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Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Boilers got 30 points from Kaufman-Renn but defense couldn’t get stops in second half The Purdue Boilermakers dropped another disappointing game as they battle for a third consecutive B1G title, this time a home matchup to the Wisconsin Badgers 94-84. Just a few short days after dropping a game on the … [Read more...] about Boilers Lost 94-84 to Badgers to Continue Fall in B1G Standings

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Thank goodness that a team doing this well is playing in Mackey on a Saturday afternoon when the students will be buzzing. Home game! Weekend game! Catch a similarly-ranked team off balance when they have to travel to West Lafayette game...? Boilers off a loss. We know. It was not ideal. Good time to get everything back in gear. What … [Read more...] about Purdue Basketball: Wisconsin By The Numbers

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Nothing is final, there’s more work to be done. The NCAA had their early bracket release this afternoon and to be expected, Purdue was among the top 16 seeds. The NCAA started doing this as a way to offer a look behind the selection process for March Madness. I’m sure their partners at CBS also might like it as a way to get some eyeballs on … [Read more...] about Purdue Men’s Basketball Earns #2 Seed in Early NCAA Bracket

Mark Hoffman/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images The Boilers look to bounce back against the Badgers in a Big Ten battle on Saturday. #7 Purdue (19-6, 2nd Big 10, 11-3) vs #16 Wisconsin (19-5, 4th Big 10, 9-4) Wisconsin This Season This is your typical Wisconsin team under Greg Gard. They’re a solid team in the top quarter of Big Ten teams. They started the season on a … [Read more...] about Purdue Basketball: Wisconsin Preview

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Plus, has the Big Ten favorite changed? This week’s survey results are in and we discuss the TKR snub as well as the change in the Big Ten favorite after Michigan State lost two in a row. First though let’s focus on the fact that Trey Kaufman-Renn was absolutely snubbed by both the Karl Malone power forward award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar … [Read more...] about Hammer and Rails Readers Survey Results – Righting the Trey Kaufman-Renn Snub