Butler basketball defense suffers in loss to SMU, Thad Matta, Finley Bizjack say

For the first time all season, Butler basketball faced a team capable of making the defense pay for being out of position.

Poor ball screen coverages or letting a man get behind the defense in transition ended in points for SMU, which won 87-85 on Saturday, and the Bulldogs have to learn from their mistakes with games against South Carolina and Virginia looming next week.