WEST LAFAYETTE — Keeping tabs on opponents’ outcomes need not distract Purduemen’sbasketball from its championship goals. Boilermakers guard Fletcher Loyer might even argue it’s essential.
Purdue (19-5) is No. 7 in the AP poll and first in the Big Ten Conference with an 11-2 league record. The Boilermakers have won 11 of their past 12 games.
With that in mind, it is no surprise that the two-time reigning regular season champions of the conference, the Purdue Boilermakers, are the team that is rising above the pack. While other contenders ...