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vertime BOILERMAKER NON-CONFERENCE BASKETBALL: NEWS AND NOTES SCHEDULE RELEASED BY GOLD & BLACK STAFF NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OUT due's 2012-13 men's basketball sched- ule has been released, with the con- ference slate to be announced in the near future. Here are some highlights of the The non-Big Ten portion of Pur- non-conference schedule. S Purdue opens its regular season in the 2K Sports Classic, with two home games against yet-to-be- determined opponents, followed by games against Villanova and either Alabama or Oregon State in New York City's Madison Square Garden Nov. 15 and 16. S For the second time since Mackey Arena, returning the home- and-home deal that sent the Boiler- makers there last season. The Musketeers just lost their best player, Dez Wells, who was ex- 28 meeting. S On Dec. 1, Xavier visits 2007, the Boilermakers visit Clem- son in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, traveling to South Carolina for a Nov. Coach Matt Painter's team will face a non-conference schedule that will include at least six major conference opponent. Pat Knight, former Indiana coach Bob Knight's son. Coach Matt Painter and the younger Knight have long known pelled from the university. S Three days later, Purdue gets a visit from Lamar, now coached by one another. S Purdue meets presumably nationally ranked Notre Dame Dec. 15 in the Crossroads Classic in Bank- Tom Campbell ers Life Fieldhouse. S Returning the Boilermakers' visit to Mor- gantown two seasons ago, West Virginia comes to West Lafayette for a Jan. 19 contest. Purdue will have started Big Ten play by then. MOORE HEADED TO ORLANDO mains unsigned aſter playing the past few seasons with the Dallas Mavericks. "I would like to play another year, but at the same time, I never thought I' E'Twaun Moore will sign a free agent contract with the Orlando Magic, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Aſter playing in 38 Former Purdue guard Cardinal said aſter playing in Pur- due's alumni game earlier this month. "But my days ahead of me in the NBA aren't nearly as many as those behind me. We'll see. We'll keep our fingers crossed and see what happens." Should he not latch on with an NBA team, Cardinal said he'd like to d have gotten to play 12," return to Purdue's athletic department. Robbie Hummel recently leſt for represents Moore, posted a tweet in- dicating he'll receive a two-year con- tract with the Magic. In other Purdue alumnus NBA news, 35-year-old Brian Cardinal re- The Rockets waived Moore. Priority Sports, the firm that games for the Boston Celt- ics as a rookie, Moore was packaged in the same trade that sent former Celtics and Purdue teammate Ja- Juan Johnson to the Hous- ton Rockets. Spain to play a season there before, he hopes, returning to the Minnesota Timberwolves, which draſted him in the second round in June. nie Johnson, "definitely established himself as the guy who's going to play the point (guard) for us" with his play during the four exhibition games played overseas. "He's still got to work and earn S Painter said freshman Ron- POST-ITALY NOTEBOOK his spot," Painter said, "but no one else came remotely close to deliver- ing the basketball and making deci- sions and having the assist-to-turn- over ratio he had. All three of those attributes make up that quintessen- tial point guard. Davis led Purdue in scoring and shot 56 percent, but also boasted a team- high plus/minus measure of plus-78, meaning the Boilermakers outscored S Fellow freshman Rapheal " Date Oct. 30 MONTEVALLO (exhibition) Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 TBD* Nov. 15 vs. Villanova# Nov. 16 vs. Alabama/Oregon State# Nov. 21 UNC-WILMINGTON Nov. 28 at Clemson! Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 NEWBERRY (exhibition) TBD* XAVIER LAMAR Dec. 15 vs. Notre Dame& Dec. 18 BALL STATE Dec. 29 WILLIAM & MARY Jan. 19 * 2K Sports Classic # 2K Sports Classic – New York City (Mad- ison Square Garden) ! ACC/Big Ten Challenge WEST VIRGINIA at Eastern Michigan MEN'S SCHEDULE Game 2012-13 NON- CONFERENCE & Crossroads Classic — Indianapolis (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • volume 23, express 1 • 30

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