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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4284086, member: 5798"] INDIANAPOLIS -- [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2086']Butler[/URL] hired [URL='https://iupuijags.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/austin-parkinson/997'][B]Austin Parkinson[/B][/URL] as its women's basketball coach Friday, ending a search that lasted a little more than two weeks. Parkinson won't even have to leave town. The [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/_/id/85']IUPUI[/URL] campus is only a few miles away from Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse. He replaces Kurt Godlevske, who was fired by athletic director Barry Collier on March 22 after two of the worst seasons in Bulldogs history. [B]Butler went 1-27 last season.[/B] I posted this as an item of interest to ALL Big East fans. Butler was horrible the last two years. Hopefully Parkinson can come in and turn this program around and at least make them competitive. The athletic directors at [B]Georgetown[/B] and [B]Xavier[/B] need to follow suit. The BIG East would garner more respect around WCBB if its members were ALL competitive. We'll never be as strong as the power 5 conferences, but at least we can try. This year the BIG East got 4 schools into the tournament. I'd like to see that scenario manifest itself every year. Parkinson has a BIG job ahead of him. He and his staff should already have contacted some of the 1000+ players in the portal that may be able to help them. I wish him all the luck in the world (except of course when we play them). :cool: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33698584/butler-hires-austin-parkinson-women-basketball-coach[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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