By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Matt Painter did what needed to be done. After suffering a 16-18 season, Painter needed to shake things up in his program and get his house in order. He did just that. Shown the door were Jacob Lawson and Anthony Johnson, who didn’t buy into some of the things [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor A lot of fans aren’t thrilled about Purdue’s CBI game Wednesday against Western Illinois. They ought to be. This is exactly what the Boilermakers need. Purdue showed great improvement in the final games of the regular season, defeating Wisconsin on the road and Minnesota at home and pushing Michigan before losing [...]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor CHICAGO ” Yes, perhaps 15-17 Purdue hopes to hear from a postseason tournament on Sunday so its season can continue, but in reality Matt Painter, needs to punt any invite that might come his team’s way and get to focusing on the offseason right away. By the letter of the [...]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor CHICAGO – Purdue was supposed to be a dangerous team in the Big Ten Tournament. So much for that. The Boilermakers reverted back to tendencies they have shown throughout this disappointing season and were bounced by No. 10-seed Nebraska 57-55 in the opening round Thursday. Purdue couldn’t hit its outside shots, missed [...]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor CHICAGO ” The consensus among Big Ten coaches seems to be that if you’re looking for a dark horse in the Big Ten Tournament, look no further than Matt Painter’s Purdue Boilermakers. At just 15-16 on the season, Purdue has caught fire as of late, winning two out of [...]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor How tough is the Big Ten? Well, Michigan, a Top 10 team all season long, doesn’t even get a first-round bye in the Big Ten Tournament, and four Big Ten teams enter the postseason ranked in the Top 10, Wolverines included. As we brace for the start of the [...]
By SAM KLEMET ISL Correspondent Purdue is a different basketball team now that it was when it beat Nebraska 65-56 in January. Even though its record may not reflect improvement, the game film tells a different story. The Boilers are playing their best hoops of the season and should be heading into Thursday’s Big Ten [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — I said in my Purdue-Michigan preview that the game after the upset tells more about a team than the upset. The next game tells you if the team’s improvement was real or a mirage. Purdue’s follow-up to its win over Wisconsin was pretty strong. The Boilermakers [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor “To be the man, you gotta beat the man. Woooo!” Ric Flair coined that famous phrase years ago, and Tom Crean, that message is for you. To be the man in the Hoosier State, to be the man in the Big Ten, you’ve got to beat Tom Izzo, and you’ve [...]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor I was talking to a fraternity brother from Upstate New York yesterday and have to admit I wasn’t at all surprised by what he had to say about Saturday’s Purdue-IU game. Yes, he’s definitely what I would call a diehard Purdue fan, one of those that even if you [...]
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