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volume 23, EX 27 ��� March 27, 2013 Inside | Women ousted in NCAAs 6-13 | Men exit early 14-22 Spring football update 23-27 | Recruiting 28-29 BOILERS Look to future after NCAA LOSS BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com Since Purdue���s Elite Eight appearance in 2009, Purdue has been bounced LOUISVILLE ��� The hurt from the second round in inside Purdue���s locker room three of the following four late Tuesday was palpable. years and it failed to make With a veteran starting the tournament in the other. group, including a couple Still, there w After seemseniors trying to get Purdue ing to fall apart in the month into the Sweet 16 for the of February, the Boilermakfirst time in their careers, the ers suddenly recovered at Boilermakers thought this the start of March, winning could be the year. Instead, in three games in three days to a similar fashion to a year ago, win the Big Ten Tournament when South Carolina used title for the second straight its athleticism and muscle season. Their season ended to pummel the Boilers, they with a 25-9 record, identical were done in again. LouisTom Campbell to last year. ville beat Purdue 76-63 at the Senior Drey Mingo and her Boilermaker teammates spent all 40 minutes trying to get out of the clutchBut Purdue wants to KFC Yum! Center to move to es of the Louisville Cardinals. They couldn���t. get over the hump, too, afthe Sweet 16 in Oklahoma ter falling short recently in The game was the last in a Purdue uni- the NCAA Tournament. City, where the Cardinals will form for Drey Mingo, Sam Ostarello and face No. 1 Baylor and center Brittney Griner. ���I still wouldn���t go on the court with Chantel Poston. any other group,��� junior Courtney Moses ���They have such high character,��� Coach said. ���I still know we are a Sweet 16 team, Publishers Note Sharon Versyp said of the trio. ���We are a class even though we didn���t show it (Tuesday). Gold and Black Express 28 program and we do things the right way.��� ���We wish we would have sent our Spring game preview But NCAA Tournament success is be- seniors out on a better note, but they���ve will publish April 8 coming hard to come by. THE Numbers 25-9 5 The Boilermakers��� record in 2012-13 and 2011-12, the only time in program history Purdue has had the same final record in back-to-back seasons. Years that the men���s team has finished under .500 in the last 25 seasons. It was the first time since 1946-47 that the Boilermakers lost exactly two games more than they won to finish a season. Times the men���s team has had the season come to an end with a postseason loss in Mackey Arena. The other was in 2001 when Alabama eliminated Purdue from the NIT. Double-doubles for Sam Ostarello this season, one short of the Boilermakers��� single-season school record. The senior finished second all-time in career rebounding in Boilermaker history (901). 2 12 taught us so much and we���re going to stick together as a team through it.��� The Boilermakers will need to fill some holes next season, with its starting frontcourt of Mingo and Ostarello having departed and with losing its most athletic wing in Poston. But its top four guards will have a ton of experience, with returning starters in Moses, KK Houser and Dee Dee Williams. But will that mean more March success? GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 27��� ������ 1