Another highlight of Butler's spring recruiting run was the addition of McDonald's All-American point guard Tyler Lewis, who elected to transfer from NC State and will sit out a year and start playing in the 2015–16 season per NCAA regulations. The Bulldogs gained some considerable size in the front court this season, bringing in three freshman power forwards ranging from 6'6' to 6'8' and a small forward in Austin Etherington, a red-shirt junior transfer from Indiana who is immediately eligible to play. The opening tip off of the exhibition game between Butler and Chicago.īutler's 2014 spring recruiting run was able to stymie some of the postseason woes of 2013–14, with the entire freshman class save Andrew Chrabascz and walk-on Steven Bennett electing to transfer from the program along with Devontae Morgan from the sophomore class.

They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Seton Hall. The Bulldogs finished the 2013–14 season with a record of 14–17, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in ninth place. The Bulldogs received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a #6 seed and defeated Texas in the second round before losing in the Third Round to Notre Dame. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Xavier. They finished the season 23–11, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. This was Butler's second season in the Big East Conference. The Bulldogs played their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse, which has a capacity of approximately 9,100. Holtmann was then named the permanent head coach on January 2, 2015, becoming the 23rd head coach of Butler's men's basketball team. Their head coach was Chris Holtmann, who took over as interim head coach after Brandon Miller requested and was granted a medical leave of absence from the university. The 2014–15 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

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