Butler Brew 6/1: Boise Battlin'

'Dawgs Set Date For Battle With Boise State

June 01, 2026

The Official Newsletter for Butler Athletics

Good Morning, Butler Fam. We love to see our ‘Dawgs shining at the highest levels!

Great job Talia!

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

🏀 Boise Battlin’
🙌 Sideline Additions
🏈 Countdown To Kickoff
🐶 And much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Boise Battlin’. Butler will travel to Idaho for a Sunday, Nov. 8 tip against Boise State to conclude the home-and-home series that began last season in Indianapolis.

The contest caps the first week of the 2026-27 regular season that will see the Bulldogs play twice at home before heading west to Boise.

The tip time and television assignment for the match-up at ExtraMile Arena will be announced at a later date.
 
Butler has previously announced five games (all at Hinkle Fieldhouse): an Oct. 10 exhibition against Indiana State to begin the Ronald Nored Era, the regular season opener against Lafayette Nov. 2, a Nov. 4 tip versus Fairleigh Dickinson, a game against Western Carolina Nov. 17, and a Black Friday contest against Bellarmine Nov. 27.

🔼 Sideline Additions. Two more additions to the Butler basketball staffs were announced last week with the hiring of Karen Stack as an assistant coach and director of player personnel for the women’s team and Conner Varney joining the ‘Dawgs men’s staff as the director of strategy & video.

Stack joins the Bulldogs staff after spending the last four seasons with Northwestern. Prior to her time with the Wildcats, she spent over 30 years as a member of the Chicago Bulls organization where she most notably served stints as the Director of Basketball Administration and Director of Team Operations and was a part of six NBA championship teams with the Bulls. Prior to the 2018-19 season, Stack was named the first female assistant coach in the history of the franchise. 

Prior to coming to Butler, Varney was with the Atlanta Hawks since 2023. He served as the head video coordinator for two seasons before spending the 2025-26 season as a coaching associate. Nored and Varney worked together on Quin Snyder's staff for each of those three seasons.

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🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 89 DAYS

In 1989, Steve Roberts earned his second Kodak All-American honor. He is one of just four ‘Dawgs in program history to earn All-American accolades in two different seasons.

During the ‘89 season, Roberts led Butler to a 7-2-1 overall record and a perfect 4-0 ledger in Heartland Collegiate Conference play to earn the program’s sixth and final title in that conference before the ‘Dawgs moved to the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference in 1990.

🤔 BUTLER TRIVIA

In his final game at Butler, the season finale in 1989, what program record did Steve Roberts set?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*all times EST

Wednesday, June 10th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Six rushing touchdowns (36 points)

🐶 Have a great one!