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MILWAUKEE – Head coach of Yale James Jones's predicted point of contention — size — ended up being the story of the first half as the No.3 seed Purdue ...

3 seed Purdue dominated in Milwaukee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament 2022.

So it wasn’t much of a surprise that they went back to Stefanovic in the second half, and in the span of about a minute of game time, Sasha finally saw the ball go in the hoop. His arm stretched and his hand reached up a good 11 feet in the air and the too bright orange ball attempting to go over his head was batted up. The career 39% three point shooter went 0 for 5 in the first half. He missed from the right wing, the left wing, and finally from straight on where his shot barely careened off the right of the rim. But it was true freshman Caleb Furst’s offensive explosion and spark that helped Purdue pull away mid way through the first half. Early in the first half, Yale was attempting to inbound the ball from their own baseline.

MILWAUKEE — A double-double from sophomore center Zach Edey and a 22-point performance from sophomore guard Jaden Ivey helped Purdue eradicate Yale 78-56 in ...

Since the moment North Texas finished its upset of Purdue in last year's NCAA Tournament we have been waiting for right now. With virtually the entire roster ...

There were way-too-close wins over Ohio State, Maryland, and Indiana in Mackey. There was the indignity of a loss to the Hoosiers, the first for any player on the current roster, and one that not only also cost us a a Big Ten title, but actually put them in the NCAA Tournament. They have the scary names of Marcus Carr and Chris Beard. They have a couple of memorable non-conference victories over us that Sasha Stefanovic, Trevion Williams, and Eric Hunter Jr. have been around for. It could have been dicey, but Purdue was in control throughout and trailed for all of 16 seconds before taking full control. What followed was a loss to Rutgers on a miracle heave that, in the end, cost us a Big Ten title. For the first time ever Purdue ascended to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll. When we beat Iowa that previous week Mackey was rapturous because we knew an ascent to No. 1 was likely. Since the moment North Texas finished its upset of Purdue in last year’s NCAA Tournament we have been waiting for right now.

The No. 3 seed Purdue Boilermakers will play No. 6 seed Texas in NCAA Tournament second-round action on Sunday, March 20, 2022.

Andrew Jones (6-3 senior) adds 10.7 points and 54 3-pointers. The Longhorns own victories over Kansas and Tennessee. Texas made better than 50% of its 3s.

The Longhorns are one of the top defensive teams in the country and will look to slow down Jaden Ivey and Zach Edey. Mike Carmin.

Beard knows defense and will have his players dialed in to slow down Purdue. The Boilermakers must counter with good ball movement, stay strong on the boards, and use their transition game to find easy baskets. It’s the only third game this season the Longhorns have made double-digit 3-pointers, but the Boilermakers can’t let Jones enjoy another big game. The Boilermakers made it through the first-round game without any issues but now the real tournament begins. They’ll be looking to force Edey to pass from the low block and not control the paint. This has happened before, and the Boilermakers didn’t react well. Jaden Ivey: The Boilermakers need a big game out of their sophomore star, but he also needs to play under control. After last season, the former standout guard at Minnesota left the Golden Gophers and landed in Austin. He’s not putting up the big numbers as he did in Minneapolis since the roster is filled with transfers. The last time he faced Purdue, which came during the 2020-21 season, Carr hit the game-winning basket with 14 seconds to play. Purdue needs its top 3-point shooter to be productive in this game. Series: Texas leads 4-1, including two wins in the NCAA tournament. Ivey can’t have unforced turnovers – and that includes quick shots – for Purdue to challenge the Longhorns’ defense. What’s the counter?

The East No. 3 seed Purdue Boilermakers take on the No. 14 seed Yale Bulldogs in Milwaukee in NCAA Tournament first-round action.

Jaden Ivey has 16 points, Zach Edey 7, and Eric Hunter Jr. and Trevion Williams 4 each. The Boilermakers lead Yale 59-39 after a pair of Sasha Stefanovic 3-pointers, his first points of the game. The Bulldogs are shooting 46%. The Boilermakers are shooting 56% and have committed just 4 turnovers. Azar Swain and Jalen Gabbidon lead the Bulldogs. Jaden Ivey, Zach Edey and Trevion Williams lead the Boilermakers.

Ivey and Zach Edey combined for 38 points as Purdue ran away from Yale in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday.

But coach Matt Painter needed to see Stefanovic establish a shooting rhythm from the perimeter. Granted, the performance came against an Ivy League team, which didn’t have the size or quickness to match Purdue’s top two players. I always watch whoever I’m going to guard in warmups just to see how they’re feeling about themselves. He screams, similar to when he scored a layup and was fouled early in the matchup against Yale. Those two 3-pointers led to a game-high 22 points as the third-seeded Boilermakers rolled past No. 14 seed Yale 78-56 at Fiserv Forum, advancing to Sunday’s second round against either Texas. “If I don’t get it right the first time, I’m not leaving until I get it,” Ivey said earlier this week. I got to keep sticking with that.” “Other than Yao Ming (7-foot-6), I've seen nobody as big as he is. Purdue hasn’t enjoyed a blowout victory since cruising past Minnesota on Feb. 2 in Minneapolis. It’s more of a throwback shirt, one you would see during a summer pickup game. I don’t miss days after practice. “I commend him and his patience and how he is with me on the court.

After suffering through a 3-of-20 slump from behind the arc, Sasha Stefanovic saw a few 3s fall. The Boilers hope it jumpstarts the sharpshooter.

"I think from an execution standpoint, we do everything that we want to do," Stefanovic said. Stefanovic shot a respectable 2-of-5 (40%) against Michigan State but his teammates shouldered most of the offensive load with five Boilermakers reaching double figures in the semifinal win. Having Stefanovic play with confidence will be key if Purdue wants to make a deep tournament run. It's good to see them finally go in, but I wish some of them also went in there early in the first half as well. "Obviously I've been in a little bit of a slump lately with my shooting, but yeah, I'm going to continue to shoot. The trey forced a Yale timeout, and Stefanovic did not hide his emotion after putting an exclamation point on an 11-0 run.

How to watch Purdue vs. Yale · Who: Purdue Boilermakers (27-7) vs. Yale Bulldogs (19-11) · What: NCAA Tournament first-round game · Seeds: Purdue is the No. 3 seed ...

- Meet Purdue coach Matt Painter: Matt Painter is in his 17th season as the head coach of the Boilermakers. Since being named coach in 2005, Purdue has reached the NCAA Tournament 12 times, with four Sweet Sixteen appearances and one Elite Eight appearance in 2019. - TURNOVERS REMAIN FOCUS FOR PURDUE: Purdue's first-round NCAA Tournament opponent Yale forces 13.2 turnovers per game. Jones has guided Yale to its third NCAA Tournament appearance since the 2015-16 season. - Purdue-Yale last meeting: This will be the first meeting in almost 60 years between the two teams. MILWAUKEE — Purdue basketball tips off in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday against Yale inside the Fiserv Forum arena. Yale is ranked No. 144 out of 358 teams. - ERIC HUNTER JR. LEADING PURDUE DEFENSE: Eric Hunter Jr. is the heart of Purdue basketball's defense, and he's continuing to lead the charge as the Boilermakers get set to take on Yale in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.CLICK HERE - 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YALE: No. 14 seed Yale finished the season with a 19-11 record and punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a 66-64 win over Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament title game.CLICK HERE Yale is unranked He is 195-116 in Big Ten games. - Kenpom.com rankings: Purdue is No. 14 in the Kenpom.com rankings. - Seeds: Purdue is the No. 3 seed in the East Regional; Yale is seeded No. 14.

The Purdue Boilermakers face the Yale Bulldogs during the first round in the East today at 2 p.m. (ET) on truTV or at the DirecTV Stream link below. WATCH LIVE: ...

Hammer and Rails notes how the Yale team won four Ivy league regular season titles in six years, although their current overall record sits at 19-11. I’d rebound a little bit, but I was always that voice in the background.” On top of that, Purdue is the No, 3 seed in the East, with college basketball stars such as Jaden Ivey among its ranks.

We break down everything you need to know for Sunday's second round March Madness matchup between No. 3 Purdue and No. 6 Texas.

UT let it fly from long range, burying 10 threes in the win Leading scorer: Jaden Ivey (17.4 ppg) No. 3 Purdue 28-7 (14-6 Big Ten)

MILWAUKEE – Head coach of Yale James Jones's predicted point of contention — size — ended up being the story of the first half as the No.3 seed Purdue ...

Purdue's Brandon Newman shoots over Yale's Matt Knowling during the second half of a first round NCAA college basketball tournament game Friday, March 18, ...

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Many still believe that this team has the size and shooting that could carry it to the Final Four, and potentially, its first national championship win under its eight-year coach, Bruce Pearl. The fourth play-in winner, Texas Southern, went back to Texas — and then home for good after losing 83-56 to Kansas. The Tigers did it by tightening up their defense, anchored by the 7-foot-1 forward/center Walker Kessler, a finalist for the Naismith Men’s Defensive Player of the Year award. He was, after all, the lifeline of the Blue Devils’ offense all season, a 6-foot-10 freshman who can vex defenders from the midrange and in the post. Illinois trailed by as many as 14 points before it summoned enough offensive grit to advance to the second round and deny Chattanooga what would have been its first N.C.A.A. tournament victory in a quarter of a century. With five minutes left, Duke’s lead had grown back to 15 and an on-court dance battle between the teams’ two mascots during a timeout seemed like the more intense contest. The Blue Devils scored 40 points in the paint, and Williams finished with 15 points, making six of his seven shots. Duke committed seven turnovers in the first half, leading to 12 Titans points and allowing them keep things relatively close. Banchero, however, like the majority of the Blue Devils roster, has little tournament experience — a clear juxtaposition to its veteran head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, the winningest coach in men’s college basketball. They haven’t reached the Final Four since 1980, and their latest near miss was excruciating, an overtime defeat in 2019 to Virginia, the eventual champion. Beard will have less time to prepare his team for Sunday, but the Longhorns showed what their defense was capable of when they clogged up Virginia Tech’s freewheeling offense in an 81-73 victory. What makes Purdue unique is Edey, a sophomore from Toronto who is not only the tallest player in college basketball but at 295 pounds something of an immovable object.

Purdue guard Jaden Ivey leads all scorers with 18 points, as the Boilermakers drew fouls inside and outscored Yale in the paint to build their advantage.

Edey, who finished the season with the best offensive-rebounding percentage in the sport, had seven rebounds in the first half. Drilling two early three-pointers, he helped the Boilermakers to an 11–8 lead at the first media timeout. The Bulldogs were led by 13 points from guard Azar Swain ’22 and efficient bursts of offense from forward Matt Knowling ’24 and guard August Mahoney ’24 later in the half. Ivey scored 18 points, most of them early in the half, as Purdue leaned on its interior size advantage to draw fouls and outscore the Elis in the paint, 20–8. Forward Jake Lanford ’23, who has appeared in just four games this season and is not typically in the rotation, was Yale’s first substitution off the bench. Purdue guard Jaden Ivey, a projected top-five pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, led the Boilermakers in the first half.

Can the Boilermakers avoid another first-round slip up? It's Jaden Ivey vs. the Ivy League in March Madness.

Purdue basketball tips off against Yale in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday inside the Fiserv Forum. Here's our live blog, with all the news ...

2:07 p.m. ET — Jaden Ivey is fouled while slashing into the paint, and he gets the layup to fall. 2:15 p.m. ET — Yale knocks down its second 3-pointer of the game and follows with an Azar Swain turnaround jumper. 2:44 p.m. ET — Purdue now in the double bonus with 1:50 left before halftime. 2:19 p.m. ET, UNDER 12 — Jaden Ivey has taken over this game right from the start. 3:42 p.m. ET, UNDER 8 — Purdue leads Yale 68-44 with 7:42 left to play in the game. 2:35 p.m. ET — Trevion Williams picks up his second foul, this time on the offensive end of the court. 2:50 p.m. ET, HALFTIME — Purdue leads Yale 46-33 at the break. 3:40 p.m. ET — Yale gets back on the board after a 9:10 scoring drought. 2:46 p.m. ET — Zach Edey in double figures after knocking down a pair of free throws. Jaden Ivey with 18 points for the Boilermakers to lead all scorers. Isaiah Thompson, Ethan Morton and Brandon Newman are on the floor with him with under five minutes to play. The team is looking for a first-round victory for the fourth time in their last five appearances.

The goal was always a deep run in the NCAA Tournament, and it starts this afternoon against the Yale Bulldogs in Milwaukee. There should be a pretty partisan ...

St. Peter's Peacocks Casey is in the arena in Milwaukee. The rest of us are watching around the country on this wonderful Friday afternoon. We’ve been waiting for it since the moment Purdue lost in overtime to North Texas last year, and now it is here.

MILWAUKEE – Head coach of Yale James Jones's predicted point of contention — size — ended up being the story of the first half as the No.3 seed Purdue ...

Jaden Ivey scored 22 points and Zach Edey controlled the action inside for the...

They also shot just 8 for 32 from the field in the second half. I thought that was the key to the game right there.” Gabbidon’s driving layup got Yale within nine early in the second half, but the Boilermakers responded with a 17-2 run. That’s when Ivey and the Boilermakers started to take over. Led by Ivey and Edey, No. 3 seed Purdue (28-7) won its NCAA opener for the fourth time in its last five tournaments. Sasha Stefanovic held his arms out in delight after his second straight 3-pointer rolled in for a 59-39 lead with 15:46 remaining. They didn’t play at all last season because the league canceled all sports due to COVID-19. The 7-foot-4, 295-pound Edey made the most of his size advantage against the Ivy League champions, finishing with 16 points and nine rebounds in 19 minutes. “Have you seen anybody in your life as big as (Edey) is?” said Jones, who led the Bulldogs to their third NCAA tournament appearance in his tenure. The Bulldogs, as a No. 12 seed, defeated Baylor 79-75 in 2016, then gave No. 4 seed Duke a scare before falling 71-64. “I thought we played tough, and it didn’t go our way.” He is the second-largest man I’ve ever seen.”

MILWAUKEE – Head coach of Yale James Jones's predicted point of contention — size — ended up being the story of the first half as the No.3 seed Purdue ...

Purdue basketball defeated Yale 78-56 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Here's everything coach Matt Painter had to say during the postgame press ...

You've got to go out there and play better than the people in front of you, and today we were able to do that. Sometimes when you lose, you look at it like it's a total negative and it wasn't. We got into overtime in that game and they played better than us. They have good players, they have a good coach and you have to be prepared. In the second half I thought we did a much better job. He got going early in the game and then after that we did a much better job on him. How much of advantage do you think that is with a relatively short turnaround for preparing for those guys which are obviously really difficult to prepare for in general? Obviously they struggled shooting the basketball, and we wanted to give a lot of time and effort into Swain because we knew that he was dangerous and a guy that could get 30. You're going to have a period of time during the season where you go through a little bit of struggles and you've just got to keep working your way through it and keep taking good shots and that's what he did. Then as the second half progressed, thought our guys did a much better job of challenging them at the rim and the paint when the ball got in there in the first half. We had the opportunity to play a lot of people and get out there and get some experience and getting into this tournament. It was good to see Caleb. Caleb hasn't played in some games because of matchups and we'll continue to go down that road just trying to -- when you have 10 guys you feel good about, sometimes later in the year you get to an 8 or 9-man rotation and it leaves a guy out. PAINTER: Yeah, obviously I thought our guys did a good job start of the second half getting off to a good start.

Purdue's Jaden Ivey shoots past Yale's Jalen Gabbidon during the second half of a first round NCAA college basketball tournament game Friday, March 18, ...