Purdue Boilermakers

Terone Johnson ready to make immediate impact at Purdue

Purdue freshman Terone Johnson is use to success. He starred at North Central High School in Indianapolis for four years and led the Panthers to the 2010 IHSAA State Championship title. At 6-2, 212 pounds, Johnson is built to handle the very physical and competitive Big Ten play. He improved tremendously throughout his four years…

Indiana Deserves a Roundball Classic

This is Indiana. This is basketball country. It’s time for the state of Indiana to embrace its heritage and devote a weekend to Indiana colleges playing good ole’ Indiana basketball. Since 2000, the John Wooden Tradition has taken place in mid-December at Conseco Fieldhouse. Because the late John Wooden played at Purdue, they have always…

Conference Shakeup Imminent

The college conference shuffle continues. Last week Nebraska officially became a member of the Big Ten and will begin play in the 2011 season. This is the first of many more changes to drive in more revenue and to promote the Big Ten product. Teams will soon make nearly $17 million a year just from…

Purdue’s Johnson and Moore Will Return to West Lafayette

After much debate and tough decision making, juniors JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore have withdrawn their names from the 2010 NBA Draft. For Moore this is no surprise. We all saw this coming. He was just testing the waters and looking for an evaluation of his game. However for Johnson, this is a bit of…

Big Shots. Big Players. Big Ten.

Another great day in the Big Ten Men’s basketball tournament is upon us. And it certainly hasn’t been disappointing yet. Well, except for Indiana fans. Indiana held a double digit advantage at one point yesterday, only to go scoreless for nine minutes in the 2nd half. During which, Northwestern went on a 22-6 run. But…