranked Cowley Tigers at William S. Scott Gym on Saturday afternoon.
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Balanced Attack Leads No. 11 Grizzlies to 19 Point Home Win
January 15, 2025EL DORADO, Kan. – A 52-point first half helped spring the Butler Community College men’s basketball team to an 89-70 win over the Cloud County Thunderbirds at the Power Plant on Wednesday evening.
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Grizzlies Ranked 11th in Week 7 Poll
January 14, 2025EL DORADO, Kan. – Butler men’s basketball continues to be ranked in the NJCAA Division 1 men’s basketball poll, slotting in at No. 11 in the week seven iteration.
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Butler Leads Start To Finish at Garden City
January 11, 2025GARDEN CITY, Kan. – Fifth ranked Butler men’s basketball led start to finish in a 90-83 road win over Garden City at Conestoga Arena on Saturday afternoon.
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Butler Looks To Get Back on Track Wednesday With Blue Dragons in Town
January 08, 2025Following the first conference loss of the season for the fifth ranked Butler Grizzlies men’s basketball team, they now set their sights on another home game with Hutchinson coming to town for a Wednesday night showdown.
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Men's Basketball Falls to Hutch at Home
January 08, 2025EL DORADO, Kan. – Fifth ranked Butler men’s basketball took its second consecutive loss on Wednesday evening, falling 73-70 to Hutchinson at the Power Plant.
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Ranked Matchup With Coffeyville Awaits Grizzlies Saturday
January 04, 2025EL DORADO, Kan. – Fifth ranked Butler men’s basketball’s first taste of competition in 2025 is the 23rd ranked Coffeyville Red Ravens on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Power Plant.
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No. 5 Butler Drops 1st Conference Game of Season
January 04, 2025EL DORADO, Kan. – The fifth ranked Butler Community College men’s basketball squad suffered its first Jayhawk Conference loss of the 2024 season falling 70-61 to No. 23 ranked Coffeyville on Saturday night in the Power Plant.
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Grizzlies Cap Successful Fall Semester in Classroom
December 20, 2024EL DORADO, Kan. – Not only has the competition on the court/field wrapped up during the 2024 fall semester, but in the classroom as well as student-athletes have completed their finals and received grades for the semester.
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Men's Basketball Enters Winter Break Ranked 5th Nationally
December 16, 2024EL DORADO, Kan. – Butler men’s basketball is undefeated in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference play entering the semester break at 7-0, and the NJCAA Division 1 poll voters have taken notice.
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No. 8 Butler Snags Win at Indy, Off to Best Conference Start in 10 Seasons
December 14, 2024INDEPENDENCE, Kan. – The eighth ranked Butler men’s basketball team is off to its best conference start in 10 years.
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Kirkwood’s Heroics Help Grizzlies Take Conference Opener From Pratt
November 23, 2024EL DORADO, Kan. – The No. 6 ranked Butler Grizzlies earned an 83-80 win over the Pratt Beavers in Butler’s conference opener on Saturday evening at the Power Plant.
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Men’s Basketball Enters Top-10 Following 5-0 Start
November 12, 2024EL DORADO, Kan. – From preseason unranked to the No. 8 nationally ranked NJCAA D1 team in two weeks. The Butler men’s basketball squad has turned some heads.
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Men’s Basketball Stays Unbeaten With 2-0 Weekend at Cowley Classic
November 09, 2024ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. – Butler men’s basketball snagged two wins at the Cowley Classic on Friday and Saturday, staying unbeaten moving to 5-0 on the season.
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HIGHLIGHTS // Butler Men's Basketball Takes Down No. 14 NEO
November 08, 202411/8/24 Butler CC Men's Basketball defeated No. 14 ranked NEO A&M 85-82 at the Cowley Classic. The Grizzlies moved to 4-0 and earned their second ranked win of the season.
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HIGHLIGHTS // Butler Men's Basketball Defeats NOC-Tonkawa
November 05, 2024Tonkawa, Okla. – Butler men's basketball moved to 3-0 on the season with a 93-84 win on the road at NOC-Tonkawa. Check out the highlights above.
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Kirkwood’s Last Second 3 Delivers Butler Top-15 Win at Indian Hills
November 02, 2024OTTUMWA, Iowa – In a back-and-forth affair at the Hellyer Center on Saturday evening, it was the Butler Grizzlies who came out on top, 87-86, over No. 11 ranked Indian Hills to close out the Meridian Credit Union Classic.
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Grizzlies Win Big Over Sauk Valley to Kick Off Nitsche Era
November 01, 2024OTTUMWA, Iowa – Butler men’s basketball opened the 2024-25 season with a 91-57 win over Sauk Valley at Indian Hills’ Hellyer Center on Friday afternoon as part of the Meridian Credit Union Classic.
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Butler Men's Basketball: 2024 Season Preview
November 01, 2024Butler men's basketball is set to begin its 2024-25 season on Friday, Nov. 1st, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Head coach Eric Nitsche speaks about the prep for his first season in charge.
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Men’s Basketball Picked 7th in KJCCC Preseason Poll
October 18, 2024COLBY, Kan. – Butler men’s basketball was picked to finish seventh in the 2024-25 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division 1 Men’s Basketball predicted order of finish.
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Leal hired as Butler Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach
July 09, 2024EL DORADO, Kan. – Ivan Leal has been hired as an assistant coach on the Butler Community College men’s basketball staff, head coach Eric Nitsche announced Tuesday.
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Nitsche Officially Introduced as Butler Men's Basketball Coach
May 31, 2024EL DORADO, Kan. – Eric Nitsche was officially introduced as Butler Community College's men's basketball coach on Friday afternoon at a press conference on the campus of BCC.
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Press Conference – Eric Nitsche Introduced as Butler CC Men's Basketball Head Coach
May 30, 2024Eric Nitsche was introduced as the newest Butler Community College Men's Basketball coach on Friday, May 30th, 2024 in the Butler Athletic Hall of Fame Room in El Dorado. Hiring Release: https://butlergrizzlies.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/20240528niysac
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Eric Nitsche Named Butler Men’s Basketball Head Coach
May 28, 2024EL DORADO, Kan. – Butler Community College athletic director Todd Carter announced the hiring of Eric Nitsche as the next Grizzly men’s basketball head coach on Tuesday afternoon.
