Chris Kramer News

Why not Purdue at No. 1? Why not push the No. 4 Boilers past Kansas and Texas and Villanova and into history? Hey, none of those teams has a win over a top-10 squad as Purdue has with its nail-biter Paradise Jam victory over Tennessee.

Some more odds and ends from Purdue coach Matt Painter's conference call on Monday ... -- Let's not read between the lines too much here.

Coming into the season, the entire Big Ten knew that it had a tough task in stopping Purdue's talented starting lineup.A With three All-Big Ten performers and three others who are renowned for lockdown defense, the top of the Boiler lineup is justifiably feared throughout the conference.

Ohio State's Evan Turner will miss eight weeks after breaking bones in his back when he fell while dunking during Saturday's 111-65 victory over Eastern Michigan in Columbus, Ohio.

Chris Kramer has scored 19 points twice in his career, and he led Purdue in scoring both of those games.

Chris Kramer and E'Twaun Moore each scored 14 points for Purdue on Saturday. JaJuan Johnson scored 12 points and Robbie Hummel added 11 for the Boilermakers .

Basketball as art? Not a chance. Breakfast at Mackey? Was there any choice? Lots of coaching points to make in preparation for Tuesday's Big Ten/ACC Challenge showdown with Wake Forest? You'd better believe it.

C.J. Harris and Ishmael Smith each scored 14 points and freshman Al-Farouq Aminu added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Wake Forest .

It might not be the Duke game from last season, also as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, but A this one definitely has a big-game feel to it.

Tennessee sophomore Scotty Hopson was the last player to leave Pratt Pavilion Wednesday night.

Purdue coach Matt Painter will take this kind of defensive masterpiece any time.

Doug Gottlieb takes note of teams that are exceeding expectations and gets Fran Fraschilla's thoughts on all of the early-season action.

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ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands -- No. 6 Purdue hung on for dear life Monday night in a 73-72 victory against No.

St. THOMAS, Virgin Islands -- After trailing by nine in the first half, Purdue got a big run to start the second half and ended St.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Coach Matt Painter kept waiting for his Purdue men's basketball team to perform Friday night like the nation's seventh-ranked team.

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits have the unenviable task of the opening the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands tonight against the seventh-ranked Purdue Boilermakers.

Purdue has named six team captains for this season in senior guard Chris Kramer, senior guard Keaton Grant, junior forward Rob Hummel, junior guard E'Twaun Moore, junior forward/center JaJuan Johnson and senior guard Mark Wohlford.

The Purdue Boilermakers got bad news this week as sophomore point guard Lewis Jackson underwent foot surgery.

Tom Izzo explains how tough games in November and December prepare a team for conference play and beyond.