Rating Purdue's starting lineup and reserves ... presumably to tighten things up. Couldn't summon his best, which is what this game required. C.J. Cox: 6/10 Had some open opportunities ...

Usually, teams rely on veteran players in a tournament setting. But on Thursday night, it was sophomore Cam Heide who pulled through for Purdue.

On Sunday, frustrations spilled over from the locker room to Painter's postgame press conference, where Purdue's head coach mentioned his two best players as culprits for an abysmal second half.

Braden Smith of Purdue was named the Associated Press Big Ten player of year on Tuesday, Michigan State's Tom Izzo the coach ...

Everywhere you turn on campus you are faced with many different construction projects. Students and faculty relay truckloads ...

We don’t do that, and they were unforced. To give Purdue credit, their backs were against the wall tonight and we got their best effort. We couldn’t handle it. I thought it was a close game.

Even with so many things working against them, not to mention a determined opponent buoyed by one of the loudest arenas in the Big Ten, the Bruins found themselves leading Purdue by one point with ...