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On paper, the Purdue Boilermakers should be and are clear favorites to move on to the weekend in the NCAA Tournament. As we've learned through the years, however, the probabilities mean almost nothing this time of year. The name on the front of your jersey does not guarantee anything but a target Continue to Article

March 16, 2018 1:00:am EST

INDIANAPOLIS -- For Purdue's Karissa McLaughlin, the final seconds of Thursday's Women's NIT contest against IUPUI were simple. With the score tied, McLaughlin had one job. "That's the play coach (Sharon Versyp) drew up," the freshman guard and last year's IndyStar Miss Continue to Article

March 15, 2018 9:56:pm EST

Purdue is the NCAA Tournament's highest seed from the Big Ten, and has arguably been the conference's best team this season. What the Boilermakers didn't do was win the league - in the regular season or the conference tournament - and that leaves them with plenty of unfinished business. Continue to Article

March 15, 2018 8:24:pm EST

Purdue Boilermakers center Nora Kiesler (12) pulls a rebound away from IUPUI Jaguars forward/center Macee Williams (50) in the first half of their WNIT game at The Jungle on the campus of IUPUI on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Matt Kryger/IndyStar Continue to Article

March 15, 2018 8:10:pm EST

DETROIT — Three years ago, Cal State Fullerton's prospects for NCAA Tournament relevance were bleak. The Titans won one Big West Conference game in 2014-15. Won only three the next season. The program was digging itself out of roster turnover stemming from academic and off-court problems and transfers Continue to Article

March 15, 2018 11:47:am EST