The SMU Mustangs and Butler Bulldogs agreed to a home-and-home series that will begin at the start of this upcoming college basketball season.
The first matchup will take place at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on November 15, 2024, while the return game will be in Dallas during the 2025-26 season. A date for that game has yet to be announced.
SMU is set to compete in the ACC this season after years in the AAC, and they will be headed up by new coach Andy Enfield who left USC to replace Rob Lanier in Dallas.
The Mustangs overhauled the roster with a litany of talented transfers, including Kevin Miller (Wake Forest) Kario Oquendo (Georgia) and Yohan Traore (Santa Barbara).
Butler and SMU have agreed to a home-and-home series that will begin at Hinkle Fieldhouse Friday, Nov. 15.
The teams will then meet in Dallas during the 2025-26 season.
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They’ll face a nice early season test on the road against the Bulldogs, who went 18-15 last year and 9-11 in the highly competitive Big East. Coach Thad Matta lost guards Posh Alexander and DJ Davis in the transfer portal to Dayton and Washington, respectively, but the team is hoping newcomers Patrick McCaffery (Iowa), Jamie Kaiser (Maryland) and Kolby King (Tulane) can pick up the slack.
Both teams project to be outside the NCAA Tournament next March, but whoever wins this game will have a quality nonconference victory on the resume and a momentum builder at the start of the 2024-25 season.