Kenny Thompson
Despite Track Record, Purdue Gets Little Respect from Prognosticators
Here are some interesting numbers from Purdue’s NCAA Tournament run. Six – That’s the number of Sweet 16 appearances over the last eight tournaments. Midwest Region top seed Houston, the…
Read MoreWhich Hoosier Hometown Wins Purdue Fantasy Bracketology?
Instead of filling out an NCAA tournament bracket this week and losing to someone who picked winners by school mascots, I decided on an eight-team fantasy tournament based on the…
Read MoreBraden Smith Deserved Top Honors; Painter Shows Frustration
Sometimes it feels good to be wrong. When the Purdue men’s basketball team wilted down the stretch, falling from first place to a share of fourth, I figured Big Ten…
Read MoreRecords Made to be Broken . . . Maybe Not These
There’s really no such thing as an unbreakable record but some standards are more out of reach than others. In Major League Baseball there’s Cy Young’s 511 victories and Joe…
Read MoreAssists Record Should Fall Tonight For Former Westfield Star Braden Smith
Barring the unexpected, yet another rewrite to the Purdue men’s basketball record book will take place sometime tonight in Mackey Arena. One season after Zach Edey broke the career scoring…
Read MoreWill Odom Raise Purdue’s Batting Average on Recent Hires to .500?
Remember when Darrell Hazell was a home run hire for the Purdue football program? “Hazell produced one of the more remarkable feats of 2012, leading Kent State to not only…
Read MoreIU Only Has to Look North for Identity it Used to Have
Like his five predecessors as Indiana basketball head coach, Mike Woodson was asked to do the impossible: be the second coming of Bob Knight for a fan base that cannot…
Read MorePurdue Passes IU on NCAA All-Time Victory List
Last week’s 81-76 victory against Indiana inside Mackey Arena was historical for the Purdue men’s basketball program. Already the winningest school in Big Ten Conference games only (1,047-712), the seventh-ranked…
Read MoreCatching Up On Purdue Boilermaker Alums in NFL
Former Purdue star George Karlaftis and the Kansas City Chiefs can make NFL history Feb. 9 with a victory against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.…
Read MoreAdd ‘Big Man U’ to Purdue’s Cradle of Quarterbacks Moniker
If Purdue football is home to the Cradle of Quarterbacks, shouldn’t the Boilermakers’ basketball program be referred to as Big Man U.? The latest in a long line of talented…
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