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Terone Johnson was a good Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame���s player his first two years at Silver Anniversary Team. Austin and Riley will be honPurdue but after putting work in, he has become an All-Big Ten ored at a banquet on March 20. Riley played for Fort Wayne ���type��� of player. Harding and Austin attended Former Boilermakers Richmond in the late 1980s. honored Austin went on to become Former Purdue guard a 1,000-point scorer for the BoilWoody Austin and center Craig ermakers, and Riley averaged 11 Riley have been named to the points per game as a senior. Struggling To Stay Close This year���s Boilermakers have been beaten by 15 or more points in regular-season Big Ten play more times than any other team under Coach Matt Painter. In fact, Purdue���s six losses of 15 or more points in league play are the most by a Boilermaker team since it lost seven by at least that margin in 1952-53. Here���s a listing of 15-plus point defeats in the Painter Era: 2013: 6 2012: 3 2011: 1 2009: 1 2007: 3 2006: 5 Purdue was not beaten by 15 or more points in a league game in 2008 and ���10. Matt Painter is now 2-5 in Indiana���s Assembly Hall. Dakich hasn���t been shy ���One team is mature, conabout evaluating where Paint- fident and connected to each er���s team is at. other. That would obviously be Indiana,��� he said during the broadcast. ���The other team big ten STANDINGS is learning and growing (Through Feb. 17) (and) undertalented right STANDINGS W-LPct W-L Pct 1. Indiana 11-2 .846 23-3 .885 now. The hope for Purdue is ������ Michigan State 11-2 .846 22-4 .846 that they learn lessons from 3. Michigan 9-4 .692 22-4 .846 these types of games ... not ������ Wisconsin 9-4 .692 18-8 .692 get defeated by them.��� 5. Ohio State 8-5 .615 18-7 .720 Dakich mentioned, as he 6. Illinois 6-7 .462 19-8 .704 ������ Minnesota 6-7 .462 18-8 .692 had in Purdue���s loss at North������ Iowa 6-7 .462 17-9 .654 western earlier in the month, 9. PURDUE 5-8 .385 12-14 .462 the Boilermakers being im10.��Northwestern 4-9 .308 13-13 .500 mature multiple times. 11. Nebraska 3-10 .231 12-14 .462 He said he thinks Painter 12. Penn State 0-13 .000 8-17 .320 Jamie Owens has ���great control��� of his team but, ���you can���t hold their hand.��� Dakich did have some praise for two Purdue players. Though A.J. Hammons struggled in the rematch against the Hoosiers, Dakich said he thinks Hammons has ���great talent, a real touch��� but needs to add more enthusiasm. Still, he said if Hammons works in the summer, three times a day, and if Cody Zeller, Victor Oladipo and Deshaun Thomas go pro, ���Hammons will be my favorite for Big Ten Playerof-the-Year next year.��� Dakich said he didn���t think ... all the fun ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the services GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 22��� ������ 10