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View full size photo>> The marquee matchup everybody wanted will take place tonight in the Paradise Jam Tournament finals, as Purdue and Tennessee square off in the first top ten showdown of the college basketball season.

Advantage Indiana Bill Lynch has kept the team's spirits up. Purdue photo Advantage Purdue Carson Wiggs has kicked eight field goals from at least 40 yards When: 3:30 p.m. today Site : Memorial Stadium , Bloomington.

Purdue coach Matt Painter wasn't satisfied with his team's play in its opening-round game of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, but he was still pleased to come away with a victory.

Joey Elliott threw a career-high four touchdown passes to help Purdue beat Indiana 38-21 on Saturday and retain the Old Oaken Bucket.

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.

Once again there is no postseason for Purdue or Indiana, making today's battle for the Old Oaken Bucket a de facto bowl game.

E'Twaun Moore scored 22 points and No. 7 Purdue beat South Dakota State 74-63 on Friday night in the first round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.

Looks like it's time for another eye-for-an-eye Oaken Bucket adventure. Indiana and Purdue are back at it for football bragging rights, and if the postseason is a next-season goal, blast away the disappointment by knocking somebody into tomorrow.

The team will now be without its starting point guard longer than initially expected.

The Purdue Boilermakers close the 2009 regular season Saturday in Bloomington against their arch rival, the Indiana Hoosiers.A Purdue coach Danny Hope will be looking for a win in his first Old Oaken Bucket game at the helm for the Boilermakers ; his predecessor, Joe Tiller, boasted an impressive 10-2 record against Indiana in his twelve-year ...

I don't mind referring to Purdue as "us" and "we" when it suits my purposes.A You see, the Purdue basketball program hasn't made a Final Four since before I was born.A That's a long time.A Over 26 years, to be exact.

Quick: Name the Big Ten's best player. Time's up. If no one came to mind, you're not alone.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - There is no bowl bid at stake. Pride and possession will have to suffice Saturday when Purdue visits Indiana University in the annual Old Oaken Bucket game.

The Big Ten has been very much maligned in recent years, as fans tend to see the slow, defensive-minded teams and think that teams from the Big Ten cannot compete with national powers.

Purdue QB Joey Elliott was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after passing for a career-high 367 yards in a 38-36 victory over Michigan.

Some thoughts from Purdue coach Danny Hope the day after the Boilermakers were eliminated from the postseason.

I thought there would be an update on the status of injured Purdue sophomore point guard Lewis Jackson during a conference call with Matt Painter on Monday morning, but there really wasn't. Before any questions were asked, Painter opened this way:A "The status with Lewis is still the same.

Purdue coach Matt Painter and the Boilermakers have made a decision on the status of freshman guard Kelsey Barlow.

Purdue will look the same to Michigan State, only different, when the football teams collide Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.

The seventh-ranked Purdue Boilermakers know what they have in veterans such as JaJuan Johnson, Robbie Hummel, and E'Twaun Moore.A What they need to discover is how much support that talented trio can expect from the younger members of this year's team.