Purdue vs. Ohio State

Purdue visits Ohio State tonight at 7pm on ESPN

The fact that Purdue is 23-6 overall is remarkable, and Matt Painter deserves major consideration for national coach of the year honors. The Boilermakers have won their last two games, including a 68-43 romp over Northwestern on Saturday. While they are 16-1 at home this season, four of their nine true road games have resulted in defeat.

Purdue has been one of the nation's most surprising teams, and the enormous success can not be attributed to one star player. Purdue has gotten the job done at the defensive end, limiting opponents to 60.2 ppg.

Purdue got off to a ragged start but came back on the power of E'Twaun Moore's three pointers... they're down 1 point about halfway through the first half.

Great defense, sure, but this is ridiculous: Purdue's up 29-26 at the half.

The lead is see-sawing, 13 minutes to go and Purdue is on top 41-40.

Purdue OSU tied at 62 with 2 minutes to go. Now 1 minute to go, same score.

OSU takes the lead with free throws, they're shooting 91 percent from the line. Up 64-62.

Now Purdue is at the line with 30 seconds left: tied again at 64.

It's overtime... Purdue stole the ball as OSU drove to the basket, but didn't have time to go the other way. Purdue has lost one player to fouls, but it is the beauty of this team that they are deep and have no names.

Three's are raining down now. Purdue up by 1, 69-68 with 3.5 minutes to go.

All tied, 72-72 with 2 minutes to go. Both teams crashing the boards and each other, the refs letting them play.

OSU up by 2, 74-72 with a minute and a half to go in overtime.

Purdue struggles on offense, trying to find an opening. OSU ties them up and Purdue gets the ball on possession. Six seconds left on the shot clock, 50-some seconds to go. Purdue down 2. Purdue can't get it inbounds and waste their last timeout.

It's hard to win on the road, Purdue loses the inbounds...

OSU scores, up 4. Hummel drops a three, OSU up 1. Purdue fouls on the inbounds, OSU at the line, up 76-75 with 16 seconds left.

OSU up 3, Purdue comes down, tries a three -- no good. Purdue fouls on the rebound... OSU at the line, 9 seconds to go. Now OSU up , it looks bad.

OSU makes a horrible mistake, if you ask me, calling a time out when Purdue has none left. Purdue as the ball and needs six points in 9 seconds.

OSU wins at home, 80-77. Purdue was beaten by free throw shooting and by Butler who protected the ball well and scored 25, many of them when it counted, in overtime.

IU Falls to #18

The new AP Top 25 is out

Butler remains at #14

Purdue rises 1 to #15

IU falls 6 to #18

Notre Dame falls 2 to #19

Wisconsin remains at #10

Michigan State rises 2 to #17

North Carolina takes over as #1

Big Ten Game of the year

Indiana-Purdue Big Ten game of the year 7pm on ESPN

Purdue vs. IU through the years

Tales from the storm

1981: When [Purdue coach] Keady walked into the visitor's locker room at IU for the first time there was message waiting for him: "Keady, we're going to kick your a--," read the message written on the chalkboard.

"That kind of got everybody fired up," Keady said. Not that any extraordinary incentive was needed.

Three technical fouls were assessed in the first two minutes. By the time it was over, there had been 53 fouls called, 62 free throws, four players disqualified and IU had a 69-61 victory. Indiana coach Bob Knight drew the first technical for protesting a call. Keady got the second and third (two technicals did not bring an automatic ejection in those days) after watching Knight grab a referee with impunity and move him out of his line of sight.

Purdue travels to IU once again on Tuesday, the 19th.

Purdue: Eleven Straight

Purdue 71, Northwestern 56

Moore scored a season-high 28 points and No. 19 Purdue, despite blowing a 10-point lead in the second half, beat Northwestern 71-56 on Saturday for its 11th straight victory.

Keaton Grant added 15 points for the Boilermakers (21-5 12-1 Big Ten), who matched their longest winning streak in 12 years and earned their 14th victory in 15 games.

IU Overshadows Purdue

IU's problems are overshadowing Boilermakers

There's a terrific story being scripted in that basketball crazy state of Indiana. Think of it as updated version of Hoosiers, with this storyline focused on a present day college team rather than an overachieving bunch from a small town high school.

There's only one problem. This feel good story of Purdue is about to be overshadowed by the real Indiana Hoosiers, their rule breaking coach, and the NCAA committee on infractions.

"The Mackey Magic is back," Purdue sophomore guard Chris Kramer said after that one.

Indeed it is. The arena that used to rock every time Keady would boil over and throw his jacket was really pulsing Monday night. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said he hadn't seen Mackey that way since the early 1990s. They are cheering for guys like Kramer, and freshman Robbie Hummel and freshman E'Twaun Moore — new guys who have injected new life into the Boilermakers. And these freshmen might even come back for another year or more.

Purdue 59, Iowa 46

No, it's not the guys. The Purdue Women are on top of the Big 10 Conference as well.

Purdue: 10 Straight

Purdue wins! Knocked off #8 Wisconsin and now #10 Michigan State.

The #19 ranked Boilermakers defeated #10 ranked Michigan State 60-54. One of the Freshmen, Robbie Hummel, last weeks Big 10 Player of the Week, led the team with 11 rebounds and 24 points.

Look for USA Today to use this as further evidence that the Big 10 is an overpriced stock.

When it's bad to be good

The Big 10 image takes a tumble

The Big Ten Conference is fighting a perception that it's taking a big dive this season, a blow for a conference that has had nine Final Four teams in the last nine years, more than any other conference.

"There is a lot of evidence to support that," Jerry Palm of CollegeRPI.com said of the dip. "The bottom of the league is bad. The top team is Purdue. They have five new guys and two second-year guys in their rotation. For a team this inexperienced to be leading the league, I think it says the quality is not as strong."

I know for a fact that the campus at West Lafayette is excited for not only this year, but for the years to come... I guess they don't realize it's bad to be good. USA Today's been eating sour apples.

Indiana in the Big 10 Driver's Seat

Indiana 59, Ohio State 53

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nearly a month remains in the Big Ten schedule, and Indiana is not even in first place. But make no mistake about it. After its 59-53 victory Sunday at Ohio State, the conference's regular-season championship is there for Indiana to lose.

"Ho-ho," Hoosiers coach Kelvin Sampson said. "What about Purdue?"

Yes, the Boilermakers still lead his team by half a game.

The author of the article seems to think Purdue cannot win in Bloomington. I guess we'll find out on the 19th.

Purdue upsets Wisconsin

#24 Purdue beat #8 Wisconsin for the second time this year and stands alone atop the Big 10 with a 10-1 conference record. Will #14 IU defeat unranked Ohio State this afternoon?

Big 10 Standings

When last we looked at the Big 10 Standings, IU Stood atop the rankings and looked like a powerhouse no one could stop. Now, however, Wisconsin and the Boilers are leading the way, and IU had trouble putting down lowly Northwestern.

Men's
Wisconsin 8-1, 18-3
Purdue 8-1, 17-5
Indiana 7-1, 18-3
Michigan State 7-2, 19-3
Ohio State 6-3, 15-7
Iowa 4-6, 11-12
Minnesota 3-5, 13-7
Penn State 3-6 11-10
Illinois 2-8, 10-13
Michigan 1-8, 5-16
Northwestern 0-8, 7-12

Women's
Ohio State 8-3, 17-5
Iowa 8-3, 15-7
Purdue 8-3, 12-10
Indiana 6-4, 13-9
Minnesota 6-5, 15-8
Michigan 5-5, 12-8
Michigan State 5-6, 13-10
Penn State 4-6, 13-9
Illinois 4-6, 12-9
Wisconsin 4-7, 11-10
Northwestern 0-10, 4-18