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That includes a momentous 60-55 victory in the 2007 conference tourney finals to earn one of four NCAA bids in program history.<\/p>\n
The rivalry will be renewed this year when the Raiders make a trip to Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Nov. 28.<\/p>\n
Butler has joined the Big East. And while the program isn\u2019t what it was in its heyday under coach Brad Stevens, the game is one of the highlights of the Raiders\u2019 non-league schedule, which was released Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a lot of people, it brings back so many great memories from that era \u2014 whether it\u2019s a player, coach or fan,\u201d second-year coach Clint Sargent said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know we\u2019ll be challenged. But it\u2019s a game that makes sense \u2014 short travel and a game that works for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Raiders will play three MAC foes at home among its 11 non-conference games: Toledo (18-15), Miami (25-9) and Eastern Michigan (16-16).<\/p>\n
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They open the season Nov. 3 at the Nutter Center against Division-III Franklin before perhaps the marquee game on the schedule with a trip to Cal of the ACC on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n
The Raiders haven\u2019t played a West coast team on the road since Seattle in 2009.<\/p>\n
The Greenbrier Tip-off will be Nov. 15-16 against two 20-game winners, Radford (20-13) and Kent State (24-12), another MAC school.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve put together a very competitive schedule. I think we\u2019ll be challenged. It\u2019s just as challenging as last year \u2014 facing a ton of mid-majors that are expecting to win their league and a lot of MAC schools,\u201d Sargent said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also tried to find some balance in a few spots competitively where we weren\u2019t up against it all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Raiders will play two early league games again, visiting Youngstown State on Dec. 3 and hosting Green Bay on Dec. 7. And they\u2019ll play 18 straight HL foes starting Dec. 29.<\/p>\n
The league tourney is March 2-10 and has a new format with all 11 teams starting out at campus sites.<\/p>\n
The two worst seeds have a play-in game to reach the first round. The three highest-seeded winners from the five opening-round games will advance to the semifinals at Corteva Coliseum in Indy. The other two winners will play for a spot in the semis.<\/p>\n
Last year, the top five seeds were given byes into the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n