The Purdue men’s basketball program has learned that it will face Iona in the first round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, as ESPN released the tournament bracket on Wednesday.
The Boilermakers’ first-ever meeting with Iona will take place at 1 p.m. ET on Nov. 17 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico. The Gaels posted a 25-12 record a year ago, earning runner-up honors in the CollegeInsiders.com Postseason Tournament.
Purdue will face either Temple or Western Michigan in second-round action on Nov. 18. The Boilers are 2-3 all-time against Temple, with the last meeting occurring in the 1999 NCAA Sweet 16, and 7-1 in a series with WMU that has been dormant since 1996.
Thursday’s first-round action will also include Maryland taking on Alabama and Wichita State squaring off with Colorado on the other half of the bracket.
Tickets for the Puerto Rico Tip-Off go on sale Friday, and can be purchased at ticketpop.com or by calling (866) 994-0001. Packages include all 12 games for $80 (plus tax and applicable fees) or single-session tickets for $15 (plus tax and applicable fees).
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A variety of ticket options are available to see rising senior guard Lewis Jackson and the Boilermakers play this season.
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Aug. 5, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –
With approximately three months remaining until the start of the 2011-12 Purdue basketball season, there are a variety of ticket options for fans to watch the Boilermakers play.
Season tickets are currently available to the general public. An order form can be downloaded here.
All Sport VIP Cards for students are sold out. Additional student season tickets, if available, will go on sale on Oct. 12.
Single-game ticket sales, if available, will begin Oct. 17 for John Purdue Club members and Nov. 1 for the general public.
To date, Purdue has sold nearly half of its allotment of tickets for the inaugural Crossroads Classic, a coming together of the four most-storied college basketball programs in the state of Indiana. The doubleheader event, pitting Purdue against Butler and Indiana against Notre Dame, will take place on Dec. 17 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Tickets for the upper and lower (club) levels of Conseco Fieldhouse are available for $40 and $70 apiece, respectively. Student tickets for the event may be purchased at a price of $30.
Tickets for the Puerto Rico Tip-Off are also on sale, and can be purchased at ticketpop.com or by calling (866) 994-0001. Packages include all 12 games for $80 (plus tax and applicable fees) or single-session tickets for $15 (plus tax and applicable fees).
Tickets may be purchased online at purduesports.com, by calling (800) 49-SPORT or in person at the Purdue Athletic Ticket Office. Located on the ground floor of the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility, the Athletic Ticket Office is open for business from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ET, Monday-Friday.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – Purdue basketball 2013 recruit Derek Willis’ commitment to Purdue may be ending sometime in the near future.
His high school coach, Troy Barr, said Thursday Willis indicated to him that he’s withdrawing the commitment he made to Purdue in the spring.
“It’s something he kind of hit me with today,” Barr said, “but it’s apparently been on his mind for some time from what he told me.”
However, Willis’ father, Del, believes at this time no decision has been made.
“Nothing’s changed as of yet. He’s had a little bit of second thoughts, but nothing’s changed and I don’t know if it will. We’re going to sit down here the next couple days and really talk this out, the pros and cons of everything,” said Del Willis.
The skilled 6-foot–9 forward from Kentucky committed to Purdue immediately after being offered in the spring, then saw his stock sky-rocket weeks later on the AAU circuit to where he’s considered a top 30-40 prospect nationally in the 2013 class.
Purdue’s Rob Hummel is ready to rock on a basketball court again.
Hummel has passed all the drills required of him by trainers in the aftermath of his second knee surgery in a year. His surgeon, Dr. David Altcheck of New York, had cleared the fifth-year senior forward earlier in the summer. However, trainers were extra cautious. Nobody wanted a repeat of last fall, when Hummel tore his ACL on the first day of practice.
Hummel has been doing individual drills and strength training all summer. He’s worked with team trainer Jeff Stein, new strength coach Josh Bonhotal and another trainer, Tim Grover of Chicago. They devised a series of drills to strengthen the knee and leg. Hummel had to pass a final drill that involved him jumping off one platform to the ground, then back up to another. He did that Friday.
The 6-8 Hummel will begin unrestricted workouts with his teammates when school starts later this month. He was a preseason All-America candidate last year. He’s averaged 13.0 points and 6.6 rebounds for his career.
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Is Purdue about to lose its top basketball recruit for the Class of 2013?
It’s possible. Derek Willis, a 6-9 forward from Kentucky, has posted on his Facebook page that he’s no longer committed to Purdue. He had committed to the Boilers last spring when he was still a relatively unknown prospect.
All that changed after Willis had a big summer travel ball season. Experts now rate him among the nation’s top-40 players in the Class of 2013. That spurred interest from a lot of schools, including Kentucky and Louisville. Willis goes to Bullitt East High School in Louisville.
Willis will reportedly make up his mind on whether to reopen his recruiting by Sunday.
Also committed in Purdue’s Class of 2013 are Northrop standout Bryson Scott, Kendall Stephens and Basil Smotherman. They can’t sign a national letter of intent until November 2012.
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Redshirt freshman guard Anthony Johnson totaled eight points — including a clutch three-pointer in the final minute — along with two rebounds an assist and a steal to help the East Coast All-Stars beat Sweden 78-77 in Four Nations Cup action in Estonia.
Johnson is one of five Big Ten players on the East Coast team, which will also play teams from Estonia and Georgia (the country, not the state) over the weekend.
The Georgian national team includes NBA veteran Zaza Pachulia.
Johnson redshirted last season, but did play in the Boilers’ two exhibition games. He averaged 5.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in those games.
The East Coast team also includes Notre Dame’s Jack Cooley, Wisconsin’s Mike Bruesewitz, Iowa’s Bryce Cartwright and Matt Gatens, and Minnesota’s Elliott Eliason.
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Purdue coach Matt Painter is preparing the U.S. team for a trip to China and the World University Games. Painter is the head coach for the squad, which is training in Colorado Springs, Colo. His assistants are Butler coach Brad Stevens and Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin, a former Boiler player and assistant coach.
The team leaves for China on Monday. The tournament runs Aug. 13-22.
Coaches are working to cut 20 candidates to a final roster of 12. Players include Northwestern’s John Shurna, Notre Dame’s Tom Abromaitis, Michigan State’s Draymond Green, Alabama’s JaMychal Green and Minnesota’s Trevor Mbakwe.
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Purdue is set to open with Iona in the first round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The game is set for Nov. 17. Iona went 25-12 last season. The Boilers were 26-8.
Purdue will play either Temple or Western Michigan in a second-round game on Nov. 18.
Other first-round games feature Maryland against Alabama, and Wichita State against Colorado.
Tickets can be purchased at ticketpop.com or by calling 1-866-994-0001.
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Fort Meade (Fla.) linebacker Jamie Willis (pictured) is talking mostly with three schools, one of which is Purdue, and the Boilermakers seem poised to receive a visit. Find out more here in this Ultimate Ticket GoldandBlack.com football recruiting report.
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The summer camp season is over and following our look at prospects with rising stock, we look at some prospects whose stock slipped some, including Scottsdale (Ariz.) Chaparral QB Connor Brewer.
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NCAA College Basketball: History of Purdue Boilermakers
Posted on 03 August 2011
NCAA College Basketball: History of Purdue Boilermakers
The Purdue Boilermakers Men’s Basketball team goes far back in history. The team has been in existence for more than one hundred years. The team first started play in 1896, where they would actually play against YMCA teams sometimes.
In the early years the Purdue team had a few memorable seasons. One of them occurred in 1902 and 1903. In this season the team was led by C.I. Freeman. Freeman was coaching the team for his first season and turned the program around to new levels. The team had never had an undefeated season in their history to that point, but Freeman changed all of that. The Boilermakers went 8-0 that season. That year brought popularity and recognition to the sport and they were able to make basketball more of a priority in the University from that time on.
That undefeated season really made all the difference for the Boilermakers. After the school made basketball one of its major sports the team was invited to play in the Big Ten Conference 3 years later.
The Big Ten brought opportunities for the team to compete for Conference Championships. Success did not come immediately for the Boilermakers, but they did find it in time. The first Conference Championship for regular season play happened in 1911. The team has gone on to become the Conference Regular Season Champions 22 times in their history. The 1911 championship was the first of back-to-back championships for the team.
In the 1920′s and 1930′s the team found a lot of success in their conference. In the 1920′s the team won the Conference Championship four different times. They would be outdone in the 1930′s though, as they went on to win the Big Ten Conference Championship 6 times. This was the best decade of success for the team in the history of their play. The crowning event of the decade was their National Championship in 1932. This championship happened before the beginning of NCAA Tournament play, but they were champions for the first time in school history. To this date the Boilermakers have not been able to achieve National Championship status again to repeat the success of 1932.
Things started to slow down for the Boilermakers after the 1930′s. The team won the Conference championship in 1940, but they had a drought of nearly 30 years before finding themselves as champions again. That stretch was the most disappointing stretch of play in the history of the team. They did have other stretches without much success, but that stretch was the longest lasting by far.
The team ended the drought in a big way. In 1969 the team qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever. The team managed to make an impact right away. They shot through the tournament winning game after game until they found themselves in the final game of the tournament. The team took on John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins were too much and won the game, but that was the only time in Purdue history that they have managed to advance to the finals of the NCAA Tournament.
The team has since had “ups” and “downs”, but the Boilermakers have established a history of winning in the past two decades. The team is a perennial threat to make the NCAA Tournament and has had teams that were particularly strong recently. The team won its first Conference Tournament in 2009.
Owen Shaw writes reviews on various sporting events including the various College Basketball available throughout various online sportsbooks . In this piece of write up the author wrote about National Basketball Association games. The author also takes the readers opinion on how to do NBA Betting online.
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