Butler forward Roosevelt Jones to miss season with injury

Butler's recent trip to Australia brought and many positives and also some negatives for the upcoming Bulldog season. Unfortunately, the biggest negative wasn't that Butler lost the final two of their four game exhibition tour by 39 and 24 points, respectively.

The biggest negative to come out of the Australian tour was a season-ending wrist injury in the first game to junior small forward Roosevelt Jones (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon).

Jones has torn ligaments in his left wrist and it has already been determined that he'll miss the entire 2013-14 season.

The Bulldogs will certainly miss his 10.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest, but as per usual, someone will be called upon off the Butler bench and will do whatever it takes to replace Jones' production.

Head coach Brandon Miller will definitely have some other tricks up his sleeve than he originally was prepared for with the absence of Jones in the starting lineup.

With 6'8 senior Erik Fromm (Bloomington, IN/South), 6'6 senior Khyle Marshal (Davie, FL/Flanagan) and 6'9 junior Kameron Woods (Louisville, KY/Eastern) penciled in as the starting frontcourt for the Bulldogs, we should be seeing more youth come up off the bench, adding just that much more depth for the 2013-14 version of Butler Bulldog basketball.

Two freshman will be where Miller turns to rotate into the lineup to give the three aforementioned forwards. Nolan Berry (St. Louis/De Smet) stands at 6'10 and Andrew Chrabascz helps beef up the Bulldog frontcourt at 6'7.

Time will tell what kind of scheme Brandon Miller and his coaching staff will come up with to replace the offensive leadership and defensive prowess of Jones.