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Robbie Hummel fighting tears after Purdue’s first Final Four in decades
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Julia Edey sporting a rare Braden Smith Westfield #1 jersey today
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Trey Kaufman-Renn: "Purdue isn't a party school, but it'll become one if we win Monday night."
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Painter: “We wouldn’t be here without Caleb Furst and Ethan Morton, and their professionalism.” “It pains me to not put them out there.”
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Matt Painter says Purdue is familiar with UConn “We have cable where we’re from”
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Zach edey seen wearing a signature shirt after the game.
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Braden Smith: “I just heard Paint say, ‘Go make a play,’ so I called Z up and I was looking at Terrance Shannon’s eyes to see if he would look, and right when he looked I shot it, so, I was glad it went in.”
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Zach Edey signed his first autograph at Purdue was before he was even on the team. Afterward, Zach turned to Julia Edey and said, “that kid just got an autograph from a nobody”
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Reports from West Lafayette say campus is going wild. Cars revving. Music blasting. Whose house/our house chants breaking out all over town. Boiler fans are amped. This...could be the year.
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As soon as his team punched it’s ticket to the Final Four, Ethan Morton headed over to the sideline to hug the radio crew.
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Edey after game: "I made a bet with Coach Brantley before the game, said he would get me Chick-Fil-A if I got 20 rebounds, so now he owes me chick-fil-a." He said he would get a "spicy chick deluxe combo, a mac and cheese and another sandwich."
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Drew Brees is here to support his Boilers
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Lance Jones’ shoes commemorating his late father
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Flood warning: black and gold sea encroaching on Gainbridge Fieldhouse
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Arizona State students were offered tickets to rep UConn at the National Championship
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Braden Smith on his respect for Zach Edey: “Two-time National Player of the Year. The most unselfish person you’ll ever meet. Like Coach Paint said, he gets more hate for no reason. For what? He’s out there dominating everybody?”
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Almost went under the radar but according to Purdue's post-game recap, Mackey Arena hit the loudest decibel reading in its history, reaching 123.2 decibels.
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Matt Painter says it’s hard to balance recruiting during the season, but if you don’t, “you’re not gonna like” your program’s future He also said it’s important for him to continue traveling to see recruits play in person
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Ryan Walters after Purdue's win: "Shout out to Ross-Ade, man. Like, the atmosphere, this fan base, this community. It's unbelievable. It's so fun to be in front of you guys, and you guys just continue to show up and show out for our players. They really feed off that energy."
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Mason Gillis with an emotional sendoff
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Scenes from the Mackey Arena watch party👀
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Painter: “I would break things down, and my assistants would tell me, ‘We’re not gonna have anyone on our team. Your honesty is killing us.’” “That was about 10-12 years ago, and I said ‘But the guys we do get will want to stick around.’”
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Flight records show a plane leaving from Detroit Metro Airport will land at the Purdue Airport at 7:59 p.m. tonight. Could be a certain Final Four team.
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Broc Thompson announces he will use a fifth year of eligibility. Has been out with injuries for much of this season.
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Head coach Ryan Walters and his family
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Gene Keady is in the building tonight. The winningest Coach in Purdue MBB history received a standing ovation from Mackey Arena at the first timeout.
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#Purdue 63, NC State 50
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We found Katie Gearlds!
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Mason Gillis, Fletcher Loyer, and Zach Edey take it all in after clinching their second-straight Big Ten title
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Purdue Pe-- Buddy the Elf showing out for the team's Elf Night against Hofstra
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#Purdue 35, Indiana 31
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Last year, Kobe Bryant gave the Boilermakers permission to debut his new basketball shoes. "Purdue is balling this year," he said, per Nike Basketball. "Of course they can be the first to wear them."
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Purdue Basketball's 26th Big Ten Championship
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How do we feel about the vintage Purdue hoodie from Walters 👀
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Purdue students are locked in from Mackey Arena
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Purdue students travelled well. Really well.
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For Senior Day, the Canadian national anthem was played for Zach Edey’s last game at home
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Matt Painter says Kanon Catchings decomittment was “not that big a deal.” Painter said Catchings was concerned about role and requested release before changing his mind the next day. Painter said it was best he left. #Purdue #Painter
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Painter was asked if he felt the officiating was different form the first to the second half. "Yes," he said.
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10 months
Gulp. No Knight teams did this, no Izzo teams, no fab-five teams. A historically-good run for Purdue.
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Per @palmcory , Purdue is set to become the first team in Big Ten history to be ranked #1 in the country 3 consecutive years.
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Purdue up 8 after a Braden Smith fading jumper and the Boilermaker faithful are on their feet and chanting "Let's Go Boilers"
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Purdue basketball players; Will Berg, Zach Edey and Fletcher Loyer, are at the soccer game supporting their fellow Boilermakers.
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The Boilers have taken the floor
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A face among the crowd
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Where you going Hoosier fans??? Boilermakers up 82-61 with two minutes left
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Rest in peace to Bob Knight, an icon of coaching.
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Your AP National Player of the Year and his #1 fans
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Matt Painter: "When people say, 'Oh, they just lose kind of the same way,' it's really stupid. And you don't understand basketball if you say that, like it's really stupid."
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Ryan Walters and The Paint Crew braving the elements and showing up to support the Boilers
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The man himself
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Walk-on running back Devin Mockobee announced that he's staying at Purdue despite the coaching change.
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#Purdue 44, Illinois 19
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Zach Edey is your two-time AP National Player of the Year.
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Purdue 73, Gonzaga 63
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Maryland head coach Kevin Willard: "This is a great environment. Top four that I've experienced. The student section is great. I don't know what they do. They must study hard.
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Lance Jones and Braden Smith took their turns capturing locker room moments with a photographer’s camera after the win.
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IND airport crawling with Boilermakers…we’ll be in Phoenix soon :D
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Lance Jones: “We’re just getting started, let’s do the damn thing”
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The Paint Crew has entered the building
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"I thought Purdue did a phenomenal job taking that game away from us," Marquette head coach Shaka Smart said in the post-game. "I think Painter is one of the best coaches in the country and this is one of the best programs in the country."
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Matt Painter said he discovered recent Purdue commit CJ Cox while on a trip to see someone else. “I was seeing somebody else,” he said. “And he had 26 in the game, and I just kind of watched him afterwards. And I wanted to know why people were hugging him.”
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Head coach Ryan Walters and Drew Brees on the field before the game
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"They are alright, I didn't really think about them. Old people don't think about shit like that," head coach Matt Painter said about the new uniforms.
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WHOSE HOUSE ⁉️
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Zach Edey and his mother - Julia Edey - celebrating after Zach was presented with the AP Player of the Year trophy.
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Purdue 24, Virginia Tech 17
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The West Lafayette-area Slim Chickens "temporarily ran out of buns" for their chicken sandwiches. But if you're looking to cash in on Trey Galloway's two missed free throws, no worries. One employee said they restocked on buns at Walmart.
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Vincent Edwards, Isaac Haas, Dakota Mathias, and P.J. Thompson after their final game in Mackey Arena.
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"Best team in the country, best player in the country, best coach in the county," Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry said.
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#Purdue 72, Tennessee 66
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All 😁 for a No. 3 seed Boilers will face Fairfield in round 1️⃣ #BoilerUp
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Head coach Katie Gearlds' fit for today's game: Purdue baseball script jersey and the gold and black Jordan 1s.
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Mason Gillis asks Zach Edey how he got to be so unguardable in a news conference. Edey: “Next question”
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Braden Smith gets his first points of the night from beyond the arc
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Braden Smith and Lance Jones are the first Boilers to take their turn cutting the net
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#Purdue 87, Indiana 64
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#Purdue 78, Marquette 75
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Ross-Ade just knows how to do it.
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Zach Edey is the only men’s Naismith National Player of the Year finalist who hasn’t already announced his intention to declare for the NBA draft. Even after his historic season, he said his relationships with his teammates complicate the decision.
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Payne Durham on his hurdle: "I didn't really know what to do. I ran out of options... There's some times in life, you've got to just say 'Screw it. If I fall on my neck and break it. I'm good with going out and playing with my friends.' I jumped and luckily I landed on my feet."
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AD Mike Bobinski on the Boilermakers' week: "I went down (to Bloomington) Friday night so I could be there in time for basketball's godforsaken 11:40 tip-off. I watched every damn play, then was there for the football game, obviously, and it back up last night."
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Tonight is the 73rd consecutive sellout for Purdue Basketball, spanning back to before any of Purdue's senior class ever stepped foot on campus
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Here's the pic of Carsen Edwards huge dunk just a few possessions ago.
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Will Berg is at the Women's basketball exhibition match against Quincy. He is known to attend Purdue soccer games as well.
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The vibes in Detroit are IMMACULATE
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The scene on the field
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For the first time in program history, the Purdue men's basketball team is No. 1 in the AP poll. Story to follow.
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The scene as the Boilers took set point 📸
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#Purdue 71, Tennessee 67
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#Purdue 75, Wisconsin 69
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Camden Heide: "I've been working a lot with Sasha and PJ. You know, they just give me the confidence off the court. And obviously (Braden Smith) is the one passing me the ball, and he's on me to be ready to shoot. So you have teammates around you who give you confidence."
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Purdue's Zach Edey showed off his mobility, 7'10 1/2 wingspan, shooting potential and finishing ability in front of quite a few NBA executives at the Priority Sports Pro Day in Chicago.
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Carson Barrett 3-pointer and Brian Waddell driving dunk has Mackey as loud as it's been all day
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FLETCHER LOYER: “P.J. Thompson has called a great offense and it’s only going to keep getting better.”
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Matt Painter on the Boilers being outrebounded for the first time this season vs Rutgers: "Since I've been at Purdue we're 6-48 when we have fewer rebounds and more turnovers. That's one of the six wins. That was an outlier, the fact we won that game."
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. @kylejguy on what he’s seen from @mylesjcolvin at the dizzy runs pro-am private runs.
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Vincent Edwards tells BTN that his mom didn’t want him to play on senior night, but he convinced her it would help him. “Thanks to my mom for letting me play."
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“I've kind of tried to keep the mindset throughout my whole career is that whatever role I'm given, I'm gonna do that to the best of my ability and do it with joy,” junior Caleb Furst said after the game.
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Zach Edey honored on the dais for winning AP POY. Teammates gather in support.
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