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After taking down Northwestern and Nebraska, both by double digits, Purdue will now face a second matchup with UCLA who took them down earlier in the season. UCLA lost starter Tyler Bilodeau to a knee injury last night against Michigan State. UCLA head coach Mick Cronin said it would take a “miracle” for him to […]
Hey, good things happen when Purdue plays defense! Through four halves of basketball in Chicago Purdue has finally, mercifully, gotten back to playing defense and making teams work on the opposite end of the floor. Should that continue, it will be playing basketball for a few more weeks. Purdue didn’t absolutely need this win. It […]
After an absolutely chaotic end to the Illinois versus Wisconsin game the fans poured out of the United Center in what truly was a Windy City. Wind gusts up to 26 MPH made the walk to the arena chillier than the 50 degree temperature would have suggested. Once inside though it was going to be […]
Last night in Chicago Purdue did what they hadn’t been able to do for quite some time and that was walk away with a convincing win. This time it was against a Northwestern Wildcats team that had pushed them to the brink just 8 days earlier. In Chicago though Purdue was able to handle Chicago’s […]
With just 8 teams left in the Big Ten tournament it’s time to see who you all picked to be the winner. For me? It made sense to choose Michigan and let someone else take the field. The staff roundtable got into all of this earlier in the week so feel free to take a […]
Purdue handled business on Thursday night, taking down the Northwestern Wildcats 81-68 in the third round of the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago. It was Braden Smith’s brilliance (16 assists) and Oscar Cluff’s physicality (19 points, 10 rebounds) that set the pace for Purdue. Purdue’s defense and offense were both working in the first half […]
The Boilers looked dominate in their first game of the B1G Tourney as they defeated Northwestern 81-68 behind the duo of Trey Kaufman-Renn & Oscar Cluff while Braden Smith set an assist record in the B1G Tourney. The defensive effort was a welcome sight considering what Purdue showed over the last several weeks as Purdue […]
I think I ma not alone in saying, “Well it’s about time we played that well.” After weeks (months?) of looking meh, especially on defense, Purdue came out tonight and absolutely rolled Northwestern in the first half. I am not too concerned about the second half because it is a tournament scenario and we kept […]
In the two hour drive it took to get from West Lafayette to the United Center, Casey and I discussed all the things that were right and going wrong with this team. It was a great conversation. One thing we both agreed on was that while the regular season was a disappointment there were no […]
Northwestern Overall Record: 15 – 18 Big 10 Record: 5 – 15 Previous 3 Games 3/11: W – 74 – 61 vs Indiana @ Big Ten Tournament 3/10: W – 76 – 66 vs Penn State @ Big Ten Tournament 3/7: L – 66 – 67 vs Minnesota @ Away Personnel Starters Bench Injury Report 6’11” center Arrinten Page has […]
After what can only be described as a disappointing regular season that saw Purdue start the season as the #1 team in the country but fall all the way to 18 after a 6-7 final 13 games it’s now time for win or go home season. Purdue is in Chicago at the United Center ready […]
With a dominating second half performance, the Northwestern Wildcats took down the Indiana Hoosiers, and maybe pushed them off of the bubble onto the dark and dank area that is the NIT, for the right to face the Purdue Boilermakers in Thursday’s evening matchup in the Big Ten Tournament. These two teams of course met […]
Northwestern has made an early run in the Big Ten Tournament behind two 20+ point performances from senior Nick Martinelli. After opening the tournament with a Tuesday win over Penn State, Northwestern set its sights on an Indiana team hoping to lock up its resume to get into the NCAA Tournament in head coach Darian […]
It’s Wednesday folks and the Big Ten Tournament is in full swing. Right now we are already on day two of this tournament with three games in the books. We’ve already got winners folks. What we don’t yet have is the knowledge of who Purdue will play in their game tomorrow evening. Keeping that in […]
Last season Braden Smith was not only named the Big Ten Player of the Year, a third straight honor for a Purdue player, he was also named First Team all-Big Ten. This year, for the sixth straight season, Purdue has a First Team honoree as Smith was named to the team earlier today. This is […]
If I had told you during the first month of the season you’d get +700 odds on Purdue winning the Big Ten Tournament, you probably couldn’t throw your money at me fast enough. But those are Purdue’s odds going into the Big Ten Tournament after a disappointing end to the regular season. You can check […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Big Ten Tournament starts in just two days (assuming that you’re reading this on Monday […]
I missed writing so many columns for H&R during my three year hiatus. One was the SB Nation All-Big Ten teams one (which, sadly, I did not get to organize this year). Another was this one, where I picked every game of the Big Ten Tournament. And boy, do we get some Big Ten Tournament […]
Purdue fans abroad lamented the coaching decision to bring back the Quarterback, Ryan Browne for another season to start. Coach Odom doubled down in the off-season, essentially naming him the starter before a down of Spring Ball, something that has become uncommon in the era of the transfer portal. While the incumbent at QB did […]
Purdue lost yet another game in Mackey Arena this weekend when they fell to the Wisconsin Badgers on senior day. You’ve seen it discussed here on the site and invariably anywhere else you can find high quality Purdue content, but this time we discuss it in podcast form and with fewer need to read actual […]
Purdue finished the season in as disappointing of a manner as they have in the last decade with a 97-93 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers. That loss finalized an abysmal stretch for the Boilers who have now gone just 6-7 since January 20th, a stretch that nearly parallels the one last year when they finished […]
With the loss to Wisconsin yesterday and UCLA’s win over USC Purdue’s seeding for the Big Ten Tournament is finalized. In a season where Purdue was picked as the favorite to win the conference and grab that one seed there’s a lot of disappointment around these parts as Purdue will settle for the 7th seed […]
What a disappointing finish to a season that had so much promise. And I don’t say that because Purdue begane the season as the preseason No. 1 team in America. For a good portion of the season it played like it. It had one bad game agaisnt Iowa State, but in mid January the Boilers […]
This game wrap is sponsored by our friends at Section 103. They just launched their new Purdue collection in time for March Madness. They’ve got high quality shirts and hats with some different designs you won’t see elsewhere. I’m thinking especially about the Mackey Arena shirt and the World’s Largest Drum shirt. They’ll also be giving […]
Just one regular season game to go before everything resets. One more time in Mackey Arena for Braden Smith. One more time in Mackey Arena for Fletcher Loyer. One more time in Mackey Arena for Trey Kaufman-Renn. One more time in Mackey Arena for Oscar Cluff. Senior night. I’m expecting a packed house from tipoff […]