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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 3-seed Purdue men's basketball team begins its NCAA Tournament journey Thursday against Old Dominion in Hartford, Connecticut.
The contest will be televised on TBS with Carter Blackburn, Debbie Antonelli and John Schriffen calling the action courtside beginning at approximately 9:50 p.m. ET. On the radio waves, the contest will be available on the Purdue Radio Network with Larry Clisby and Rob Blackman on the call, beginning with the Purdue Basketball pregame show at 9 p.m. Wes Scott will produce the radio broadcast. Due to contractual obligations, Purdue's radio broadcast will not be available on TuneIn.com or SIRIUS / XM Satellite Radio. The Westwood One national radio broadcast will be available on those entities.
Live stats will be provided on PurdueSports.com, and Twitter updates will be available on Purdue's official account (@BoilerBall).
THE TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue is making its fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the 10th-longest active streak nationally.
2) Purdue is a top-five seed for the fourth straight year, one of six teams nationally to accomplish that.
3) Purdue's 11 NCAA apperances in the last 13 years are the eighth most nationally.
4) Matt Painter's 12 NCAA Tournament appearances are most nationally for a coach under the age of 55. He is 48 years old.
5) Over the last six games, Purdue has held its opponents to 61.4 points per game, 38.0 percent shooting and 29.3 percent from 3-point range.
6) Purdue and North Carolina are the only teams to rank in the top 15 of the Associated Press' final top 25 poll in each of the last four years.
7) Since Dec. 16, Purdue has lost to three teams while posting a 17-4 record in that span (Michigan State, Maryland, Minnesota twice).
8) Purdue's seniors (Ryan Cline and Grady Eifert) own a 106-33 career record, needing one win to tie the record for most wins by a senior class.
9) Stamford native Aaron Wheeler returns home to the state of Connecticut for the first time as a Boilermaker. Stamford is 78 miles from Hartford.
10) Matt Haarms became the first player to lead the Big Ten in field goal percentage and blocks since Ohio State's Greg Oden in 2007.
11) Ryan Cline needs three three-pointers to become the third player in school history with 100 trifectas in a season (Carsen Edwards, Troy Lewis).
12) Grady Eifert leads the country in offensive rating (143.3). It's the fourth-best rating in the KenPom era (since 2004).
13) Carsen Edwards has been named to two All-American squads, on his way to possibly being a consensus All-American.
14) Nojel Eastern has nine offensive rebounds over the last three games, averaging 12.7 PPG, 7.0 RPG and 3.3 APG in that span.
15) Trevion Williams has 14 points, 16 rebounds, two assists and two steals in 30 minutes over the last two games.
• Wednesday Press Conference / Thursday Postgame Press Conference / Media Center
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 3-seed Purdue men's basketball team begins its NCAA Tournament journey Thursday against Old Dominion in Hartford, Connecticut.
The contest will be televised on TBS with Carter Blackburn, Debbie Antonelli and John Schriffen calling the action courtside beginning at approximately 9:50 p.m. ET. On the radio waves, the contest will be available on the Purdue Radio Network with Larry Clisby and Rob Blackman on the call, beginning with the Purdue Basketball pregame show at 9 p.m. Wes Scott will produce the radio broadcast. Due to contractual obligations, Purdue's radio broadcast will not be available on TuneIn.com or SIRIUS / XM Satellite Radio. The Westwood One national radio broadcast will be available on those entities.
Live stats will be provided on PurdueSports.com, and Twitter updates will be available on Purdue's official account (@BoilerBall).
THE TALKING POINTS
1) Purdue is making its fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the 10th-longest active streak nationally.
2) Purdue is a top-five seed for the fourth straight year, one of six teams nationally to accomplish that.
3) Purdue's 11 NCAA apperances in the last 13 years are the eighth most nationally.
4) Matt Painter's 12 NCAA Tournament appearances are most nationally for a coach under the age of 55. He is 48 years old.
5) Over the last six games, Purdue has held its opponents to 61.4 points per game, 38.0 percent shooting and 29.3 percent from 3-point range.
6) Purdue and North Carolina are the only teams to rank in the top 15 of the Associated Press' final top 25 poll in each of the last four years.
7) Since Dec. 16, Purdue has lost to three teams while posting a 17-4 record in that span (Michigan State, Maryland, Minnesota twice).
8) Purdue's seniors (Ryan Cline and Grady Eifert) own a 106-33 career record, needing one win to tie the record for most wins by a senior class.
9) Stamford native Aaron Wheeler returns home to the state of Connecticut for the first time as a Boilermaker. Stamford is 78 miles from Hartford.
10) Matt Haarms became the first player to lead the Big Ten in field goal percentage and blocks since Ohio State's Greg Oden in 2007.
11) Ryan Cline needs three three-pointers to become the third player in school history with 100 trifectas in a season (Carsen Edwards, Troy Lewis).
12) Grady Eifert leads the country in offensive rating (143.3). It's the fourth-best rating in the KenPom era (since 2004).
13) Carsen Edwards has been named to two All-American squads, on his way to possibly being a consensus All-American.
14) Nojel Eastern has nine offensive rebounds over the last three games, averaging 12.7 PPG, 7.0 RPG and 3.3 APG in that span.
15) Trevion Williams has 14 points, 16 rebounds, two assists and two steals in 30 minutes over the last two games.