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Weekly Pic Gold & Black Illustrated is a publication of Boilers, Inc. 2605 Yeager Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906 765-237-5002 or 1-800-876-GOPU (4678) Twitter.com/GoldandBlackcom Fax: 765-497-2110 President/Publisher Alan Karpick 765-237-5078 Twitter.com/AlanKarpick AKarpick@GoldandBlack.com Editor Brian Neubert BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com P ublications Coordinator Kyle Charters KCharters@GoldandBlack.com Staff Writer Stacy Clardie SClardie@GoldandBlack.com P hotography/Cover Photo Tom Campbell Graphic Designer Gary Hoffman Advertising Sales Alan Karpick, Tait McKinney Subscriptions/Production: Evan Burlingame, Alex Posthauer, Mike Rish, Evan Solgere, Tyler Ochs Subscriptions@GoldandBlack.com Sharing It There has been much talk about the maturity level of the 2012-13 men's basketball team, and one measure of that is how much and how effectively it shares the ball. In one metric (assists to made field goals), at least, it is not as bad as conventional wisdom might suggest. Here's how the Boilers compare to other teams in the Matt Painter Era (season record in parentheses): YearAssist-to-FGs Record 2010-11 .614(26-8) 2008-09 .603 (27-10) 2009-10 .568 (29-6) 20007-8 .559 (25-9) 2012-13 .556 (11-11) 2006-07 .551 (22-12) 2005-06 .547 (9-19) 2011-12 .528 (22-13) This Week In Purdue History Feb. 5, 1997 • Coach Joe Tiller announces his first football recruiting class as the Boilermaker boss. After accepting the job at Purdue just 10 weeks earlier, Tiller inks 18 prospects, including four from the junior Tom Campbell The Paint Crew was in great form for college ranks. The class is ranked near, or at, the bottom of the Big Ten, but ends up having four players, in the Indiana game, especially at the Drew Brees, Tim Stratton, Vinny Sutherland and Akin Ayodele who later earn first-team All-Big Ten honors. start. Around the 10-minute mark in Feb. 5, 2003 • In one of the wildest recruiting stories in recent Purdue memory, blue-chip Cincinnati the first half, however, the Mackey defensive end Ray Edwards signs his letter-of-intent for the Boilermakers. This came days after he had deArena crowd ran out of things to committed from Purdue and committed to Tennessee. Edwards ended up becoming a two-year starter cheer about, especially in the secbefore leaving after his junior year for the NFL. ond half. Here, the student section gets ready to finish its final declaraFeb. 4, 2008 • Prospect Roy Roundtree's high school coach, Maurice Douglass, says pubtion of how they feel about the visilicly that his prized receiver will honor his commitment to Purdue on signing day, which is tors from down in Bloomington, but less than 48 hours later. But, it all changes as Trotwood, Ohio receiver is offered by Michigan it is doubtful the Hoosiers were too in the final hours and commits to the Wolverines, a move that didn't sit very well with Tiller, fazed by it, as they led by 30 when and precipitated the Purdue coach's "snake-oil salesman" comment during the NSD press the cheer occurred. conference. GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 20 • 3