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men's basketball: news and notes because when you see the whole team feeding off that, the whole bench, we looked like a team here," he said after recording 10 points, five rebounds and three steals in 17 minutes against Wisconsin. "Especially on defense, we were talking so much and people tried to help each other, just encourage them, and that really meant a lot to me." Perhaps maintaining that energy over the span of nearly three weeks has been a breakthrough for Marcius. After making an impression in an otherwise dismal game for Purdue at Illinois Feb. 13, Marcius has consistently entered games and Andy Manis been aggressive in workSandi Marcius continued to bring maximum effort on ing to establish a presence both ends of the court against Wisconsin, even though he came off the bench for the first time in three games. in the post on offense, then His 10-point, five-rebound, three-steal performance was diligently using his physicalcrucial to the upset victory. ity to keep opposing bigs out of the paint. Marcius may have been back Success has helped Marcius to coming off the bench — he had continue to stay up and energetic. started the previous two games Painter hopes that continues. before Coach Matt Painter went "He just needs to be able to back with A.J. Hammons against handle some struggles and feel the Badgers — but his purpose good about himself. Once some was the same. things go his way, he's perfectly "I do (take pride in the role) fine," Painter said. "He has good vertime marcius makes minutes matter BY ALAN KARPICK AND STACY CLARDIE Marcius insists he's Sandi energyhe's supposedonly doing what to: Bringing and effort. That may sound simple, but it's also been pivotal for Purdue. It just may have been the reason the Boilermakers pulled off their shocking upset of No. 17 Wisconsin in Madison Sunday. Big Ten parity? Before Purdue and Penn State pulled this week's shockers — the Lions beat Michigan — the bottom four teams in the Big Ten were 0-21 against the top four league teams. Here's how it has played out the last five years, showing just how remarkable events were, this year or any year. 2012-13: 2-23* 2011-12: 2-25 2010-11: 5-24 2009-10: 1-29 2008-09: 5-24 Total: 15-125 (.096) * Standings as of game date Link pur to 201due's 2-13 season stats physical tools. But he has to be able to rebound from a mistake. One mistake leads to another one. You've got to get an opportunity, but you've also got to put yourself in that position. He's hot and cold. He feels good about himself or he doesn't. I really think it stems from just not playing for a long time and having that experi- 2012-13 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date Game Time/ResultTV Oct. 30 MONTEVALLO (exhibition) W, 70-61 BTN Digital Nov. 3 NEWBERRY (exhibition) W, 109-68 BTN Digital Nov. 9 BUCKNELL* L, 65-70 BTN Digital Nov. 11 HOFSTRA* W, 83-54 BTN Digital Nov. 15 vs. Villanova# L, 81-89 (OT) ESPN2 Nov. 16 vs. Oregon State# L, 58-66 ESPNU/ESPN2 Nov. 21 UNC-WILMINGTON W, 66-40 BTN Nov. 28 at Clemson! W, 73-61 ESPNU Dec. 1 XAVIER L, 57-63 BTN Dec. 4 LAMAR W, 72-39 BTN Dec. 8 at Eastern Michigan L, 44-47 ESPN3 Dec. 15 vs. No. 22 Notre Dame& L, 68-81 ESPN2 Dec. 18 BALL STATE W, 66-56 ESPN3 Dec. 29 WILLIAM & MARY W, 73-66 ESPN3 Jan. 2 No. 11 ILLINOIS W, 68-61 BTN Jan. 5 at No. 18 Michigan State L, 61-84 BTN Jan. 8 No. 15 OHIO STATE L, 64-74 ESPN Jan. 13 PENN STATE W, 60-42 BTN Jan. 16 at Nebraska W, 65-56 BTN Jan. 19 WEST VIRGINIA W, 79-52 CBS Jan. 24 at No. 2 Michigan L, 53-68 ESPN Jan. 27 IOWA W, 65-62 (OT) BTN Jan. 30 No. 3 INDIANA L, 60-97 BTN Feb. 2 at Northwestern L, 60-75 ESPN2 Feb. 5 at Penn State W, 58-49 BTN Feb. 9 No.12 MICHIGAN STATE L, 65-78 BTN Feb. 13 at Illinois L, 59-79 BTN Feb. 16 at No. 1 Indiana L, 55-83 ESPN2 Feb. 24 NORTHWESTERN W, 74-43 BTN Feb. 27 at Iowa L, 48-58 BTN March 3 at #17 Wisconsin W, 69-56 ESPN March 6 No. 7 MICHIGAN 7 p.m. BTN March 9 MINNESOTA Noon BTN March 14-17 Big Ten Tournament (Chicago) * 2K Sports Classic — Mackey Arena # 2K Sports Classic – New York City (Madison Square Garden) ! ACC/Big Ten Challenge & Crossroads Classic — Indianapolis (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 24 • 9