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After two days at Lucas Oil Purdue finally takes the floor this afternoon! Here is your schedule for today, with all games broadcast on BTN.
Game 7, 11:30am BTN: #1 Michigan (19-3, 14-3) vs. #8 Maryland (16-12, 9-11) –
Game 8, 2pm BTN: #4 Purdue (18-8, 13-6) vs. #5 Ohio State (19-8, 12-8) –
Game 9, 6:30pm BTN: #2 Illinois (20-6, 16-4) vs. #7 Rutgers (15-10, 10-10) –
Game 10, 9pm BTN: #3 Iowa (20-7, 14-6) vs. #6 Wisconsin (17-11, 10-10) –
Purdue gets a third game against Ohio State, and this time the Buckeyes are at full strength with both EJ Liddell and C.J. Walker, who each missed one of the regular season games against us. A third win over the Buckeyes might be enough to vault Purdue to a 3 seed in next week’s NCAA Tournament, which would be huge as we can then avoid any No. 1 seed for as long as possible.
Ironically, Purdue was slated to play Ohio State in last year’s Big Ten Tournament opener on March 12 before everything went to hell.
From: Columbus, OH
Date: Friday, March 12, 2021
Tip Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Columbus, OH
Arena: Lucas Oil Stadium (70,000
Television: BTN
Radio: Purdue Radio Network
SiriusXM Satellite: XM (Ch. 381); Internet (Ch. 968)
Live Stats: bit.ly/PurdueLiveStats
Odds: Ohio State by 1
KenPom: 7
NET: 9
Blog Representation: Land-Grant Holyland
2019-20 Record: 21-10, 11-9 Big Ten
2020-21 Record: 19-8, 12-8 Big Ten
Series with Purdue: Ohio State leads 91-90
Last Purdue win: 67-65 at Ohio State on 1/19/2021
Last Ohio State win: 68-52 at Ohio State on 2/15/2020
NCAA Tournament History: 33 Appearances, last in 2019. 1960 National Champions
Coach: Chris Holtmann (85-40 in 4th year at Ohio State, 199-125 overall