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Almost one year ago, while Butler was in the throes of a three-game Horizon League losing streak, having fallen to 14-9 overall and not looking much like NCAA tournament material, the Bulldogs sat in a locker room after falling to Youngstown State and started being honest with themselves. They'd deviated from their old defensive ways. Coach Brad Stevens told his team, "I've got to get better"; senior guard Zach Hahn told him, "No, we've got to get better," and the rest of the Bulldogs followed suit, vowing to plot a course back to the NCAAs. You know what happened after that -- the 14 straight wins, the trip back to the national title game. Butler proved quite adept at self-diagnosing its problems, and then solving them.

It seemed worthwhile to check in on this year's Bulldogs while they were at a similar crossroads in the Horizon League: 12-9 overall, 6-3 in the...

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