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ings, two of them in West Lafayette, one in Morgantown. Purdue won in Mackey Arena this season, 79-52. S Butler will be Purdue's opponent in the third-annual Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis. S Purdue will be part of the Old Spice Classic field in Orlando. Others include LSU, Memphis, Oklahoma State, Siena, St. Joseph's and Washington State. Butler was originally part of the field but has dropped out as it transitions to the new Big East, eliminating any possibility that the Boilermakers and Bulldogs could meet twice in the regular season next year. Tom Campbell S Purdue expects a home Coach Gene Keady was tabbed to the College Basketball Hall of Fame and will be inducted in ceremonies this November. game in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge after traveling to Clemson GPA or better. First-semester players are this year. It remains to be seen ineligible for the honor, eliminating any of whether Pittsburgh and Syracuse, new adthe Boilermakers' five true freshmen from ditions to the ACC, will take part in the secontention. ries right away. S The Boilermakers will host Eastern SCHEDULE PREVIEW Michigan to finish out the series between Purdue's 2013-14 non-conference the two schools, a basketball agreement schedule isn't set in stone yet, but based on that was included in a football contract bewhat's already known, it looks like a chal- tween the two teams. lenging one. What we know right now: AROUND THE BIG TEN S The Boilermakers will travel to West S Ohio State leading scorer Deshaun Virginia for the fourth game in the recent Thomas became the first Big Ten player to series between the two teams. The home leave school early for the NBA draft. team has won each of the prior three meetHe won't be the last. In the next few weeks, players like In- landed at Texas Tech. diana's Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo; Richard Pitino, 29, led Florida InternaMichigan's Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. tional to an 18-14 record this season after and Mitch McGary; and Michigan State's replacing Isaiah Thomas, who was 8-21 in Adreian Payne will have to announce his final season at FIU. whether they're going or staying. S Northwestern hired Duke assistant S Michigan will be the first Big Ten coach and Chicagoland native Chris Colteam since Ohio State in 2007 to play for lins, 38, to replace Bill Carmody. j the national title when it faces Louisville tonight. S Burke won the Wooden Award and USBWA Playerof-the-Year honors, becoming the first Big Sponsored by Ten player since Ohio State's Evan Turner to win those honors. The Wolverine point guard nearly Presented by swept all the major Artistic Media Partners national player-of-theyear awards. 2013 Men's Basketball S Iowa lost to Baylor, 74-54, in the Postseason Banquet: championship game Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 6:30 p.m. of the NIT after beatMackey Arena ing Indiana State, 2013 Women's Basketball Stony Brook, Virginia and Maryland to reach Postseason Brunch: the final. Sunday, April 14, 2013, 12:30 p.m. S Minnesota Four Points by Sheraton hired Richard Pitino, the son of Louisville Tickets available through Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office. coach Rick Pitino, to Call 1-800-49-Sport replace the fired Tubor 1-765-494-3194 by Smith, who quickly Purdue Basketball Post Season Banquets GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 28 • 14