Purdue Boilermakers NCAA Basketball News

If you're going to take the dare and read about Purdue basketball this year, we need to start somewhere.

Happy with the future look of his team, Southern Illinois University men's basketball coach Chris Lowery signed three players that may give the Salukis better looks from the new 3-point line.

The Eastern Michigan Eagles and 11th- ranked Purdue Boilermakers meet up for the first time since 1971, as they tangle in the first round of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Mackey Arena tonight.

When they were freshmen, Purdue guards Chris Kramer and Keaton Grant played Georgia Tech, Oklahoma and DePaul in the Maui Invitational.

Any coach would be hard-pressed to match Matt Painter's recruiting class from two years ago, a group that formed the core of the Baby Boilers who won 25 games last season.

Purdue sophomore Robbie Hummel, a Valparaiso High School graduate, has been named one of three captains for the Boilermakers men's basketball team.

Storrs, Conn. -- Hasheem Thabeet had 23 points and 17 rebounds to lead No. 2 Connecticut to a season-opening 81-55 win over Western Carolina on Friday night.

Purdue has re-established itself among college basketball's elite. The Boilermakers are favored to win the Big Ten, are ranked 11th nationally and have been awarded the top seed in the NIT Season Tip-off. ...

After predicting each Big Ten game, State Journal reporter Joe Rexrode expects Michigan State to finish second in the league standings to Purdue, and for four Big Ten teams to reach the NCAA Tournament.