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ing in the rematch against S Northwestern forward Purdue this Jared Swopshire won���t be play- weekend. Monday morning that he expects Oladipo to play against Michigan State despite spraining his ankle against Purdue on Saturday. Oladipo has been mentioned as a candidate for the league���s Player-of-the-Year after a breakthrough season. ���It was really only a matter of time with the work ethic that he Around the league This Might Make You Feel Better has and the way that he plays,��� Crean said on the teleconference. ���He���s such a guy that loves to be in the gym, loves to work on his game. It���s just what he does. Nothing ever gets him out of his commitment.��� j Illinois Coach Matt Painter became the first Boilermaker coach since Gene Keady on March 2, 1991 to be ejected from the game. It happened with 8:08 left at Illnois Wednesday and with the game not at all in doubt. Purdue Billy Keller���s 31 points helped lead the Boilermakers to a 44-point win over Indiana in Mackey in 1969. In the 112-year history of the Purdue-Indiana basketball series, there have been more lopsided results than the 65 points the Hoosiers have beaten the Boilermakers by this year ��� but not by much. Here���s a listing of the years when a team���s combined winning margins exceeded 45 points: 1902, 1912 Purdue +70 2013 Indiana +65 1934 Purdue +61 1953 Indiana + 48 1969 Purdue +45 1903 Purdue +40 Swopshire is out for the season after having ar throscopic surgery on his knee on Tuesday. As a graduate student, the surgery will end Swopshire���s career. It���s a big loss for the Wildcats ��� Swopshire was the team���s leading rebounder (6.7 rpg) and fourth-leading scorer (9.7 ppg). Swopshire had 13 points, seven rebounds and four blocks against the Boilermakers on Feb. 2. S Michigan State forward Derrick Nix made some waves this week, telling the Detroit Free Press, among others, that he thinks the Spartans are ���always the underdog, and we don���t get the credit we deserve.��� Michigan State was ranked No. 8 last week and then beat Michigan and Nebraska. The Spartans will have a big chance to prove themselves this week with a matchup against top-ranked Indiana. S Tom Crean said during the Big Ten teleconference on GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 22��� ������ 11