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as a major contributor in the NCAA Tournament, the big man impressed coaches and team- mates in offseason workouts and starred in Italy. Date Oct. 30 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 19 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 9 MONTEVALLO (exhibition) NEWBERRY (exhibition) BUCKNELL* HOFSTRA* vs. Villanova# anything, it's been a matter of Marcius' effort. Now, Marcius is looking to maintain it and show it in Painter said that more than 2012-13 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Game Time 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. vs. Alabama/Oregon State# UNC-WILMINGTON at Clemson! XAVIER LAMAR at Eastern Michigan vs. Notre Dame& BALL STATE WILLIAM & MARY ILLINOIS at Michigan State OHIO STATE PENN STATE at Nebraska WEST VIRGINIA at Michigan IOWA INDIANA Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 24 Feb. 27 at Northwestern at Penn State MICHIGAN STATE at Illinois at Indiana March 2/3 March 6 March 9 NORTHWESTERN at Iowa March 14-17 at Wisconsin MICHIGAN MINNESOTA * 2K Sports Classic — Mackey Arena # 2K Sports Classic – New York City (Madison Square Garden) ! ACC/Big Ten Challenge & Crossroads Classic — Indianapolis (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) Big Ten Tournament (Chicago) TV 9:30 p.m. 5/7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Noon 9 p.m. TBA 9 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Noon 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA 8:30 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. Noon BTN Digital BTN Digital BTN Digital BTN Digital ESPN2 ESPNU BTN BTN ESPN3 ESPN2 ESPN3 ESPN3 BTN BTN ESPN BTN BTN CBS is. I just have to let it heal up." Anthony Johnson is expect- ed to be needed to add scoring punch to Purdue's lineup but also help spell freshman Ronnie Johnson at point guard. ESPNU/ESPN2 BTN Coach Matt Painter on his 2012-13 team: "We're going to be good. I just don't know when." Purdue is incorporating many newcomers and struggling with turnovers thus far in practice. games that count. "The end of the year, it gave ESPN/ESPN2 BTN BTN ESPN2 BTN BTN BTN me confidence," Marcius said, "and you start believing you can be good. The effort comes from that because you want to prove yourself again and again." ESPN/ESPN2 TBD BTN TBD BTN BTN broken foot, freshman Jay Simp- son enrolled in June weighing about 280 pounds and strug- gling with conditioning. The latter is still a battle for the forward, but he has trimmed down to about 260 pounds and has done enough MEDIA DAY NOTEBOOK • Set back in the spring by a Brian Neubert in practice to give Purdue hope the multi-skilled big man can factor heavily into its playing rotation up front. Painter said at media day that Simpson might be the Boilermakers' player. Painter said, "because I think we have some good players. ny Johnson injured his Achilles in practice Saturday and has been limited since then. "It's just a minor foot prob- • Sophomore guard Antho- "most talented" "I think that says something," " of Big Ten newspaper beat writ- ers, Purdue was picked to finish eighth in the league this sea- son, according to the Blooming- ton Herald-Times. Of the 25 votes cast, 22 of them picked Indiana No. 1. Michigan received the other three top spots. The full league breakdown AROUND THE BIG TEN S In an informal poll taken is as follows: 1) Indiana; 2) Mich- igan; 3) Ohio State; 4) Michigan State; 5) Wisconsin; 6) Minneso- ta; 7) Iowa; 8) Purdue; 9) Illinois; 10) Northwestern; 11) Penn State; and 12) Nebraska. S The Big Ten's official preseason award winners and top three projected finishers will be released Thursday at the conference's media day in Chicago. j lem," he said. "It's nothing major, just a little bruise or whatever it GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 8 • 37