2025-2026 Butler Bulldogs

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2025-2026 Butler Bulldogs Roster

#	Player	Class	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Birth City	Nationality	High School/Prep School
5	Michael Ajayi	Sr	F	6-7	228	Jun 23, 2003	Kent (WA)	United States	Kentwood High School
11	Finley Bizjack	Jr	G	6-4	190	-	Trophy Club (TX)	United States	Byron Nelson High School
8	Yame Butler	Sr	G	6-5	215	-	Greenbelt (MD)	United States	Fork Union Military Academy
35	Bryson Cardinal	Fr	F	6-7	N/A	-	Westfield (IN)	United States	Guerin Catholic High School
1	Evan Haywood	So	F	6-4	195	-	Carmel (IN)	United States	Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School
2	Jalen Jackson	Sr	G	6-2	200	-	Fort Wayne (IN)	United States	Northrop High School
13	Drayton Jones	Jr	F	6-11	245	-	Houston (TX)	United States	Oak Hill Academy
7	Jamie Kaiser, Jr.	So	F	6-6	205	Mar 22, 2004	Burke (VA)	United States	IMG Academy
0	Jackson Keith	Fr	F	6-5	220	-	Durham (NC)	United States	Southern Durham High School
6	Jack McCaffery	Fr	F	6-9	215	-	Iowa City (IA)	United States	Iowa City West High School
3	Ethan McComb	Jr	G	6-1	160	-	Greenwood (IN)	United States	Center Grove High School
39	Kevin Ndzie	Jr	C	7-1	224	Feb 8, 2003	Yaounde	Cameroon	N/A
4	Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor	Fr	F	6-6	222	Apr 5, 2006	Markham (ON)	Canada	William Academy
23	Stink Robinson	Fr	PG	6-2	180	-	Indianapolis (IN)	United States	Lawrence North High School
21	Yohan Traore	Sr	C	6-11	235	Feb 15, 2003	Tours	France	Dream City Christian School

Season	Record	Conference Rank	Conference Tournament	Post-Season Tournament
2025-2026	16-16 (7-13)	7th (Big East)	1st Rnd	N/A
2024-2025	15-20 (6-14)	8th (Big East)	2nd Rnd	CBC 2nd Rnd
2023-2024	18-15 (9-11)	8th (Big East)	1st Rnd	NIT 1st Rnd
2022-2023	14-18 (6-14)	9th (Big East)	1st Rnd	N/A
2021-2022	14-19 (6-14)	9th (Big East)	2nd Rnd	N/A
2020-2021	10-15 (8-13)	8th (Big East)	2nd Rnd	N/A
2019-2020	22-9 (10-8)	5th (Big East)	2nd Rnd	N/A
2018-2019	16-17 (7-11)	8th (Big East)	1st Rnd	NIT 1st Rnd
2017-2018	21-14 (9-9)	6th (Big East)	3rd Rnd	NCAA 2nd Rnd
2016-2017	25-9 (12-6)	2nd (Big East)	2nd Rnd	NCAA 3rd Rnd
2015-2016	22-11 (10-8)	4th (Big East)	2nd Rnd	NCAA 2nd Rnd
2014-2015	23-11 (12-6)	2nd (Big East)	2nd Rnd	NCAA 2nd Rnd
2013-2014	14-17 (4-14)	9th (Big East)	1st Rnd	N/A
2012-2013	27-9 (11-5)	3rd (A-10)	3rd Rnd	NCAA 2nd Rnd
2011-2012	22-15 (11-7)	3rd (Horizon)	3rd Rnd	CBI 2nd Rnd
2010-2011	28-10 (13-5)	1st (Horizon)	Champion	NCAA Runner Up
2009-2010	33-5	1st (Horizon)	Champion	NCAA Runner Up
2008-2009	26-6 (15-3)	1st (Horizon)	Runner Up	NCAA 1st Rnd
2007-2008	30-4 (16-2)	1st (Horizon)	Champion	NCAA 2nd Rnd
2006-2007	29-7 (13-3)	1st (Horizon)	Runner Up	NCAA 3rd Rnd
2005-2006	20-13 (11-5)	2nd (Horizon)	Runner Up	NIT 2nd Rnd
2004-2005	13-15 (7-9)	7th (Horizon)	1st Rnd	N/A
2003-2004	16-14 (8-8)	6th (Horizon)	3rd Rnd	N/A
2002-2003	27-6 (14-2)	1st (Horizon)	Runner Up	NCAA 3rd Rnd

Player	Award / Honor
Michael Ajayi	NABC Great Lakes District Second Team
Michael Ajayi	AP All-American Honorable Mention
Michael Ajayi	USBWA Player of the Week (Nov 23, 2025)
Michael Ajayi	All-Big East First Team
Michael Ajayi	Big East Player of the Week (Dec 15, 2025)
Michael Ajayi	Big East Player of the Week (Nov 24, 2025)
Finley Bizjack	Big East Player of the Week (Jan 26, 2026)
Finley Bizjack	Big East All-Third Team

Player	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV
Finley Bizjack	31	34.0	17.1	2.2	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.7
Michael Ajayi	32	33.6	16.4	11.1	3.2	1.1	0.9	2.7
Jamie Kaiser, Jr.	30	29.0	9.5	4.3	1.0	1.2	0.1	0.7
Yohan Traore	32	19.6	8.2	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.6
Jalen Jackson	7	19.3	8.1	3.0	3.3	1.1	0.1	2.6
Evan Haywood	29	19.4	7.2	1.9	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.4
Drayton Jones	32	19.5	6.3	4.6	1.4	0.4	0.9	0.7
Stink Robinson	22	18.3	6.1	1.9	2.5	1.5	0.3	1.9
Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor	26	15.7	4.8	2.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.4
Yame Butler	31	13.7	4.2	1.2	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.7
Jack McCaffery	9	9.6	2.8	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4
Jackson Keith	26	8.6	2.0	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
Ethan McComb	7	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0

Staff Member	Position	Start Season	Previous Job
Thad Matta	Head Coach	2022-2023	Assistant Athletic Director-Basketball Administration (Indiana, 2021 to 2022)
Maurice Joseph	Assistant Coach	2022-2023	Assistant Coach (Richmond, 2021 to 2022)
Mike Pegues	Assistant Coach	2022-2023	Assistant Coach (Louisville, 2018 to 2022)
Alex Barlow	Assistant Coach	2023-2024	Head Coach (Maine Celtics, 2022 to 2023)
Jon Diebler	Assistant Coach	2024-2025	Director of Recruiting (Butler, 2022 to 2024)
Connor McCaffery	Assistant Coach	2025-2026	N/A
Tony Bollier	General Manager, Director of Player Development	2024-2025	Assistant Coach (Wisconsin Herd, 2023 to 2024)
Jack McHugh	Video Coordinator	2024-2025	N/A
Grant Leiendecker	Athletic Director	2024-2025	N/A
John Dedman	Director of Sports Information	2015-2016	N/A
Tyler Watson	Strength and Conditioning Coach	2022-2023	Strength and Conditioning Coach (St. John's, 2021 to 2022)
Chad Bergman	Athletic Trainer	2024-2025	Head Athletic Trainer (Golden State Warriors, 2011 to 2018)