Purdue wins 13th Consecutive NCAA Opening Round Game

For the second year in a row, the Purdue Boilermakers played, and defeated a MAAC team. Last year it was the Siena Saints, this college basketball season it was the Peacocks of ULA (sorry, “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reference) of St. Peter’s. This now makes it 13 years in a row for the Boilers; they’ve got this opening round thing down pat.

“Obviously, Purdue’s had a pretty good program for many years. It’s a very good basketball school. Obviously, Coach Keady did a good job in his 25 years. We try to get our teams ready and lock into our opponent, but also understand the most important thing is Purdue. Have our guys ready to play and compete and be together, and we’ve been fortunate enough to win some opening round games,” Coach Matt Painter said.

By Paul M. Banks

The Boilers had plenty of distractions to derail their train of focus tonight; both internal and from the media. However, their blowout victory shows how mentally tough these seniors are. No Kelsey Barlow, rumors about Ryne Smith’s head injury, the publicity of the low APR rate? NO PROBLEM.

“I think Terone Johnson is probably the guy it affects the most considering he can play both spots. He can play the one and the two. E’Twaun’s played some point for us also. When we go small and play four [More …]

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