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Boilermaker basketball is back! We officially begin the drive for a 24th Big Ten Championship and hopefully a 3rd Final Four (and 1st national title?) tonight at 8pm against SIU-Edwardsville. It is a BTNPlus televised game, but in the details here I have included links to the Purdue radio network where you can listen to Larry Clisby online. Casey is also in the house for us with the media credential.
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars
From: Edwardsville, Illinois
Game Location: Mackey Arena (14,240)
Time: 8:00pm ET
TV: BTN Plus
Radio: Boilermaker Sports Network
Odds: No Line yet, but safe to say Purdue by a lot
RPI: None yet
KenPom: 302
2016-17 Record: 6-24, 1-15 Ohio Valley Conference
Record vs. Purdue: 0-2
Last Purdue win: 90-63 on 12/22/2009
Last SIU-Edwardsville win: None
Blog Representation: None
NCAA Tournament History: None
Coach: John Harris (12-46 in 3rd season)
Tipoff is at 8pm, so let’s start the season off right!