Hammer and Rails

4 weeks ago | hammerandrails.com | Drew Schneider

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Sometimes coaching adjustments are subtle. You’re not going to drastically change what you do in the thirty-fifth game of the season, but you can tweak things just enough for it to make a huge difference. Matt Painter did that by breaking some of Purdue’s usual tendencies early in the game last Saturday. People who haven’t watched Purdue all season (including the announcers) may have missed it, but I didn’t. If you’ve read my previews recently, you’ll notice a theme.

1 month ago | hammerandrails.com | Kyle Thele |Andrew Ledman

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue Boilermakers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Purdue was able to survive the darlings of the NCAA Tournament over this past week to make their way to the Sweet 16 in Indianapolis. Now, Purdue has to face a 1 seed in the Houston Cougars.

1 month ago | hammerandrails.com | Andrew Ledman |Ryan Bonaparte |Drew Schneider

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images With another Purdue game just around the corner I wanted to again ask each member of the staff to provide their insight. Everyone who provided a prediction for Thursday’s game selected Purdue to win, no surprise of course, but Drew was very close to picking the exact score so maybe pay a bit more attention to us huh? Ledman:As a lifelong Purdue fan the second half of the McNeese vs. Clemson First Round matchup was eerily familiar.

1 month ago | hammerandrails.com | Drew Schneider

Eric Canha-Imagn Images Roster Position Number Player Class Height Weight Previous Team Minutes Points Rebounds Assists Position Number Player Class Height Weight Previous Team Minutes Points Rebounds Assists Point Guard 11 Quadir Copeland Sr. 6'6" 200 Syracuse 22 9 3 5 Shooting Guard 6 Javohn Garcia Sr. 6'3" 185 UMASS 29 13 3 2 Small Forward 2 DJ Richards Jr. 6'4" 185 UTSA 23 10 2 1 Power Forward 24 Christian Shumate Sr. 6'6" 215 Tulsa 28 11 6 1 Center 5 Joe Charles Sr. 6'9" 215 Louisiana 29...

1 month ago | hammerandrails.com | Drew Schneider

Eric Canha-Imagn Images The name of the game is to survive and advance, and the Boilermakers did just that on Thursday afternoon, knocking off Big South regular season and tournament champ High Point 75 - 63. Trey Kaufman-Renn and Braden Smith combined for 41 points to lead the Boilermakers, and Cam Heide provided 11 points off the bench to help Purdue secure the victory. High Point was led in scoring by D’Maurian Williams with 12 points. The Panthers finish the season with a 20-7 record.