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College basketball · 2026-27 preview · Big East
Butler · 2026-27 preview

Butler basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule

Butler returns 83% of last season's minutes, and adds one freshman.

Last season it ranked No. 81 in adjusted net rating (No. 71 on offense, No. 115 on defense). The biggest loss is Michael Ajayi, 16.4 points a game. The schedule has 31 games, four against last season's adjusted top 25.

83%
of last season's minutes return
0
transfers in, 0 out
1
freshman
No. 81
adjusted net rating, 2025-26

2026-27 roster

Pos
Ht
PPG
RPG
APG
MPG
Hometown
11
Finley Bizjack
Back
G
6-4
17.1
2.2
2.6
34.0
Trophy Club, TX
7
Jamie Kaiser Jr.
Back
G
6-6
9.5
4.3
1.0
29.0
Burke, VA
2
Jalen Jackson
Back
G
6-2
9.5
3.5
3.8
22.5
Fort Wayne, IN
21
Yohan Traore
Back
F
6-11
8.3
3.0
0.8
19.6
Tours, FRA
13
Drayton Jones
Back
F
6-11
6.3
4.6
1.4
19.5
Houston, TX
1
Evan Haywood
Back
G
6-4
7.2
1.9
1.2
19.4
Carmel, IN
23
Azavier Robinson
Back
G
6-2
6.1
1.9
2.4
18.3
Indianapolis, IN
4
Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor
Back
F
6-6
5.0
2.2
2.0
16.4
Markham, ON
8
Yame Butler
Back
G
6-5
4.2
1.2
1.4
13.6
Greenbelt, MD
6
Jack McCaffery
Back
F
6-9
2.8
1.6
0.4
9.6
Iowa City, IA
0
Jackson Keith
Back
F
6-5
2.0
1.7
0.2
8.6
Durham, NC
3
Ethan McComb
Back
G
6-1
0.3
0.0
0.3
1.2
Greenwood, IN
35
Bryson Cardinal
New
F
6-7
Westfield, IN
39
Kevin Ndzie
New
C
7-1
Yaounde, CMR

PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.

Who left

Where
PPG
MPG
Michael AjayiGraduated or left
Graduated or left
16.4
33.6

The players who left played 17% of last season’s minutes.

Adjusted net rating, last three seasons

2023-24
+11.8 No. 68
2024-25
+11.0 No. 71
2025-26
+10.9 No. 81

Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 116.9 (No. 71), defense 106.0 (No. 115).

2026-27 schedule

November to January
Rank
Nov 2
vs Lafayette
318
Nov 4
vs Fairleigh Dickinson
331
Nov 8
at Boise State
56
Nov 13
vs Pittsburgh
98
Nov 17
vs Western Carolina
228
Nov 19
vs Northeastern
278
Nov 22
vs Nebraska neutral
13
Nov 27
vs Bellarmine
280
Dec 2
vs Presbyterian
263
Dec 6
at North Carolina
27
Dec 12
at Providence
72
Dec 16
vs South Carolina Upstate
291
Dec 19
vs Georgia Tech neutral
156
Dec 23
vs Marquette
88
Jan 3
vs St. John's
15
Jan 9
at DePaul
101
January to March
Rank
Jan 12
at Xavier
96
Jan 15
vs Villanova
39
Jan 18
vs Georgetown
87
Jan 23
at UConn
10

Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 31 games, 19 in the Big East. Tip times are set closer to each game.

Questions

Who is back for Butler in 2026-27?

12 players who played for Butler last season: Finley Bizjack, Jamie Kaiser Jr., Jalen Jackson, Yohan Traore, Drayton Jones, Evan Haywood, Azavier Robinson, Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor, Yame Butler, Jack McCaffery, Jackson Keith, Ethan McComb. They played 83% of its minutes.

Who did Butler add for 2026-27?

No transfers or ranked freshmen yet.

Big East previewsMinutes back
UConn47%St. John's39%Villanova27%Seton Hall64%Providence59%
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Jan 27
vs Providence
72
Jan 30
at Marquette
88
Feb 3
at Seton Hall
50
Feb 6
vs Xavier
96
Feb 13
at Georgetown
87
Feb 17
vs Creighton
77
Feb 20
at Villanova
39
Feb 23
vs DePaul
101
Feb 27
at St. John's
15
Mar 2
at Creighton
77
Mar 6
vs Seton Hall
50