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Initial rankings were released July 19th, 2021 Rank    University                    Record   Previous 1.             Alabama                          [More]

Number One!, Number One!, Number One! by: Shawn Martin/Excel H Sports   The Drum Beat Purdue Basketball Shawn Martin Excel H Sports   NUMBER ONE! NUMBER ONE! NUMBER ONE!   That is what the raucous sell-out Mackey Arena crowd serenaded [More]

Illini Fall Late In Battle With No. 25 Florida State Credit Source: University of Illinois Athletics CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Fighting Illini women’s basketball team went toe-to-toe with the No. 25- ranked Florida State Seminoles on Thursday night at State Farm [More]

The Drum Beat Purdue Basketball Shawn Martin ExcelHSports   Purdue (6-2) beat Georgia Tech 53-52 in Women’s Basketball ACC/B1G Challenge on a Janae Terry, transfer from University of Illinois, runner in the lane as time expired in Mackey Arena on [More]

No. 22 Michigan State Beats Louisville, 73-64, in Big Ten/ACC Challenge Credit Source: Michigan State University Athletics East Lansing, Mich. – Junior forward Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]) scored 15 points to lead four players in double figures and No. [More]

Purdue Handles Seminoles 93 to 65 by: Steven Stremming On Tuesday night, in a packed to the rafters Mackey Arena, the second ranked Boilermakers faced another unbeaten team in Head Coach Leonard Hamilton’s Florida State Seminoles. While facing the game, [More]

Painter to be Inducted into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame  Credit Source: Purdue University Athletics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame has announced that Purdue head coach Matt Painter will be inducted into the Hall of [More]

Initial rankings were released July 19th, 2021 Rank      University                  Record        Previous 1.                Georgia                [More]

Initial rankings were released July 19th, 2021 Rank     University                            Record    Previous 1.               Georgia              [More]

Rutgers Women’s Basketball Comes Back and Halts Harvard in OT  Credit Source: Rutgers University Athletics Lasha Petree’s three forced overtime after erasing an 18-point deficit  PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers women’s basketball (4-1) prevailed in a pulse-pounding, 68-65, overtime victory against Harvard [More]

Martinez Lifts No. 20 Terps To Win Over Hofstra, 69-67 Credit Source: University of Maryland Athletics   POSTGAME MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL PRESSBOX: ter.ps/pressbox   COLLEGE PARK, MD — Ian Martinez hit game-winning free throws with 4.2 seconds left to lift [More]

Men’s Basketball Returns Home Saturday to Host Eastern Michigan Credit Source; Michigan State University Athletics East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State men’s basketball team is set to welcome in-state foe Eastern Michigan to the Breslin Center on Saturday, Nov. 20 [More]

Minnesota Cruises Past American, 73-56   Credit Source: University of Minnesota Athletics   MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota (3-1, 0-0 B1G) got 30 points from the bench and used a 13-0 run in the first quarter and never looked back in a [More]

Haiby, Huskers Hold Off Creighton, 67-62 Credit Source: University of Nebraska Athletics Lincoln – Sam Haiby scored 13 of her team-high 15 points in the second half to help Nebraska withstand a fourth-quarter Creighton rally, as the Huskers secured a 67-62 women’s basketball [More]

Ball State Suffers Setback To Central Michigan Cardinals drop 37-17 decision to Chippewas Credit Source: Ball State University Athletics MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State marched the opening kickoff down the field in 2:35 to score the game’s first touchdown Wednesday night [More]

The Drum Beat  by: Shawn Martin Boilers Dominate Wright State 96 to 59   Purdue Head Coach Matt Painter has been less than impressed with his teams focus and intensity on defense so far this season. That message appears to [More]