The Boilermakers and 7-4 center Zach Edey try to crack the code on a Huskies team that has won 11 straight NCAA Tournament games by 13 or more points
Your turn, Purdue. Your turn, Matt Painter. Your turn, Zach Edey.
The only better teams were Kentucky in 2015 and Gonzaga in 2021 . Both came to the Final Four undefeated and lost. Kentucky had nine future NBA players on its roster. More context: The last team to win back-to-back titles, Florida in 2006 and 2007, was 28.28 and 30.81. So Purdue has no chance? “You have to be on your Ps and Qs,” said Painter, whose team is 27-0 this season when it commits 13 or fewer turnovers. “You got to take care of the basketball.
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