Butler Brew 2/4: Ladies Night

'Dawgs Return To Hinkle For Special Wednesday Night Matchup

February 04, 2026

The Official Newsletter for Butler Athletics

Good Morning, Butler Fam. There’s only one place you need to be tonight!

We’ll give you a hint….

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏀 Ladies Night At Hinkle
📚 Bulldogs On The Books
🥍 48 Hours
🐶 And much more!

🏀 LADIES NIGHT AT HINKLE

Game days at Hinkle are always special, but this one has a little bit of extra special to it.

TONIGHT, the Butler women’s hoops team returns home to host Villanova on a night when the ‘Dawgs will be having three celebrations all-in-one.

First, National Girls and Women In Sport Day will have activities on the concourse and for fans throughout the pregame. Second, the Black Fives Foundation will be honored as the team will be wearing shooting shirts and represent the Spartan Girls.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Bulldogs On The Books. The gridiron wasn’t the only place that the Butler football team found success this past fall.

For the third consecutive season, the Bulldogs posted 70-plus honorees on the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll with 78 ‘Dawgs earning recognition. It is the highest single-season total since 2015 (80).

The PFL Academic Honor Roll consists of student-athletes who participated in football at member institutions during the semester of competition and posted a 3.0 grade-point average or higher during the semester while enrolled full-time in accordance with NCAA rules.

🔼 48 Hours. That’s all that separates us from the start of the 2026 Butler women’s lacrosse slate.

The ‘Dawgs are set to return to the field on Friday when they travel to Detroit Mercy for a 1pm season opener.

🤝 A GAMECHANGER

Butler Athletics and Playfly Sports, the sports industry's leading revenue maximization company, recently announced a partnership with Droplight. The multi-year agreement is the largest and most comprehensive sponsorship agreement in Butler Athletics history.
 
The partnership with Droplight will highlight many of the partners and businesses within its network, including Desnuda Tequila, Call Sign, Pregame, Indiana Small Batch, and others.

Droplight is a strategic growth partner that plugs brands into a powerful ecosystem of companies, sports teams, and live events. From racing paddocks to major stages like LightX, Droplight creates partnerships and cross-pollinated campaigns that put clients in rooms and relationships they couldn't access on their own. By aligning strategy, operations, and brand storytelling with high-impact partners, Droplight helps organizations of any size unlock new value, bigger audiences, and faster opportunities than they could build alone. 

🤔 BUTLER TRIVIA

Eight of Butler women’s hoops' nine wins have come inside Hinkle Fieldhouse this season.

In those eight home victories, how many points per game are the ‘Dawgs averaging?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*all times EST

Wednesday, February 4th
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. UIndy @ 12:30pm
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Villanova @ 7pm l Tickets
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Providence @ 7pm l Peacock

Friday, February 6th
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at Detroit Mercy @ 1pm
🥎 Softball vs. Omaha @ 1:30 pm EST (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Ball State @ 3pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Marian University @ 5pm
🥎 Softball vs. Kansas City @ 6:30pm EST (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
👟 Track & Field at Fairground Invitational (Indianapolis, Ind.)

Saturday, February 7th
🏀 Women’s Basketball at #1 UConn @ 12pm l FS1
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Marquette @ 2pm l FS1
🥎 Softball vs. Kansas City @ 3pm EST (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
🥎 Softball at Northern Iowa @ 8pm EST
👟 Track & Field at Fairground Invitational (Indianapolis, Ind.)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 73.5

🐶 See you tonight at Hinkle!