NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Game Thread
I would love to know how Purdue went from "team likely to lose to Siena" to being "proof that Duke is an unstoppable force" in the course of a week. It'll have to join my list of other mysteries,...
Boilermakers (57) @ Blue Devils (70)
Friday, Mar 26, 2010, 9:53 PM EDT
NCAA Tournament - South Regional Semifinals - Reliant Stadium - Houston, TX
| Final - 3.26.2010 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue Boilermakers | 23 | 34 | 57 |
| Duke Blue Devils | 24 | 46 | 70 |
Stories
One week short
the Boilers fall short of Indianapolis thanks to Duke.
A Message for our Boilers
Hammer & Rails has a message Purdue as they prepare to face Duke: Just keep fighting
Knowing the Enemy: Sitting Down with the Duke Basketball Report
Hammer & Rails sits down with the Duke Basketball Report to talk about the Sweet 16 matchup between the two.
Know thy NCAA Tournament Opponent Round 3: Duke Blue Devils
Hammer & Rails Previews Purdue's Sweet 16 opponent: The Duke Blue Devils
What is the best Kramer Moment?
What is the best Kramer Moment?
Wrapping up the first weekend
What an opening weekend in the NCAA Tournament
Just Keep Fighting
Purdue is going to keep fighting. Everyone else is going to have to deal with it.
GameThreads
Blue Devils Fans GameThread on Duke Basketball Report
Boilermakers Fans GameThread on Hammer and Rails
Loading Game Thread from Hammer and Rails
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 23 | 34 | 57 |
| Duke | 24 | 46 | 70 |
| Purdue | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JaJuan Johnson | 30 | 10-17 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 5-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3-0 | 23 |
| Chris Kramer | 32 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Keaton Grant | 30 | 2-8 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 6 |
| Lewis Jackson | 22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| E`Twaun Moore | 36 | 7-18 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Kelsey Barlow | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| D.J. Byrd | 18 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Ryne Smith | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Mark Wohlford | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Patrick Bade | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Robbie Hummel | DNP - | ||||||||||
| John Hart | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Stevie Loveless | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Bubba Day | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Dru Anthrop | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kyle Coleman | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Sandi Marcius | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 20-54 | 4-15 | 13-21 | 27-7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21-0 | 57 | |
| .370 | .267 | .619 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Duke | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Singler | 39 | 7-16 | 4-6 | 6-8 | 8-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 24 |
| Lance Thomas | 31 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 1 |
| Brian Zoubek | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 14-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5-0 | 4 |
| Nolan Smith | 38 | 7-17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Jon Scheyer | 38 | 5-15 | 1-6 | 7-8 | 5-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Mason Plumlee | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Andre Dawkins | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Miles Plumlee | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Ryan Kelly | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Jordan Davidson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Steve Johnson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Olek Czyz | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Seth Curry | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Casey Peters | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 22-55 | 6-15 | 20-24 | 48-16 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20-0 | 70 | |
| .400 | .400 | .833 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Edward Corbett, Joseph Lindsay, Doug Shows
Duration:
Officials: - Edward Corbett, Joseph Lindsay, Doug Shows
Duration:
