TOP-SEEDED PURDUE ROLLS PAST GRAMBLING STATE
[1] Purdue 78, [16] Grambling 50 (Postgame Notes) Purdue improved to 30-4 with a 78-50 victory over Grambling in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis on Friday night. The 30 victories ties a school record, set during the 2017-18 season (30-7). Purdue...
NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT ROUND-UP
Jack Gohlke drilled 10 3-pointers en route to 32 points and DQ Cole buried the final triple of the game to clinch No. 14 seed Oakland’s 80-76 upset of No. 3 seed Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament’s South Region on Thursday in Pittsburgh. The Golden...
BUTLER FALLS TO MINNESOTA, 73-72, IN NIT
Two Elijah Hawkins free throws with five seconds remaining and a contested miss by the home team at the buzzer gave visiting Minnesota a 73-72 win over Butler in the opening round of the 2024 NIT. The game was played Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis....
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After learning its NCAA destination on Sunday evening, the Midwest Region's No. 1-seed Purdue men's basketball team has started preparations for Friday's first-round contest against the winner of the First Four contest between No. 16 seeds...
AP MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAMS
FIRST TEAM ZACH EDEY, PURDUE, 7-4, 300; SENIOR; TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA; 24.4 POINTS, 11.7 REBOUNDS, 2.2 BLOCKS (62 OF 62 FIRST-PLACE VOTES, 310 POINTS(ASTERISK)) DALTON KNECHT, TENNESSEE, 6-6, 213; FIFTH YEAR; THORNTON, COLORADO; 21.1 POINTS, 4.7 REBOUNDS, 1.8...
BULLDOGS OPEN 2024 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT WEDNESDAY WITH XAVIER
The Tip-Off • Butler, the No. 8 seed, opens the 2024 BIG EAST Tournament Wednesday with a first round match-up with No. 9 seed Xavier. • Both Butler and Xavier joined the conference prior to the 2013-14 season; this marks the fifth time that the two teams will meet in...
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLLS
AP MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL 1. HOUSTON, 28-3 (52) 2. UCONN, 28-3 (6) 3. PURDUE, 28-3 (4) 4. NORTH CAROLINA, 25-6 5. TENNESSEE, 24-7 6. ARIZONA, 24-7 7. IOWA STATE, 24-7 8. CREIGHTON, 23-8 9. KENTUCKY, 23-8 10. MARQUETTE, 23-8 11. DUKE, 24-7 12. AUBURN, 24-7 13....
BIG TEN ANNOUNCES 2024 TIAA BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced the full bracket for the 2024 TIAA Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, set to take place March 13-17 at the Target Center in Minneapolis. All-session tickets for the 27th edition of the tournament...