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room and out on the court, he's trying to get better." The rookie forward has been practicing, though on a more limited basis than he was earlier in the season. "His No. 1 thing for next year is just the cerebral part of the game," Painter said. "You can learn so much if you just get consumed with what's going on, listening to coaches, listening to scouting reports, listening in film sessions and figuring out, especially when it comes to game day, the dos and the don'ts. "Is he sitting there thinking about those things? We talk to him about it. Obviously I'm not going to sit and talk to him about it during the game, but we do talk to him about those things, because the guys who do those things and big ten STANDINGS 1. Michigan Indiana 3. Michigan State 4. Ohio State Wisconsin 6. PURDUE 7. Minnesota 8. Northwestern 9. Illinois Iowa 11.Nebraska 12. Penn State (as of Jan. 27) W-LPct 6-1 .857 6-1.857 6-2 .750 5-2 .714 5-2.714 4-3 .571 3-4 .429 3-5 .375 2-5 .286 2-5.286 2-6 .250 0-8 .000 "This is a team that struggles know what's going on all the time, they play. The guys who don't, it's to score," Bilas wrote. "Purdue has some good young talent, and this hard to play them." team is getting better, but the BoilTalking heads ers are not there yet. … Down the The Boilermakers were part of line, Purdue will be very good." the chatter of a couple ESPN.com Around the league columnists last week. S Ohio State coach Thad Jason King, who writes a weekly column on the site, included Matta agreed to a revised conPurdue in his "rapid fire" segment. tract that gave him a 10 percent The segment includes short topics increase, bringing his salary to — "overlooked team,""rough week" $3.2 million annually, and included — and he listed Purdue as the team more stringent wording about NCAA violations. that's "not that bad after all." Matta, who is under contract Notre Dame was his pick for through July 2019, has guided the the team "not that good after all." The day before Purdue played Buckeyes to at least 20 victories in then-No. 2 Michigan, analyst Jay Bi- each of his eight seasons. S All Iowa wanted to do was las listed the Boilermakers among pay tribute to the late Chris Street his "top 68" teams in the country. It was the first time Purdue by wearing jerseys with his name made it onto Bilas' list, and he on the back in a game against Wisconsin last week. tabbed them at No. 63. W-L Pct 19-1 .950 18-2 .900 17-4 .810 15-4 .789 14-6 .700 11-9 .550 15-5 .750 12-9 .571 15-6 .714 13-7 .650 11-10 .524 8-12 .400 Going Through A.J. It's likely too small a sample size, but, A.J. Hammons' teammates shoot worse in games when the offense goes through the freshman center. Hammons >10 shots (six games) Teammates: 101-285 (.354) Hammons <10 shots (14 games) Teammates: 315-737 (.427) But the NCAA nixed Coach Fran McCaffery's idea. "In that case, it would have to be an exception granted, and I think the issue was there have been so many exception requests, I think they decided,'The rule stands as it is,' " McCaffery told reporters. Instead, Iowa opted to drape Street's jersey over a chair on the bench. The seat was kept empty during the game. 2012-13 purdue men's basketball statistics Through Jan. 29 ## Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct OffDef TotAvg PF FO ATOBlkStl Pts Avg 0 Johnson, Terone 19-17 60531.898-248 .395 22-63 .349 39-68 .57424 7296 5.1 42 056 32 58 257 13.5 21Byrd, D.J. 20-19 611 30.6 68-177.384 47-131 .359 26-35 .743 15 67 824.1 47 2 5131 415 20910.5 20Hammons, A.J. 20-16 468 23.4 80-160 .500 0-0 .000 34-56.607 49771266.342 1 143440 7194 9.7 3 Johnson, Ronnie 20-14 587 29.4 65-184 .353 4-29 .138 50-83 .602 20 55 75 3.8 49 1 72 49 2 21 184 9.2 1 Johnson, Anthony 20-7 42521.346-126 .365 8-35 .229 16-25 .64011 5566 3.3 38 126 23 15 1165.8 35Davis, Rapheal 20-6 312 15.6 38-76 .500 6-17 .353 29-44.659 2246 683.427 1 1626 3 9111 5.6 15 Hale, Donnie 19-5 29115.3 34-80 .425 0-0 .000 14-24 .58325 3459 3.1 26 0 7 10 67 824.3 34Lawson, Jacob 19-10 263 13.8 22-39.564 0-0 .000 11-14 .786 22 35 573.0 35 0 811 1310 55 2.9 23 Simpson, Jay 10-0 76 7.6 11-27 .407 0-3 .000 4-8 .500 9 1423 2.390 2563262.6 50 Carroll, Travis 20-1 195 9.8 17-23 .739 0-0 .000 8-10 .80020 1636 1.8 29 0 84 113 422.1 55 Marcius, Sandi 15-3 102 6.8 11-28 .393 0-0 .000 7-13 .53814 1630 2.0 9 0 38 74 291.9 14 Anthrop, Dru 12-2 92 7.7 5-9 .556 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 17 8 0.780 11707131.1 30 Beshears, Neal6-0 13 2.2 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 11 2 0.320 0410 30.5 11 Toyra, Stephen6-0 10 1.7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 20 2 0.310 0000 00.0 TEAM48 3886 4.35 Total 20 4050 496-1182.420 90-287 .314239-382 .626283 533816 40.8 364 6274 249 9999 132166.1 Opponents 20 4050436-1134 .384 97-308 .315 260-377 .690 221 470 69134.5 338 4 228244 92130 1229 61.5 After the game, McCaffery and his team gave the Street's mother and dad in an emotional scene in the locker room. S Victor Oladipo played a big role in helping Indiana stay even with the Wolverines for first place in the league. Oladipo made 8-of-12 shots for 21 points, had seven rebounds, six steals and three blocks in a 7570 victory over No. 13 Michigan State. Oladipo was 4-of-6 on free throws, boosting Indiana's NCAAleading total of makes (393) and attempts (538). It was a similar performance to what Oladipo did to the Boilermakers last season in Mackey Arena, where the teams will meet on Wednesday. Oladipo dropped 23 points, going 10 of 12 from the line, and had eight rebounds, four assists and two blocks in 30 minutes. j GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 19 • 15