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]

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