WEST LAFAYETTE — The Mackey Arena nets are frayed, probably scented of singed nylon after Purdue basketball's latest reminder that the Big Ten still runs through the Boilermakers. After five ...
The operative word as he looked ahead: "Chill." By quirk of the Big Ten schedule, Purdue played six games in a 16-day span, ranging from Rutgers in the east and Washington and Oregon in the west.