Nick Gardner joins us now. He is the color analyst for the Butler Basketball Radio Network.

And the dogs last night, a tough one to North Dakota State, not just because they fall to North Dakota State at home, but also because at one point they were down big.

You can give them credit for coming back.

You know, there are other losses. Austin P. obviously, is another one that you feel like is going to be a real ugly loss by the end of the year.

But they have some good wins as well.

So the question is, Nick, do we know yet exactly what we're getting with Butler night in to night out

and whether or not we're dealing with and watching here a team that is going to be one to contend for the upper half of the Big East,

or are we still seeing a team that is really one that could struggle all year?

I think you don't know.

I think the consistency isn't there, Jake, to answer kind of the first part of that question.

And last night is a great example of that.

I mean, you couldn't have had a different looking first and second half when you talk about how the dogs played.

So I think there's still some questions in the air.

And really, look, you've got two answers.

I think the most consistent, the three top scores are the guys who have been most consistent throughout. Pierre Brooks,

Jamil Telfort, Patrick McCaffrey, those guys have been

pretty consistent. And I think you're still trying to fill

those spots. And the best wins the dogs

have had, you've had kind of point guard by

committee and guys stepping up and making plays.

And, you know, that certainly just wasn't

the case last night. But I think there's some head scratching to go around because the

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