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its ninth postseason appearance in 11 years and participating in the CBI for the second time since 2009. It earned its eighth trip to the America East Championship game in 12 years but fell to Albany in the finals, 53-49. Second-year coach John Becker guided the Catamounts to back-to-back 20-win seasons, an America East title and an NCAA victory in 2012. Junior forward Brian Voelkel was named to the All-America East first team while also earning a spot on the all-defensive team. Purdue has never faced Vermont. Santa Clara is also 21-11, santa clara PROBABLE STARTERS VERMONT PROBABLE STARTERS its first 21-win regular season No. Name Yr.Pos.Ht. Wt. PPG RPG No. Name Yr.Pos.Ht. Wt. PPG RPG since 1996. This season, the 15 Marc Trasolini Sr. (5) F 6-9 240 15.6 7.8 4 Trey Blue Sr. G 6-3 195 8.5 2.1 Broncos finished fourth in the 44 Yannick Atanga So. F 6-8 215 2.5 6.1 31 Clancy Rugg Jr. F 6-8 195 11.3 5.7 0 Evan Roquemore Jr. G 6-3 180 11.8 3.2 32 Ethan O'Day Fr. F 6-9 205 6.8 4.2 WCC at 9-6. The victory total 21 Kevin Foster Sr. G 6-2 211 17.9 2.8 12 Sandro Carissimo Jr. G 6-2 170 9.8 2.7 matches the second-highest 42 Raymond Cowels Sr. G 6-4 206 9.5 4.3 1 Brian Voelkel Jr. F 6-6 210 6.0 8.7 recorded over the last 29 seasons, behind only the 2010Byrd averaged career highs The Boilermakers are 4-0 because that's what it's all about 11 squad that posted 24 wins all-time against Santa Clara, in- and that's what the people like to in points, rebounds and minutes under coach Kerry Keating. as a senior, but he classified his Santa Clara has plenty of fire cluding its most recent triumph, see," he said. a 90-55 win on Dec. 18, 2000 in power with four 1,000-point scorers on the current roster — a first Mackey Arena. Purdue has won in West Coast Conference history. twice at Santa Clara (70-55 on Senior forward Marc Traso- Dec. 27, 1999, and 84-56 on Dec. lini and junior senior guard Kevin 28, 1985). The other victory was a Foster were named first-team All- 71-62 triumph on Dec. 8, 1978 on ... all the fun a neutral court in Provo, Utah. WCC. CBI Attendance Figures Here's a look at the attendance figures for the past five years of the College Basketball Invitational: Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Round First Quarterfinals Semis/Finals First Quarterfinals Semis/Finals First Quarterfinals Semis/Finals First Quarterfinals Semis/Finals First Quarterfinals Semis/Finals Avg. 1,885 2,801 3,513 2,413 5,015 8,428 1,712 2,347 4,508 2,833 5,801 7,830 3,812 5,433 7,199 High 3,019 (Evansville) 3,864 (Penn) 4,226 (Wash. St.) 4,375 (Oregon) 5,913 (Boise St.) 12,381 (Creighton) 3,542 (Saint Louis) 4,235 (Saint Louis) 5,612 (Saint Louis) 6,647 (Wichita State) 8,812 (Wichita State) 12,000 (UTEP) 5,365 (Tulsa) 6,460 (Virginia) 9,014 (Bradley) Low 1,062 (TCU) 2,001 (Pitt) 2,190 (Oregon St.) 989 (Davidson) 3,949 (UCF) 6,157 (Oregon) 665 (Princeton) 640 (Boston U.) 3,352 (VCU) 1,045 (Troy) 2,541 (Richmond) 2,363 (Richmond) 1,169 (Ohio) 3,082 (Houston) 5,339 (Tulsa) Finishing off a career D.J. Byrd didn't think he'd get another opportunity to play in Mackey Arena. But the CBI has afforded him at least one more chance to play in front of a home crowd. It could be tough to top senior night when Byrd had 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists in a victory over Minnesota. But Byrd certainly will try. "I think the people respect the effort and the hard work, especially these last couple games here, and I'm going to continue to do those things and try to play hard and help Purdue win ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the services GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 26 • 8