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GAME DAY ESSENTIALS
Indiana (18-9, 8-8) at Purdue (14-14, 7-10)
- Tip time: Thursday / 7 p.m. ET
- Location: Mackey Arena (14,240), West Lafayette, Ind.
- Television: FS1 (Stream)
- Series: Purdue leads 121-89 (Last meeting: Purdue won 74-62 in 2020 at Indiana)
- Point Spread: Vegas has Purdue by 6 points. KenPom likes Purdue by 5 points.
- Tickets (Seat Geek affiliate link)
THE BEST IN IU COVERAGE
- Indiana at Purdue game day essentials and analytics
- Hoosier Defense is improving, and by no coincidence, so is Rob Phinisee
- Looking Back at Indiana’s last six wins at Purdue’s Mackey Arena
- Opposing View: Hoosiers can effectively end Purdue’s season.
- LB Tegray Scales gets a second chance in the XFL.
- IU Baseball is next heading southeast to play in the Keith LeClair Classic.
- IU Men’s Track and Field heads to Big Ten Championships
- NFL Combine — measurements and schedule
- Scheduling Note: The No. 22/24 IU women will host Nebraska (on BTN) and honor senior Brenna Wise tonight at 6 p.m.
HOOSIER SIGHTS
It has been a minute since Indiana beat Purdue. Here are the highlights from IU’s last win in the series.
HOOSIER SOUNDS
Dan Dakich had Purdue head coach Matt Painter on the show at the 46:25 minute mark.
(Tip: Pull this post up every day on your commute and listen to the most relevant daily IU content rather than whatever happens to be on the radio)
TWEETS OF THE DAY
Tonight is senior night for Indiana forward Brenna Wise.
"𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩. 𝙋𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙙𝙤…"
Celebrate @bwise50's career tomorrow vs. Nebraska! #iuwbb pic.twitter.com/vLaghfh61F
— Indiana Women’s Basketball (@IndianaWBB) February 27, 2020
"I want to give to athletics what athletics has given to me." 🗣 Brenna Wise (@BWise50)
Indiana's lone senior has coaching aspirations after graduation – and her passion goes beyond the X's and O's.#ncaaW | @IndianaWBB x @IUBloomington pic.twitter.com/d1EpklaZUN
— NCAA Women’s Basketball (@ncaawbb) February 27, 2020
IU AND BIG TEN RECRUITING NEWS
- Clarifying a report by 247Sports here ($), a source tells The Daily Hoosier that Indiana is currently working the hardest for class of 2021 5-star Aminu Mohammed.
- 2021 point guard and new IU commit Khristian Lander discusses his decision on local television:
🏀 LANDER PICKS HOOSIERS 🏀
Evansville Reitz 5 ⭐️ guard Khristian Lander is the latest homegrown Hoosier to commit to Archie Miller. Take a look at some of his highlights you won’t find anywhere else. 👀 pic.twitter.com/VaezkGzQsS
— (812)-H🏀🏀PS! (@BbalEvv) February 27, 2020
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