Butler will travel to Idaho for a Sunday, Nov. 8 tip against Boise State to conclude the home-and-home series that began last season in Indianapolis. The contest caps the first week of the 2026-27 regular season that will see the Bulldogs play twice at home before heading west to Boise.

The tip time and television assignment for the match-up at ExtraMile Arena will be announced at a later date.

Butler has previously announced five games (all at Hinkle Fieldhouse): an Oct. 10 exhibition against Indiana State to begin the Ronald Nored Era, the regular season opener against Lafayette Nov. 2, a Nov. 4 tip versus Fairleigh Dickinson, a game against Western Carolina Nov. 17, and a Black Friday contest against Bellarmine Nov. 27.

Additional games on Butler's non-conference schedule will be released soon.

Butler and Boise State have met three times previously, once in each of the last three seasons. Butler's win came in the 2023 ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando, while the Broncos picked up wins in the 2025 College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas and in Indianapolis in November in the front half of the current home-and-home series.

Nored enters his first season leading the men's basketball program at his alma mater. He arrives at Butler after serving on the coaching staffs with five NBA franchises, most recently as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks since 2023. Nored helped the Bulldogs to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA national championship game as the starting point guard for coach Brad Stevens and concluded his playing career by earning Academic All-America honors in 2012.

The Bulldog roster continues to take shape. Starters Jalen Jackson and Drayton Jones return for the 2026-27 campaign and are joined by an exciting group of newcomers.