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volume 23, EX 28 • april 8, 2013 Inside | Football spring review 6-7 | Rob Henry feature 8 Men's basketball notes 13-14 | Recruiting update 18-19 a big week BY STACY CLARDIE SClardie@GoldandBlack.com more more to There'sPurdue to learn,more weekpolish, more momentum to be gained. And has one to do it before the offseason hits. The Boilermakers will practice three times during the week before the spring game on Saturday caps Coach Darrell Hazell's first true evaluation period of his program. "It's a big week," Hazell said after the team's scrimmage. "I told the team we've got to take a huge leap. We've got to keep learning and make sure we eliminate our mental mistakes." The bulk of the first two weeks of practice was spent installing the systems Next Issue Our next issue of Gold and Black Express will post next Monday, April 15 with a breakdown of the spring game. Our May-June issue of Gold and Black Illustrated mails at the end of the month and the final issue of Express for the publishing year posts May 23. on offense, defense and special teams, and there were some hiccups in showcasing that progress in the "jersey" scrimmage. Too many penalties, too many dropped passes and some missed tackles and missed opportunities on defense. But there still is time to make fixes. Players on both sides of the ball laTom Campbell mented their play in Darrell Hazell deemed Purdue's scrimmage on Saturday one of the better ones he's the red zone. coached. But there are still plenty of strides to make in the final week of spring ball. At one point afwas not good last season defending inter the offense was stopped, offensive line coach Jim Bridge side the 20 — Will Lucas brought out the ripped into his players, yelling at them stat that Purdue allowed 28 touchdowns how much harder it is to convert and ex- in the red zone in 2012. Despite not havecute in the tighter space. He expected ing four projected starters on Saturday, the defense did have a couple goal-line more. stands but allowed a TD on the final play So do all the coaches. Defensive coordinator Greg Hudson from the 6-yard line. "We'll fix it," Lucas said. consistently reminds his group that it Ball security is Hazell's top priority on THE Numbers 5 4 Consecutive seasons the Boilermaker men's baskeball team has faced a Final Four participant. Purdue faced Michigan twice this season. In the last five years, the seasons Sharon Versyp's squad has faced a team that reached the Final Four. The only hiatus was 2009-10. Purdue played Connecticut, Louisville and Notre Dame this season. The number of participants expected for the Purdue Challenge (ThePurdueChallenge. com), the 5K run/walk event at 8 a.m. Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. Coach Darrell Hazell is the honorary chairman for the event, which raises money for cancer research at Purdue. The baseball team's record in its new Alexander Field home. The Boilermakers dropped back-to-back home series for the first time since 2002 when Northwestern won two of the three games there this weekend. 2,000+ 1-7 offense, and Purdue needs to be better there, too. It wasn't just the two interceptions and two lost fumbles in the scrimmage. The Boilermakers have had issues throughout the spring ball of muffed quarterback-center exchanges and fumbles by skill players, a credit to the swarming, ball-hawking defense. But concerns GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 28 • 1