Hey all!

09 grad here! If you are looking for a place to grab a beer next week in Phoenix, stop by please! Wear any Purdue gear and we are doing 25% off!!!

It is called Roses by the Stairs and right down town. Hope to see and meet some of you! Boiler up!!!!

This weekend's Purdue sports update is highlighted by sweeps from baseball and softball.

There is no game after tonight's game. Regardless of what happens, this is the last game. Period.

There is no game 2 days from now. No games next weekend. This is it. One game left. 40 minutes left. It is an interesting scenario.

In an interview yesterday, Edey was very quiet about how Purdue was preparing for the game. He wanted to say more but didn't. It is almost like Purdue is going to unleash something tonight we have never seen before.

I think the Boilers will give and leave EVERYTHING on the court for victory tonight. The Players, the Coaches, the Fans: Give EVERYTHING for 40 minutes. There is no tomorrow in this tournament.

Whatever. It. Takes.

Love his passion and insight

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Purdue is on the eve of a championship. Here is what the Boilermakers had to say on Sunday before the title game.

I assume we will be the road team since we are the lower overall seed? It's a good time to be the underdog and take on the spoilermaker role again.

and still up 6?
Sold!
PS - a lot of us noticed Braden playing with fire with the time line all season long! He gets JUST across and stops, and lets the defender move up and pinch him. duhhhh .

This sent to me from my daughter a 2013 Chemical Engineering Graduate.

Monday is going to be epic! August 7, 1869, was Indiana’s last total solar eclipse, with totality spreading across the southern and western portions of the state.

Purdue University was founded in 1869!

One hundred years later,
In 1969, Boilermakers made it to the NCAA Championship game.

That was the same year Purdue graduate, Neil Armstrong, became the first man to walk on the moon!

Boiler up, Purdue! The sun, the moon and all the stars are aligned! Shine bright

This has probably been asked so apologies. Can someone here tell me if the world is ending tomorrow before the national championship game? Seems like a very Purdue kind of thing.

I am suggesting all show up at the airport to welcome them home.

Would they fly home Monday night? Or Tuesday?

TIMELINE
- 09:20p Game starts
- 11:30p Game ends
- 12:20a Post-game ceremonies
- 01:30a Showers and dressed
- 02:00a Leave stadium

3.5 hrs flight puts them at Purdue around 6am, Tuesday morning, at the earliest.

1) Edey losing his head and chirping to get his second foul in the first half. He's chirped before and this time it got called. Keep your head. 2) Sloppy passes in the second half, to many lackadaisical passes. – Play like this and we lose in round 2.

Got & used tickets for Saturday’s game, was told we would automatically get email or upload to the Ticketmaster account when Purdue won semi-final.

Have not seen email or ticket upload yet, wondering if anybody else has received tickets for Monday night yet?

A first look at tomorrow's title game.

A first look at tomorrow's title game.

I don't know too much about officials and how they call things, but I did see that Jeffrey Anderson, Terry Oglesby, and Roger Ayers will officiate tomorrow. Does anyone have knowledge of these guy's styles?

Smith is his own harshest critic, a swarm of twitter like trolls in his head screaming at him, and sometimes they come out like they did against Grambling State in his second game against a #16 seed when the offense wasn't buzzing and he was wide open at the three-point line and his shot didn't go.

Who is up for some April basketball?

Purdue is on the eve of a championship. Here is what the Boilermakers had to say on Sunday before the title game.

Not that far fetched, as several have posted.

UConn will be the appointed media darlings. I guess it's their due. They are the defending champs.

BUT, Purdue doesn't have to win a seven-game series against UConn. They just have to be better for 2 hours on Monday night.

Congrats big fella!

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My crew of early 80’s fellow grads have gathered and are already hunkered down at a table at Taps. Ready for a long day of pregaming. No naps today. Go Boilermakers!

...and then the rest of the country.

We've talked all year about polls, the NET, SOS, Quad 1 wins and the eye test. You can say that you don't care is Purdue is #1 overall or not, and that's ok. Some people like me do care. For one thing, it specifically means avoiding the other 2 until April 8th. I think that's important considering how much of a drop off there seems to be after these 3 teams.

Currently, UConn is avenging one of their losses by destroying Seton Hall at home. It doesn't sound louder than Sunday church at Gampel though. I figure they jump us to #2 tomorrow. For whatever that is worth.

Houston won a high-scoring game yesterday, at the (almost) buzzer at Oklahoma. I'm sure none of us watched it since it was at the same time as our game but they let a decent-sized lead slip away before getting a fortunate bounce before the game-winner. The fact that they could win an up-tempo game on the road against a respectable team is something new.

Remaining schedules all have challenges.
Purdue:
Tues at Illinois
Sunday vs Wisconsin

UConn:
Wednesday at Marquette
Saturday at Providence

Houston:
Wednesday at UCF
Saturday vs Kansas

These remaining games may be more important than the respective conference tournaments in determining the final order for the bracket. Purdue has the best resume currently, but I think a loss, if the other 2 both win, will put us #3 overall in 2 weeks. But all 3 could in theory lose a game based on how these schedules are, which would keep it as status quo.

I do think that Tennessee is in the best shape to be the 4th #1 after beating Alabama yesterday. They finish at South Carolina and home against Kentucky, so they too could lose a game.

The other current question now is who is the last 2-seed, after Tennessee, UNC, Marquette and Arizona take #s 4-7 overall. There really isn't a great choice between Iowa State, Baylor, Illinois and Duke if they were to beat Carolina next weekend. The break after 7 is arguably bigger than the break after 3.

@Do Dah Day since you specifically as asked for it. The sad part of Monday...win or lose...is not seeing this group together again. The support they have for each other, the growth they have shown, and the effort they have displayed have provided so many joyous occasions as well as the admiration for them individually and collectively as a team. I hope they win, but if they don't they will always hold a special place in my heart for who they are and how they handled adversity. They are so much more than just great basketball players.

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