2008--09-basketball-season Stories - Hammer and Rails
Danger awaits
Tonight is senior night. Other than the motivation to lock up a #2 seed in next week's Big Ten Tournament that is the only thing we have to play for tonight. These seniors have zealously defended their home court over the past three seasons, losing just four times in Mackey Arena during that span....
Senior Night
Chris Reid, Bobby Riddell, Marcus Green, and Nemanja Calasan courtesy of the Purdue Media Guide Tomorrow night marks the final time four Purdue seniors will play at Mackey Arena. Since Purdue is on its way to a third consecutive NCAA Tournament it almost seems like success is an expectation...
Dunder Mifflinites Unite to rank the Big Ten
We've all been there... My wife and I recently discovered the Office. I know it is a trendy show, but we got into it late and have been furiously catching up via DVD. So far we are completely through season 3 and we are eagerly waiting for the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library to...
D-O-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N!!!!
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Making Mackey a Nutcracker
Saturday afternoon we go for payback. On March 4th last year we headed to Columbus needing a win in order to stay alive in the race for a Big Ten championship. The desperate Buckeyes knocked us off 80-77 in overtime and cost the Baby Boilers a share of the Big Ten championship. They didn't even...
Title Hopes Derailed
I didn't think anything of it last night when word broke late that Nemanja Calasan wouldn't play. Early in the game when Robbie Hummel did his best NBA Jam impression, (HE'S ON FIRE!!!) it looked like we were going to be fine. Then it happened. The officials decided they weren't going to let JaJuan...
Michigan: Round Two
Both teams need tonight’s game for different reasons, but the underlying subtext will be Chris Kramer, Manny Harris, and elbowgate. Michigan fans arms till up in arms that Harris got ejected for what was an inadvertent elbow. Purdue fans are still up in arms that Kramer was knocked senseless...
Just another day at the office...
It wasn’t the blowout we all expected, but it was enough. Neither team really played that well, but that is where talent comes in. The Hoosiers had no answer for JaJuan inside and E’Twaun Moore simply went off. In the end, this was a game in which everyone contributed and though we...
Indiana at #19 Purdue Open thread
I'm excited as this is the first open thread over here at SB Nation. I'm going to use my wife's phone to see if I can comment along during the game since she has the mobile web feature, but I don't know how well it will work. I know eventually I will be able to use a liveblogging feature in this...
Boilermaker basketball preview, Part 1
I was originally going to do a one part preview, but its original incarnation was almost 2,800 words. That left me with two choices: either cut something out or split it into two parts and expand on it. As a result, tonight we'll be dealing with the backcourt on a team laden with guards. The second...
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