Young Boilers are a work in progress for Matt Painter

WEST LAFAYETTE | What do caves and the 2012-13 Purdue men's basketball roster have in common?

AL HAMNIK: Carson Cunningham to enter Purdue's time machine

That wavy crop of hair is what you first noticed as Carson Cunningham led Purdue's fastbreak with authority a dozen years ago.

Upsets plentiful in balanced Big Ten

Indiana gets it now.

Family life kept NBA hopeful E'Twaun Moore off the streets

EAST CHICAGO | It's a memory burned into E'Twaun Moore's psyche and best served by walking the straight and narrow.

Purdue's Painter likes Moore and Johnson's NBA draft chances

If Matt Painter were selling cars, you'd buy two.

Painter adds Butler assistant to staff

Purdue coach Matt Painter didn't look far for to fill one of two voids on his coaching staff.

Purdue to pay Painter $2.3 million annually in new deal

WEST LAFAYETTE | Matt Painter has a new, eight-year contract from Purdue that will pay him at least $2.3 million per year and assurances that the school will take other steps to keep the Boilermakers competitive.

Painter staying at Purdue; signs new, eight-year contract

INDIANAPOLIS | Purdue's sales pitch to Matt Painter was good enough.

Dakich feels for Painter but doesn't think Purdue's coach will head to Missouri

All it took was a media guide for Dan Dakich to see how Missouri likes to spend its money.

Johnson, Moore fall short of Purdue's goals

INDIANAPOLIS | The way Purdue's heralded 2007 recruiting class left the United Center in Chicago over the weekend didn't jibe with the hopes they took to West Lafayette as freshmen.

The awards keep on coming for Purdue

Two days after being eliminated by Virginia Commonwealth from the NCAA tournament, Purdue added to its collection of postseason awards.

AL HAMNIK: Surviving NCAA tourney field on thin ice now

CHICAGO | They call these "trap" games although St. Peter's College beating Purdue Friday night would've screamed for an NCAA investigation.

Purdue's Painter emerges from Keady's shadow

WEST LAFAYETTE | Purdue coach Matt Painter always has embraced Gene Keady's legacy.

Purdue's Johnson Big Ten Player of Year, Moore on team

PARK RIDGE, Ill. | Purdue's JaJuan Johnson was voted Big Ten Player of the Year on Monday and the Boilermakers' Matt Painter was honored as Coach of the Year after their team finished second in the Big Ten despite losing star Robbie Hummel to injury.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Taking responsibility for our community

I had the honor of offering the prayer at the Northwest Indiana Sportsmanship Dinner recently. More than 800 people, including high school basketball teams from 30 schools in the region, gather for the banquet every year. The background is inspiring.

Key injuries having impact on college basketball

Injuries have changed the landscape of college basketball as players sitting on the bench in street clothes have had as big of an impact as players on the court.

AL HAMNIK: Purdue pity party has run its course

Can we declare a moratorium on Robbie Hummel stories now?

EC's Moore pulling double duty at short-handed Purdue

CHICAGO | If coach Matt Painter had a dollar for every Robbie Hummel question he's answered since Purdue's star forward re-tore his ACL Oct. 16, he'd be sunning on a beach in the French Riviera.