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Minus Martin, Butler's run of NCAA appearances in jeopardy

Kelan Martin finishes his Butler Bulldogs career in an NCAA tournament loss to Purdue. David Woods/IndyStar

INDIANAPOLIS — LaVall Jordan will be a better Butler basketball coach in Year 2 than he was in Year 1.

Not that he will have a better team by March 2019. He probably won’t. The Bulldogs lose Kelan Martin, one of their all-time greats, and Tyler Wideman, who represented the spine of the team. After Kamar Baldwin, remaining pieces are that – role players in need of more than one top Dawg.