Purdue basketball's Big Ten tournament seed is lower, but its stakes are higher
This year’s Big Ten tournament carries higher stakes. The Boilermakers were picked as the preseason conference favorite. They held sole possession of first place with a month remaining in the regular season. Yet they stumbled back to Indianapolis as the 6 seed, well off the pace of that coveted third consecutive championship.
The Boilermakers received huge performances from their two biggest stars. but Illinois pulled it out down the stretch.
In the meantime, we have been in touch with Purdue to apologize and express our disappointment." More: BoilersXTRA: Basketball regular season winds down, football spring practice begins Illinois ...
White has been on quite the offensive run, but it was his defense against the Boilermakers that made the difference ...
Against the Big Ten's best rebounding team, Purdue showed a promising effort on the glass Friday despite the loss to Illinois ...
Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to put Illinois ahead for good, and the Illini rallied past No. 18 ...
Maryland put together about as close to a perfect performance as you'll see in college basketball, and it led to a dominant ...
Maryland's strong performance eliminates Illinois from the Big Ten Tournament with a lopsided quarterfinal victory ...
Rodney Rice scored 26 points, Derik Queen had 19 points and 10 rebounds and No. 11 Maryland routed No. 24 Illinois 88-65 on Friday night in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
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