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UConn uses strategy of shutting down Purdue's perimeter shooters to get decisive victory
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn left Donovan Clingan on the loneliest island, stuck deep in the paint to wrestle massive Purdue center Zach Edey. Even when Edey bulled his way to shots at the rim, the Huskies refused to give their big man help, knowing the two-time national player of...
Purdue's Jones has been a perfect transfer fit in a March Madness run to the NCAA title game
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Lance Jones spent four years developing his game at a mid-major program before deciding to enter the transfer portal. The payoff came in March Madness, both for Purdue at every step of what became the best season in program history and for Jones in playing...
Purdue's Painter draws closer to an elusive title by doing things the old-fashioned way
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Other Big Ten coaches walked into the high school point guard's living room and told him lots of things he wanted to hear, and very little he did not. The coach at Purdue at the time, Gene Keady, informed the recruit that if he signed with the Boilermakers, he'd either need...
Purdue's Zach Edey and UConn's Donovan Clingan anchoring the middle in national title game
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The national championship game will be a beefy one. In one corner of the paint is Zach Edey, Purdue's 7-foot-4, 300-pound unstoppable force. Opposite him will be Donovan Clingan, UConn's 7-2, 280-pound game-altering center. One big man is...
