IU has sold about 12,500 tickets.
PU has sold about 10,000 tickets.
RCA Dome has sold 2,500 tickets.
There's still more than 4000 tickets available but you have to call the RCA Dome. I don't know where they're located.

The "Discover Purdue" event will open to the public at 3:00 with the Pep Rally running from 3:30 - 4:00. Both of these event will run in the Sagamore Ballroom #2 inside the Indiana Convention Center (which is connected to the Dome). IU moved the women's tip-off back to 5:30 today-men still will play at 8:00.

Coach Keady and Coach Curry have both invited back a handful (8-15) of our former Bball players to meet fans at the Pep Rally. I've also secured the Old Oaken Bucket for the Pep Rally. I have an armed guard there to protect it - but fans will still be able to get "up close and person" with OUR bucket. I know several people who say they're bringing their camera to take Christmas card photos w/ the bucket.

Keadyball T-shirts are currently on sale at Follett's Black & Gold Mine and inside Mackey Arena during home basketball games. I was told that they will also have some Keadyball shirts available at Purdue Pride's booth at the Pep Rally. All the Keadyball shirts are short sleeve (long sleeves were only for students in The Gene Pool).

In case you've never had the pleasure of visiting IU's basketball message board at www.peegs.com, where the slightest questioning of anything related to the sanctity of IU basketball glory is grounds for permanent blacklisting, I'd encourage you to take The Peegs Challenge and see how long you can last as a Purdue fan. I've been banned for over a year now for daring any IU fan to bet me $100 straight up on this year's Bucket Game. I said that immediately after last year's debacle in Gloomington and though I was scorned and ridiculed, I still could not find one taker on the bet. I sure got banned indefinitely without any warning though.

In any event, a new phrase has been coined for the groupthink mentality at peegs.com - the lemmings there shall now be called "Peegnecks" or the lowest form of rednecks. This just in, another Boiler fans has been banned by the Peegnecks for the following post:

Posted by: Bremen Boilermaker on December 10, 2002 at 11:18:35 - IP 63.146.43.172
I too have had it with the Peegnecks...This list is 9 reasons why I would find it difficult to become associated with indiana university at the moment. These are not opinions, but FACTS gathered from local newspapers within the last month or so. Somebody please feel free to add number 10 to complete this list.

1. Indiana University's guarantee of a degree in four years was recinded due to budget difficulties.

2. Professors pension plan still under funded for the future.

3. Former basketball coach and several alumni suing the board of trustees for various reasons.

4. Athletic department is almost $4MM behind budget after firing athletic director.

5. No Athletic Director in sight.

6. No University President to hire an athletic director in sight.

7. Best football player transfers.

8. Journalism school went "Hard Core" a few weeks ago...

9. 9 years without a bowl game. Twice as many "P;s" than "i's" on the bucket.

Feel free to add number 10 to the list, but knowing this group, we will have 20 facts (Not opinions) on why being a boilermaker is better than being a hoosier.

Well folks, I've rambled on long enough on the IU hoops game topic so I'll move on to football. Our opponent will be The Washington Huskies and tickets can be ordered now at www.purduesports.com or by calling 1-800-49-SPORT. If you cannot go, you can choose to donate your ticket to a local youth who may become a Boiler Fan for life. Just hit the website linked above or call the number and the ticket office can accept your donation which is tax deductible.

On the recruiting front, QB Clayton Richard officially verballed to Michigan and so did OL Pat Sharrow. However, 4 star DE Doug Van Dyke, 4 star DE Ray Edwards, and 4 star TE Garret Bushong are leaning towards Purdue or so it seems. Landing all 3 of these kids would be a major coup for our program. Heck, landing 2 of the 3 would be pretty darn good too. 3 star OL Chris Norwell still seems to be a slight lean our way and we have some other prospects from Florida and Texas that may pop up over the next couple of weeks. That is all for now.

-Barclay

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Purdue's Top Gun Reloads

Deane shakes off early slump

By Jeff Washburn, Journal and Courier

http://www.boilerstation.com/hoops/stories/200212100purdue_hoops1039497416.shtml

He's back. In a big way. Through the Purdue basketball team's first two games, senior guard Willie Deane was averaging only 10.5 points and shooting 27.8 percent from the field, including 20 percent from 3-point range.

Certainly, those numbers are not reflective of the Big Ten's 2002 leading scorer, who averaged 17.3 points for all games.

"I didn't think my shot was off," Deane said. "I was just trying to do a lot more things. Maybe I was thinking too much out there. But I've been trying to let the game come to me.

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Experience, Kartelo's return should improve rebounding

By Jeff Washburn, Journal and Courier

http://www.boilerstation.com/hoops/stories/200212102purdue_hoops1039497416.shtml

"At 4-1, the Purdue men's basketball team has shown significant improvement in almost every category.

Except rebounding.

Including their 95-65 victory against San Diego in Saturday's Boilermaker Invitational championship in Mackey Arena, coach Gene Keady's team has been outrebounded 186-180 (37.2-36.0).

•MEDICAL REPORT -- Sophomore point guard Brandon McKnight's sore hamstring is improving daily, and Keady anticipates he will play Saturday when the Boilermakers meet seventh-ranked Indiana."

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PURDUE MENS BASKETBALL:
San Diego @ Purdue Recap

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Purdue 95 San Diege 65
http://oldgoldfreepress.com/columnist/Waggs06/columns/112.shtml

Date: 12/08/2002
Author: Waggs06
© Waggs06

Great 40 minutes by Purdue vs San Diego. Other than being outrebounded and only shooting 18 free throws, Purdue played very well. Hitting over 50% from the field and from 3pt range along with over 70% from the line. Teague, Deane, and Kilgore hit a combined 13 three-pointers. Purdue never trailed after about 7 or 8 minutes into the game and led by 23 at the half. Near the end of the game the Gene Pool being chanting "BEAT IU" Looking forward to the game next Saturday, I will be there for the men's game since I have an exam that afternoon.
(Excel format)

+/- Player Stats (Excel format)

Attendance: 10,085

Keady Ball Total Points: 80

1. Opponent shooting percentage 38.5% - 16 points
2. Opponent points 65 - 16 points
3. Rebounds 33-45 (-12) - 4 points
4. Shooting percentage 52.3% - 16 points
5. Free throws attempted 18 - 8 points
6. Turnovers 12 - 16 points

Leadership point (LEA)
Floorburn point (FLO)
Stopper point (STP)
Survivor point (SUR)

Link to Keady Ball points system: Keady Ball

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PURDUE MENS BASKETBALL:
Purdue 95 - San Diego 65: Box Score + 5 gm Statistics Totals

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Date: 12/08/2002
Author: Brad_Jewell
© Brad_Jewell

Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICSSan Diego vs Purdue Boilermakers12/7/02 8:07 PM EST at Mackey Arena - West Lafayette, IN--------------------------------------------------------------------------------VISITORS: San Diego 4-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN14 Delzell, Matt....... f 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1534 Blair, Jason........ f 4-10 0-1 2-2 6 5 11 2 10 1 4 0 1 2243 Keep, Jason......... c 10-15 0-0 4-6 5 4 9 3 24 1 1 2 2 3203 Smith, Travis....... g 2-7 0-3 0-0 2 1 3 3 4 3 4 0 0 2010 Morris, Roy......... g 4-12 2-6 2-2 0 2 2 2 12 3 3 1 1 2801 Sane, Abdou......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 404 Lechtenberg, Brad... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 405 Nevin, Joey......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 411 Stockalper, Derek... 2-6 1-3 0-2 1 1 2 0 5 0 2 0 1 1320 McGrain, Mike....... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1632 Belser, Corey....... 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 2042 Lewis, Nick......... 2-3 1-1 1-2 0 3 3 1 6 0 3 0 0 1454 Hegarty, Ryan....... 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 5 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 TEAM................ 3 1 4 Totals.............. 25-65 4-20 11-18 21 24 45 18 65 14 23 3 8 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd Half: 12-35 34.3% Game: 38.5% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 2-11 18.2% Game: 20.0% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 61.1% 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOME TEAM: Purdue Boilermakers 4-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN03 Buscher, Brett...... f 6-7 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 3 12 1 2 1 0 2333 Kilgore, Darmetreis. f 6-12 4-6 0-0 0 0 0 4 16 0 1 0 0 2531 Booker, Chris....... c 2-4 0-1 0-1 2 3 5 2 4 2 1 1 4 2500 Deane, Willie....... g 7-16 5-8 3-4 2 6 8 2 22 6 2 0 2 2420 Lowe, Kenneth....... g 6-10 1-2 3-4 0 3 3 3 16 3 1 0 2 2702 Teague, David....... 4-6 4-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 12 1 1 1 1 1704 Ford, Andrew........ 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 411 Parkinson, Austin... 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 1624 Buckley, Melvin..... 1-4 0-2 2-2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1334 Garrity, Kevin...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 642 Kiefer, Matt........ 1-2 0-0 3-5 1 4 5 3 5 0 2 1 0 20 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 34-65 14-25 13-18 10 23 33 22 95 19 12 4 10 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 19-35 54.3% 2nd Half: 15-30 50.0% Game: 52.3% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 56.0% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 72.2% 2,1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Officials: Gene Monje, Glenn Mayborg, Sam BanksTechnical fouls: San Diego-None. Purdue Boilermakers-None.Attendance: 10109Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalSan Diego..................... 30 35 - 65Purdue Boilermakers........... 53 42 - 95Championship game of the Boilermaker Invitational Points in the paint- USD 40 PUR 26Points off turnovers- USD 6 PUR 332nd chance points- USD 24 PUR 13Fast break points- USD 2 PUR 6Bench points- USD 14 PUR 25Score tied-6 times. Lead changes-4 times. |TOTALS| |-3PTS-| |--REBOUND--|## Player G-S Min-Avg FG-GA %% 3G-3A %% FT-TA %% Of Df Tot Avg PF-F A TO Bk St Pts Avg--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------00 W Deane..... 5-5 122 24.4 27-59 .46 7-19 .37 18-21 .86 3 13 16 3.2 13 1 13 12 1 7 79 15.820 K Lowe...... 5-5 127 25.4 21-39 .54 5-10 .50 19-21 .91 4 17 21 4.2 17 1 7 4 0 4 66 13.233 D Kilgore... 4-2 88 22.0 17-33 .52 9-16 .56 2-5 .40 1 9 10 2.5 11 1 2 5 1 2 45 11.303 B Buscher... 5-5 123 24.6 19-39 .49 0-1 .00 13-18 .72 12 14 26 5.2 14 0 4 9 2 1 51 10.231 C Booker.... 5-2 119 23.8 16-36 .44 0-1 .00 8-13 .62 10 17 27 5.4 13 1 7 9 2 8 40 8.002 D Teague.... 5-0 85 17.0 10-29 .35 10-22 .46 6-9 .67 2 9 11 2.2 4 0 4 3 2 2 36 7.242 M Kiefer.... 5-0 90 18.0 9-16 .56 0-0 .00 10-14 .71 11 13 24 4.8 15 0 11 4 2 1 28 5.610 B McKnight.. 3-3 74 24.7 6-14 .43 0-0 .00 4-6 .67 1 4 5 1.7 1 0 6 6 0 3 16 5.324 M Buckley... 5-0 63 12.6 7-15 .47 3-8 .38 4-4 1.0 4 6 10 2.0 1 0 1 1 2 1 21 4.205 I Kartelo... 3-3 32 10.7 3-4 .75 0-0 .00 0-1 .00 3 3 6 2.0 8 0 1 6 0 2 6 2.011 A Parkinson. 5-0 57 11.4 2-4 .50 0-0 .00 2-4 .50 0 3 3 0.6 4 0 13 3 0 2 6 1.234 K Garrity... 4-0 13 3.3 2-3 .67 0-0 .00 0-2 .00 1 1 2 0.5 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.004 A Ford...... 2-0 7 3.5 0-3 .00 0-1 .00 0-0 .00 0 3 3 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 TEAM........ 6 10 16 3.2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....... 5 1000 139-294 34-78 86-118 58 122 180 36.0 105 4 69 64 12 34 398 79.6 .473 .436 .729 Opponents... 5 1000 116-295 25-93 68-101 72 114 186 37.2 108 - 64 86 18 25 325 65.0 .393 .269 .673 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total------------------------------ ---- ---- ----Purdue Boilermakers........... 188 210 - 398Opponents..................... 153 172 - 3
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PURDUE MENS BASKETBALL:Middle Tennessee State @ Purdue Recap
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Purdue 85 Middle Tennessee State 56Date: 12/07/2002Author: Waggs06 © Waggs06
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The first 10-12 minutes of the first half did not look good, but we took control in the last 8 minutes or so of the half and never looked back. The 2nd half was a different story, we looked good from start to finish and stretched the lead from 11 points at halftime to the final difference of 29 points. The 3 freshman Teague, Kiefer, and Buckley all had good games combining for 26 points. Buckley had the play of a game on a reverse layup and Kiefer led the team in rebounds and assists for the 2nd straight game. Teague had several nice moves to the basket, but couldn't convert on several of his shots. Lowe and Deane paced the way with 16 and 15 points respectively, as they both also shot over 50% from the field. The championship game vs San Diego should be a good one as they have beaten UCLA and have several big players including 2 at 6'10+. I will not be posting a link for the +/- in each of my columns, however it may not be updated for that game yet, but I will uploaded the file as soon as Dave sends it to me.
Sortable Game Statistics (Excel format)

+/- Player Stats (Excel format)

Attendance: 10,085

Keady Ball Total Points: 94

1. Opponent shooting percentage 36.8% - 16 points
2. Opponent points 56 - 16 points
3. Rebounds 35-38 (-3) - 13 points
4. Shooting percentage 47.4% - 13 points
5. Free throws attempted 34 - 16 points
6. Turnovers 11 - 16 points

Floorburn point (FLO)
Stopper point (STP)
Survivor point (SUR)
Elimination point (ELI)

Link to Keady Ball points system: Keady Ball

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Deane leads balanced attack

Boilermakers pound San Diego 95-65

By Jeff Washburn, Journal and Courier

http://www.boilerstation.com/hoops/stories/200212071purdue_hoops1039324393.shtml

"High risk. High return. So it is with basketball's 3-pointer, which the Purdue men used Saturday night as the catalyst for their 95-65 Boilermaker Invitational championship game victory against San Diego.

With the visiting Toreros (4-2) packing their defense, Purdue's David Teague, Willie Deane, Darmetreis Kilgore and Kenneth Lowe feasted from beyond the arc in Mackey Arena, where 10,109 gathered for the title game.

Those four combined for eight treys in 11 attempts during the first 20 minutes, when the Boilermakers built an insurmountable 53-30 lead."

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purdue 95, san diego 65

Purdue turns final into rout

By Mark Ambrogi

mark.ambrogi@indystar.com

December 08, 2002

"WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- San Diego basketball coach Brad Holland told Purdue coach Gene Keady after the game that he was sorry his team didn't give the Boilermakers more competition.

For the first eight minutes Saturday night, San Diego gave Purdue a test. The Boilermakers then used one torrid stretch to blow away the Toreros. Purdue employed a 22-0 run to erase a three-point deficit and take command in the first half.

Purdue senior guard Willie Deane scored a team-high 22 points to lead the 95-65 rout in the Boilermaker Invitational final before a Mackey Arena crowd of 10,109. Deane was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player."

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Boilermakers overpower Blue Raiders

Deane, Lowe trigger Purdue's 85-56 victory

By Jeff Washburn, Journal and Courier

http://www.boilerstation.com/hoops/stories/200212060purdue_hoops1039238792.shtml

"This was a snapshot of what a successful Purdue men's basketball effort probably will look like throughout the 2002-03 season.

The Boilermakers featured tenacious defense, balanced scoring and strong play from their talented freshmen Friday night, pulling away from Middle Tennessee State 85-56 in Mackey Arena.

It's Purdue's 19th consecutive Boilermaker Invitational victory, setting up tonight's championship game against San Diego, which defeated IUPUI 81-74 in Friday's opener."

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purdue 85, Middle Tennessee State 56

Boilers cruise past Blue Raiders

Lowe scores 16, Deane 15 as Purdue wins despite missing 2 starters to injury.

By Michael Pointer

michael.pointer@indystar.com

December 07, 2002

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Most schools schedule on-campus tournaments for the chance to fatten up on lesser teams. Purdue took advantage of it Friday night.

Kenneth Lowe had 16 points and Willie Deane added 15 as Purdue beat Middle Tennessee State 85-56 in the Boilermaker Invitational, even though it was playing without two injured starters.

"The first half was just so sloppy," said Lowe, who led Purdue in scoring for the third time in four games. "At halftime, we talked about correcting our mistakes. We wanted to put more pressure on the ball."

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Purdue to play Washington in Sun Bowl

Associated Press

December 08, 2002

http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/4/006874-4294-094.html

"EL PASO, Texas -- Washington accepted an invitation Sunday to play Purdue in the Sun Bowl, setting up a rematch of the Huskies' victory in the 2001 Rose Bowl.

The game is scheduled for Dec. 31 at 2 p.m. EST. The Huskies (7-5, 4-4 Pac-10) will make their fourth Sun Bowl trip. They beat Texas 14-7 in 1979, lost 28-6 to Alabama in 1986 and lost to Iowa 38-18 in 1995.

"We are very excited to return to El Paso," Washington athletic director Barbara Hedges said. "The Sun Bowl is one of the oldest bowl games and they do a tremendous job of hosting the participating schools."

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