{"id":1538,"date":"2018-01-12T10:55:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2018-01-12T10:55:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:55:54","slug":"ball-is-life-for-adam-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/2018\/01\/12\/ball-is-life-for-adam-owens\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball is Life for Adam Owens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article crisp-theme sections-article-layout\" data-article-type=\"sections-article\">\n<div class=\"section title-section title-center visible\" data-section-behavior=\"crisp-title\" data-layer=\"1\" data-layer-name=\"over\" data-scroll-after-animation=\"false\">\n<div class=\"section-view\">\n<div class=\"title-header\">\n<h2 class=\"title-header-view\"><span class=\"subtitle\"><span class=\"auto-size-span\">BY COLLIN PERRY &amp; CHELSEA GROVES<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"navigation-hint down\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section single-column-section  large-content-spacing-top large-content-spacing-bottom bottom-shadow visible\" data-section-behavior=\"crisp-single-column\" data-layer=\"0\" data-layer-name=\"over\">\n<div class=\"section-view\">\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"section-content-view\">\n<div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"link-button-wrapper link-left\">\n<div class=\"embedded-link-wrapper widescreen-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"link-button \" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/ZdRbCeYmvZg?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\" \">Junior Adam Owens first fell in love with basketball while watching Butler games with his dad as a four-year-old. His father, Craig Owens, was a member of the men\u2019s tennis team at Butler from 1985-88.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">Owens received Division III offers to play basketball during his senior year at Lakewood Park Christian High School in Auburn, Indiana, but decided to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps. He wanted to come to Butler.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">During the summer before coming to Butler, he contacted Brandon Crone, the director of basketball operations. Owens scheduled a meeting to discuss becoming a manager for this program.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">His dream came true.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">Owens said the Butler men\u2019s basketball program is a tight-knit group. This year, a mix of 12 athletes and 12 managers have worked throughout the summer and fall of this year leading up to the team\u2019s first game against Kennesaw State on Nov. 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\" \">\u201cWe go from drill to drill, we don\u2019t really have a lot of downtime. Us managers typically get to Hinkle an hour before practice,\u201d he said. \u201cThe phrase \u2018family\u2019 is thrown around a lot. 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