The Boilermaker underclassmen worked hard to send the seniors off in style. AJ, RayDay, Johnny and Toyra are done playing in Mackey Arena in an official capacity. *sniffle*
WBB Conference Tournament, Day 4: Cats Fall, Spartans Rout Buckeyes
In the Big 14 semifinals on Saturday, Maryland and Michigan State advanced with ease, setting up a rematch almost exactly a month after their first meeting, won by Maryland 85-76 in College Park. Northwestern's Cinderella run ended after three wins; they and Ohio State are left to wait for the WNIT and NCAA tournament, respectively.
WBB Conference Tournament, Day 3: Boilers 1 Point Short, Cats Advance
Day 3 of conference tournament play featured one surprise, as Northwestern won their third game in three days without leading scorer Maggie Lyon, and one close finish, as a potential game-tying three from April Wilson was off the mark and a Bree Horrocks putback left the Boilers one point short in a 65-64 loss to Michigan State.
WBB Conference Tournament, Day 2: Boilers Lone High Seed To Win
On the first full day of tournament action in Indianapolis, three out of four higher-seed teams fell; only 6-seed Purdue advanced, knocking off 11-seed Penn State 70-59 behind 22 points from April Wilson.
WBB Conference Tournament, Day 1: Chalk
Day 1 of 5 in Indianapolis went as expected, with Northwestern defeating Wisconsin in overtime and Penn State defeating Illinois. We preview the four Thursday games, including the Purdue-Penn State game at the end of the night.
Purdue Basketball Beat #39: Post Nebraska, Pre-Senior Night
Boilerdowd joins Andy and Aneesh on the Purdue Basketball Beat immediately after the win at Nebraska to talk about the difference between Purdue's great record and some frustrations we still have with the team, Vince Edwards and Dakota "Larry Bird" Mathias hitting their strides, Kendall Stephens being dropped from the rotation, smallball vs Nebraska, AJ Hammons' fantastic year, the inability of Matt Painter's teams to beat a press, and our expectations for Senior Night vs Wisconsin, and matchups we'd like to see in the Big Ten and March Madness tournaments.
All that, plus drawers in hotel rooms, Tricep Talk, and our favorite Stephen Toyra memories.
Morrissette, Defense Carry WBB On Senior Day
Purdue held Wisconsin to just 24 points through the final three quarters, and Ashley Morrissette scored a career-high 28 points to lead the Boilers to a 68-48 victory in the final regular-season Mackey Arena appearance for seniors Torrie Thornton, Hayden Hamby and April Wilson.
Boilers Fear Not The Turtle; Hang on 83-79
The Boilers beat their second top ten opponent in Mackey this month. And there was joy again in Mudville.
Poll Dancing: Desperately Seeking 40
Boilerdowd opines on Purdue's odd current situation -- a healthy overall record, a ranked team, some good wins....yet in the bottom half of the conference in terms of conference seeding.
Keys Shines As WBB Stuns Nebraska, Splits Final Road Trip Of Season
Purdue jumped out to a 9-2 lead Sunday in Lincoln and never looked back, defeating the Huskers 68-50 behind 19 points from Ashley Morrissette and a solid 8/10/6/4/2 line from Andreona Keys.
BS Short for February 19, 2016
A quick-hit BS Short on the Purdue-IU game, conference tourney seeding, conference standings and a few additional thoughts on the MJB presser from earlier in the week. Join us for 16 minutes of excitement. It's an ADD edition of BS.
Morgan Burke Takes Outside Opinion Personally
The Notorious MJB discusses his tenure, his eventual departure, what he's proud of and what has changed the most in his time as AD. Oh, and he also still hates blogs.
Purdue Basketball Beat #38 feat IndyStar's Zach Osterman
Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman), the IndyStar's IU Insider, joins the Purdue Basketball Beat to talk about Purdue's matchup at Indiana this Saturday.
Hack-a-Boiler Fails; Purdue beats Northwestern
Disaster was averted this evening as The Forces of Good continued the trend of not dropping two straight games.
Poll Dancing: Losing Your Way To The Top
Stop me if you've heard this -- Purdue had an opponent on the ropes in the first half, got up by double digits, only to allow that opponent to come back and put them away in the closing minutes.
WBB Runs Out Of Gas, Falls To Michigan 68-61
Katelynn Flaherty led four Wolverines in double figures with 17 as Michigan ran Purdue ragged at both ends to steal a 68-61 victory in Mackey Sunday, sending the Boilers to their fourth straight loss.
Second-Half Collapse Costs Boilers In Ann Arbor
Zak Irvin scored 5 of his game-high 22 in the final 3:16 to key an 11-0 Michigan run that closed out the Wolverines' 61-56 win over Purdue Saturday at Crisler Center. Caleb Swanigan led Purdue with 14 points.
Handsome Hour #93: Emergency Burke Hour!
The emergency Handsome Hour batsignal is shining in the distance! JMoney, Boilerdowd, and Aneesh convene to talk about yesterday's news that Morgan Burke will step down as Purdue Athletic Director. At the 57 minute mark, JMoney and Boilerdowd talk about their pilgrimage to Mackey Arena for the victory over MSU.