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Lewis Jackson heading to West Lafayette

by in Recruiting | August 9th, 2007

PurdueOne of IU’s targets in the 2008 class, 5’9″ point guard Lewis Jackson from Eisenhower High in Illinois has decided on a school and he’ll be heading to chief IU rival Purdue.

Jackson announced the decision today on Rivals.com (subscription required).

While not a devastating loss for the Hoosiers, Jackson is a true point guard who will help the Boilermakers with his pass first attitude.

The Hoosiers are already set at the point guard position over the next few seasons with Armon Bassett and Jordan Crawford (and Bud Mackey in 2008) more than capable of handling the duties.

It’ll be interesting to see what effect, if any, Jackson’s decision has on Tyler Zeller’s college destination. Jackson and Zeller are AAU teammates on Indiana Elite.

IU only gets Purdue once this season

by in Schedule | June 28th, 2007

painter.JPGApologies to those of you out there looking for a home-and-away series with the Boilermakers this season. It ain’t happening. From Goldandblack.com:

GoldandBlack.com has learned that Coach Matt Painter and his Boilermakers will play Indiana and Minnesota only once during the 2007-08 season. Sites for those games have not yet been announced.

It will be the third time Purdue and Indiana have met just once in Big Ten play in a season since the conference post-season tournament began in 1998. After meeting in 2001-02 only once (in Assembly Hall), the following season they met once in Mackey and once in what is now the RCA Dome, the latter of which didn’t count in the league standings. The Boilermakers will play Indiana and Minnesota only once during the 2007-08 season. Sites for those games have not yet been announced.

This is the swift and sway of Big Ten basketball. Due to the sheer volume of squads and odd number of them, you don’t get every team twice a year. It’s a shame, because with the solid recruiting class Purdue snagged for this upcoming season, it would have been nice to see the Boilermakers twice this season. Wake up the rivalry a little, if you will.

Personally, I just wanted to see Matt Painter’s perfect hair more.

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