page_title: Andrew Smith (basketball, born 1990)
section_title: College
hierarchical_section_title: Andrew Smith (basketball, born 1990) / College
caption_attribution_description: English: Butler's Andrew Smith and Connecticut's Alex Oriakhi battle for the opening tip at the 2011 NCAA Championship game on April 4, 2011. Brad Stevens watches in the background.
context_page_description: Andrew Smith was an American basketball player. He played in two NCAA Final Fours during his career at Butler, as well as professionally for Neptūnas.
  Smith grew up in the Indianapolis, Indiana, area. He attended Covenant Christian High School where he became a star basketball player. During his senior year, he led the state of Indiana in rebounding, was named All-City player of the year, and was selected as a National Christian Schools Athletic Association All-American. After high school, Smith accepted a scholarship offer to play basketball at Butler.
  At Butler, Smith was a reserve during his freshman year. Despite playing just three minutes during the previous month, he came into Butler's Elite Eight game against Kansas State and played a significant role in helping the school to its first ever Final Four appearance. Smith became a starter shortly after the start of his sophomore year and his emergence as a starter helped Butler return to the Final Four. During Smith's junior year, he led the team in scoring and made more than 52% of his shot attempts. He also expanded his game to include 3-point shooting.
context_section_description: Smith attended Butler for college. During the 2009–10 season, his freshman year, he was a reserve, playing in 24 games. In an Elite Eight match against Kansas State, Smith was inserted into the lineup when Matt Howard got into early foul trouble. He played five minutes in the first half, helping Butler build an 18–10 lead.  Smith also played in the second half, finishing with a season-high 12 minutes.  Over the previous month, he had played just three minutes in total. With Smith's help, Butler advanced to the school's first ever Final Four, which happened to be in Indianapolis.  At the end of his Butler career, Smith said the Kansas State game was his favorite memory of Butler.  Butler ended up making it the NCAA Championship Game.
  During his sophomore year, Smith played in all 38 games, starting 32. After Butler got off to a mediocre 3–2 start, Smith was added to the starting lineup.  Against Cleveland State, he scored a career-high 22 points and collected 10 rebounds to get his first collegiate double-double. In the final game of the regular season, he played a career-high 36 minutes and recorded 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks, all career highs.  Thanks in large part to Smith's emergence as a starter, Butler returned to the NCAA Tournament.  During the round of 32, Smith hit a go-ahead basket with less than 3 seconds on the clock to help Butler beat top seeded Pittsburgh.  In Butler's sweet 16 match against Wisconsin, Smith hurt his ankle and left the game.  However, he returned before the game's end, collecting eight points and six rebounds as Butler advanced to the regional final.  Butler again advanced to the Championship game. Smith led the team in rebounding in the regional final against Florida and in the National Championship game against Connecticut.  He finished the year as the team's second-leading rebounder (5.6 per game) and third-leading scorer (8.5).  He made 59.3% of his field goal attempts and 67.3% of his free throws.
  Following the graduation of Howard and the early departure of Shelvin Mack to play in the NBA, Butler struggled during Smith's junior year. Smith, however, continued to put up solid numbers. He recorded two double-doubles, one against Chattanooga and one against Oakland City, and had a game-winning tip-in shot against Purdue. At Loyola, he grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds. At Milwaukee, he recorded four assists and four steals, both career highs. In the first round of the Horizon League tournament, Smith scored a career high 25 points, hitting a career best 12 of 14 free throws, and recording 7 rebounds. Butler failed to make the NCAA Tournament, instead playing in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). In the semi-finals of the CBI, Smith scored 19 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.  For the season, he led the team in scoring with 10.9 points per game. He emerged as a 3-point field goal threat, making 19 of 54 attempts after attempting just one 3-pointer the previous year. Overall, Smith made 52.5% of his field goal attempts and 64.3% of his free throws.
  During the off-season, head coach Brad Stevens asked Smith to take on a new role – vocal leader. The role did not fit Smith's natural personality, but he embraced it nonetheless. Entering the 2012–13 season, Smith was the only active college player who had played in two Final Fours. He started 35 games during the year, sitting out one game with an injury.  Facing reigning Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the year, St. Joseph's C. J. Aiken, Smith scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.  He also recorded double-doubles at Northwestern and at Massachusetts. For the week of January 14, he was named as the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for his part in back-to-back road victories.  At Massachusetts on March 7, Smith became the 11th player in Butler history to surpass 1,000 points and 600 rebounds.  In the lone game he missed, Butler was upset at home by Charlotte, underscoring Smith's importance to the team.  Butler returned to the NCAA tournament, and Smith recorded 14 points and 16 rebounds against Bucknell in the round of 64. The 1
caption: Andrew Smith (left, dark uniform) battles Connecticut's Alex Oriakhi for the opening tip during the 2011 National Championship Game.
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