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PREGAME INTERVIEWS: Painter / Haarms / Hunter Jr.
Big Ten Tournament Central
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - No. 10-seed Purdue needs a deep run in its quest for a sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, when it starts Big Ten Tournament play Thursday against No. 7-seed Ohio State at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Kevin Kugler, Stephen Bardo and Rick Pizzo will handle the broadcast on BTN, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. On the radio, Rob Blackman, Larry Clisby and Ralph Taylor will have the call courtside on the Purdue Radio Network, beginning with the Purdue Basketball Pregame Show at 5:30 p.m. ET. Live stats will be available on StatBroadcast.com. • Purdue is just 14-21 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament, but has had moderate success lately. Purdue is 5-5 in the last five Big Ten Tournaments and 7-5 in its last six appearances in Indianapolis. SOMETHING TO WATCH: The Boilermakers are 2-3 over the last three years of the tournament, reaching the finals in 2018, and bowing out in the quarterfinals in 2017 and 2019. • Purdue is 14-2 this year and 34-3 since the start of last year when shooting a higher field goal percentage than its opponent. The Boilermakers are 2-13 when shooting a lower field goal percentage than its opponent (wins vs. VCU and Iowa). • Purdue has held its last three opponents (Indiana, Iowa, Rutgers) a combined 41 points and 295 percentage points under their pregame scoring average and field goal percentage averages (regulation only). • Purdue freshmen and sophomores have combined for 1,260 points this year (40.6 PPG), accounting for 59.6 percent of Purdue's scoring this year. In games that the two classes score at least 35 points, the Boilermakers are 14-9 overall. When they don't, Purdue is 2-6. • The magic number for Purdue is 44. When the Boilermakers shoot at least 44.0 percent from the field, Purdue is 10-1. When holding foes under 44.0 percent, Purdue is 16-5. • Purdue is 15-3 when leading at halftime, but is just 1-12 when trailing at the break.
PREGAME INTERVIEWS: Painter / Haarms / Hunter Jr.
Big Ten Tournament Central
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - No. 10-seed Purdue needs a deep run in its quest for a sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, when it starts Big Ten Tournament play Thursday against No. 7-seed Ohio State at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Kevin Kugler, Stephen Bardo and Rick Pizzo will handle the broadcast on BTN, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. On the radio, Rob Blackman, Larry Clisby and Ralph Taylor will have the call courtside on the Purdue Radio Network, beginning with the Purdue Basketball Pregame Show at 5:30 p.m. ET. Live stats will be available on StatBroadcast.com. • Purdue is just 14-21 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament, but has had moderate success lately. Purdue is 5-5 in the last five Big Ten Tournaments and 7-5 in its last six appearances in Indianapolis. SOMETHING TO WATCH: The Boilermakers are 2-3 over the last three years of the tournament, reaching the finals in 2018, and bowing out in the quarterfinals in 2017 and 2019. • Purdue is 14-2 this year and 34-3 since the start of last year when shooting a higher field goal percentage than its opponent. The Boilermakers are 2-13 when shooting a lower field goal percentage than its opponent (wins vs. VCU and Iowa). • Purdue has held its last three opponents (Indiana, Iowa, Rutgers) a combined 41 points and 295 percentage points under their pregame scoring average and field goal percentage averages (regulation only). • Purdue freshmen and sophomores have combined for 1,260 points this year (40.6 PPG), accounting for 59.6 percent of Purdue's scoring this year. In games that the two classes score at least 35 points, the Boilermakers are 14-9 overall. When they don't, Purdue is 2-6. • The magic number for Purdue is 44. When the Boilermakers shoot at least 44.0 percent from the field, Purdue is 10-1. When holding foes under 44.0 percent, Purdue is 16-5. • Purdue is 15-3 when leading at halftime, but is just 1-12 when trailing at the break.