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The Maui Invitational is always one of the premier college basketball tournaments of the year. The 2023 edition was no exception with all of Tennessee, Gonzaga, Syracuse, UCLA, Marquette, Kansas, Chaminade, and Purdue taking part. The Purdue basketball team won the title after defeating Marquette on Wednesday night, and Matt Painter got brutally honest on […]

Zach Edey is picking up right where he left off last year. The Purdue basketball star just led his team to a win Maui Invitational Tournament win, beating No. 4 Marquette in the final round to stay undefeated while Marquette dropped to 5-1. After choosing to opt out of the NBA Draft to stay in […]

Zach Edey and Purdue basketball did much more than just win the 2023 Maui Invitational tournament on Wednesday. Their win over Marquette basketball duplicated a gaudy feat UConn pulled off 12 years ago, per OptaSTATS. Over the last three days, @BoilerBall has beaten teams ranked No. 4, 7 & 11 in the AP Top 25 […]

Being a National Player of the Year makes comparisons inevitable and a certain Matt Painter mentee is not safe. Zach Edey has a lot of work to do to get into the NBA. He may even be on his way to winning a National Championship with the Purdue basketball program. Their Maui Invitational win over […]

The Maui Invitational is one of (if not) the premier early-season college basketball tournaments, and it is down to two teams for the championship game. No. 4 Marquette will take on No. 2 Purdue in a highly-anticipated college basketball game, and the Golden Eagle’s Tyler Kolek has an idea of what will take to beat […]

The Maui Invitational finals are set! It looks to be an exciting coaching battle between Matt Painter and Shaka Smart. After stunning Kansas, Marquette will go up against a literal behemoth in the Purdue basketball squad. Zach Edey, Fletcher Loyer, and the rest of the Boilermakers are hoping to solidify themselves as national championship contenders. […]

The return of Zach Edey to Matt Painter’s Purdue basketball squad raised some eyebrows. They unexpectedly fell to a lethal FDU Knights team during March Madness and hoped to make a redemption run. He got some help back from Fletcher Loyer, Mason Gillis, and Braden Smith. Now, they are slowly proving why a national championship […]

The Tennessee Volunteers take on the Purdue Boilermakers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Tennessee Purdue prediction and pick. Find how to watch Tennessee Purdue. The Maui Invitational is not being played in its normal venue this year due to the fires which destroyed so much of Maui earlier this year. The […]

Defending national player of the year Zach Edey is back at the Purdue basketball program for this season, and he is worrying about winning games rather than impressing NBA scouts by showing off an outside shot. “A lot of people get lost in trying to shape their game for the NBA and do things they’re […]

The Maui Invitational is one of the most important tournaments in college basketball and one of the true signs that the college basketball season has kicked off. It is an eight-team tournament with some of the most elite teams in the nation. The tournament kicks off on Monday, Nov. 20. This article will detail everything […]

Who doesn’t love big-time college basketball matchups in the month of November? We are in for a treat tonight as the Xavier Musketeers take on the Purdue Boilermakers for a chance at bragging rights. It is about that time to check out our college basketball odds series where our Xavier-Purdue prediction and pick will be revealed. […]

The Purdue basketball squad hopes to redeem their name during March Madness. Coach Matt Painter had a top prospect in Jaden Ivey but still could not get the elusive national title. Now, he has one more shot at terrorizing teams outside of the Big 10 conference. With a loaded cast of talents featuring Ethan Morton, […]

The Samford Bulldogs take on the Purdue Boilermakers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Samford Purdue prediction and pick. Find how to watch Samford Purdue. The Purdue Boilermakers hope to do this season what the Virginia Cavaliers did in the 2018-2019 college basketball season. Virginia lost as a No. 1 seed in […]

Former Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight was one of the most controversial and captivating figures in sports history, to fans nationwide and to Purdue basketball fans. Some hated him, some loved him, many respected him and some feared him. According to Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter, Knight’s impact on the game was something to behold. […]

Purdue basketball is making a comeback not just to haunt the Big 10 conference but all of college basketball. The return of Zach Edey for one last year prompts huge expectations. They could be able to use him more efficiently with a stronger squad that could hopefully shoot better than they did against the FDU […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is rapidly approaching with only three weeks until tip off. To further signal how close college basketball season is, the AP Poll released their preseason top 25 rankings for the upcoming season. The usual suspects are near the top: Kansas is number one, Duke is number two. Kentucky is in […]

Last season, the Purdue basketball team had an incredible regular season that saw them win the Big Ten championship, and they followed it up by winning the Big Ten Tournament to earn a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. That is when things took a turn for the worst. Purdue became just the second #1 […]

Zach Edey is making his last season with Coach Matt Painter’s Purdue basketball program count. The decision to run it back for one more year with the Boilermakers came as a shock to many. This was because he had come off a terrific Big Ten Conference season but only fell short of March Madness to […]

Before Matt Painter took over for Purdue basketball, it was Gene Keady that paved the way for the Boilermakers’ success. His greatness netted him six national Coach of the Year awards and seven Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. He has produced countless NBA-level talents and even dabbled to coach the 2000 Team USA […]

Zach Edey is not the only person running it back with Purdue basketball. His former teammate, Sasha Stefanovic, also had a huge announcement about Matt Painter’s coaching staff that most Boilermaker fans are going to love. Sasha Stefanovic will join Matter Painter on his staff. The former Purdue basketball player announced that he will be […]

A blood-hungry Zach Edey decided to run it back for Purdue basketball. A historically bad first-round loss to Fairleigh Dickinson may have prompted him to forego the NBA Draft. One thing is certain and that is he is continuing the trend set by Kentucky basketball’s Oscar Tshiebwe. National Player of the Year winners often go […]

The NBA can wait. For now, Zach Edey will have his full attention on helping the Purdue Boilermakers rise from the ashes of an embarrassing experience in the 2023 NCAA tournament. Edey is returning for at least one more season in West Lafayette after announcing that he will “run it back,” via Twitter. In other […]

Purdue Boilermakers superstar Zach Edey has declared for the 2023 NBA Draft, he announced on social media on Tuesday. “My basketball journey has been unorthodox to say the least, but I wouldn’t change a thing about it,” the AP College Basketball National Player of the Year said in a tweet. “From ranked 437 in my class […]

March Madness is over, and the transfer portal is kicking up in college basketball. This year’s NCAA Tournament was one for the ages, and Fairleigh Dickinson’s stunning win over Purdue will be remembered forever. For the Boilermakers, that game is another unfortunate loss in the tournament. As it turns out, Purdue head coach Matt Painter […]

Purdue Boilermakers superstar Zach Edey is the recipient of the AP College Basketball National Player of the Year award, the Associated Press announced on Friday morning. Edey was outstanding this season, averaging 22.3 points per game and 12.9 rebounds per game for Purdue Basketball. https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1641799611420647425 “The season ended in disappointment, which really sucks, but it’s always […]

Purdue basketball center Zach Edey fired back at a transfer portal claim from NBA Insider Dan Dakich in a Tuesday tweet. “My people are telling me Zach Edey is in the transfer portal,” Dakich wrote on Tuesday. “The transfer portal and NIL suck.” Edey responded just minutes later. “My sources are telling me this is false,” Edey […]

The Purdue Boilermakers entered this year’s NCAA tournament among the heavy favorites to win it all. The Boilermakers made history in their tournament opener against Fairleigh Dickinson, but they were on the wrong side of it, as they became the second No. 1 seed ever to lose in the round of 64. Purdue’s woes from […]

For the third straight year, Purdue basketball got on the wrong end of a massive upset, losing to no. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson in a real March Madness stunner. Sure enough, a lot of fans pinned the blame on head coach Matt Painter for the rather heartbreaking first round exit. After FDU sealed the 63-58 […]

March Madness is in full swing. The FDU Knights are already making some major waves in the first round after taking down top-seeded Purdue in what could very well be the upset of the tournament, 63-58. It was a massive win for the underdogs, as FDU just booked their place in the next round after […]

The Fair Dickinson Knights take on the Purdue Boilermakers. Check out our March Madness odds series for our Fair Dickinson Purdue prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Fair Dickinson Purdue. The NCAA Tournament featured a lot of special moments on Thursday. It involved other games which didn’t quite generate upsets but still stirred […]

The Purdue Boilermakers are going dancing with a No. 1 seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament. Purdue basketball is still waiting for the First Four round to finish before knowing which team it would be dealing with in the first round of March Madness. But based on the near-immaculate record of top seeds in the […]

March Madness is an exercise in unfulfilled hope, a bloodless culling of 64 teams down to one. But, for now, the empty NCAA Tournament bracket is a place for possibility, at least for some teams, With the NCAA Tournament being an unpredictable, matchup-dependent beast, here are the winners and losers from Selection Sunday. Winner: Alabama […]

Purdue completed its “double-double” with a 67-65 triumph over Penn State in the Big Ten Championship game Sunday in Chicago. The Boilermakers earned the league’s regular season title as well as the title in the conference tournament championship. Purdue HC Matt Painter when asked about his teams struggle w the press “It’s really not that […]

The Penn State Nittany Lions take on the Purdue Boilermakers. Our Big Ten Championship odds series has our Penn State Purdue prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Penn State Purdue. The Penn State Nittany Lions have secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Big Ten has been a conference this season in […]

The Purdue Boilermakers take on the Wisconsin Badgers. Our college basketball odds series has our Purdue Wisconsin prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Purdue Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Badgers remain squarely on the bubble and know that moments like this are very precious. This game is a double-edged sword for UW. On one hand, […]

Purdue head basketball coach Matt Painter spoke on the team’s second rivalry loss of the season to the Indiana Hoosiers, wrote Indy Star sports reporter Akeem Glaspie in a Sunday article. “I just thought (IU) played better,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said of his team’s second-half struggles. “We have a nice play right away (in the second […]

The Purdue Boilermakers are not having a great time of late. Just after losing to the Northwestern Wildcats last Sunday, Purdue basketball suffered yet another back-breaking defeat at the hands of an unranked opponent Thursday night, as they left College Park with a 68-54 loss to the Maryland Terrapins. The loss to the Terrapins hurts […]

The Purdue Boilermakers will travel to take on the Maryland Terrapins in a Thursday night Big Ten college basketball matchup at the XFINITY Center. With that said, check out our college basketball odds series which has our Purdue-Maryland prediction and pick. Even after losing two of their last three games, Purdue is at the top of […]

The Iowa Hawkeyes (15-8) visit the No. 1 Purdue Boilermakers (22-2) on Thursday night! Action tips off at 7:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our College Basketball odds series with an Iowa-Purdue prediction pick, and how to watch. Iowa has won three straight games to improve to 7-5 and tied for fifth place in the […]