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College basketball rankings: Purdue's disappointment continues as Boilermakers lose fourth game at home
North Carolina, in 2023, became the first No. 1 team in the history of the AP Top 25 poll to miss the NCAA Tournament. Those Tar Heels lost three times at home that season.
Purdue has now lost four times at home this season — and the Boilermakers were this preseason's No. 1 team in the AP poll. No, Matt Painter's program isn't going to miss the Big Dance like UNC did in 2023; Purdue is in no danger of that. But, that acknowledged, there's no way to label a preseason No. 1 that's lost four times at home anything other than surprising/disappointing.
It's the first question Painter was asked postgame — a question about the four losses at Mackey. It was also, just framed slightly differently, the second question Painter was asked postgame — a question about the four losses at Mackey.
Young Spartans big in pivotal Michigan State basketball win at Purdue
With March Madness on the horizon, Tom Izzo’s yougsters are starting to come around with his veterans.
Jordan Scott, Kur Teng and Cam Ward walked into No. 8 Purdue on Thursday, Feb. 26, for the first time and helped the No. 8 Spartans end a 12-year, seven-game road losing streak at Mackey Arena. The three combined for 30 points, nine rebounds and four steals – along with some unchartable hustle plays – in MSU’s dramatic 76-74 victory.
“We’re not as talented as some teams you’ve seen us have over the years,” MSU's coach said. “But I've said for two years I've been the luckiest guy in America, we're together and connected. And together and connected does a lot.”
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Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State basketball's 76-74 win at Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Michigan State has a new best win of the season. And renewed hope it has the goods to do something difficult this season.
MSU’s hard-earned 76-74 win over Purdue was the Spartans' best performance in some time and first really quality true road performance, winning at a place they haven’t since Branden Dawson was terrorizing Mackey Arena. Coen Carr had a couple of dunks Thursday that probably brought back those nightmares for Purdue fans.
It’s not like the Spartans caught the Boilermakers on an off night. Purdue hit 12 of 25 3s and out-rebounded MSU. But the Spartans played the sort of game that’ll make them a tough out in March. They turned the ball over only six times, they got enough shooting and strong showings and moments from all sorts of players — from Kur Teng, who made 3 of 6 3-pointers, to Carson Cooper, who was the best post scorer on the floor, to their two freshmen, Jordan Scott and Cam Ward, and so on. Jeremy Fears ran the show in the most difficult environment to do so, with 12 points, six assists and one turnover in 36 minutes. Jaxon Kohler, who had two of the more difficult matchups of his season, hung in there with a fancy-footwork bucket late for MSU’s final points. The Spartans hung on for the final two minutes from there, with Braden Smith’s 25-foot 3 pointer before the buzzer well off the mark.
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