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Carl Landry paces Purdue with 18.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
 
Carl Landry paces Purdue with 18.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
 
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March 11, 2007

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Put on your dancing shoes.

The Purdue men's basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament.

The Boilermakers (21-11, 9-7 Big Ten), under second-year head coach Matt Painter, are the No. 9 seed in the Midwest Region and will take on eighth-seeded Arizona (20-10, 11-7 Pac-10) on Friday, March 16, at New Orleans Arena. Tip time is 7:20 p.m. Eastern Time (6:20 p.m. in New Orleans).

The winner of the Purdue-Arizona game will take on the winner of defending national champion and No. 1 seed Florida (29-5, 13-3 SEC) and No. 16 seed Jackson State (21-13, 12-16 SWAC) on Sunday at either 2:15 p.m. or 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time.

Purdue is making its first appearance in the "Big Dance" since 2003 when, as the No. 9 seed in the South Region, the Boilermakers toppled LSU 80-56 in the first round before falling to top-seeded Texas 77-67.

Overall, Purdue has appeared in 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, posting a 27-20 record. In addition to 2003, the Boilermakers were seeded ninth in 1993, when they lost to Rhode Island 74-68 in the first round.

The Boilermakers enter the postseason playing their best basketball of the season, winning eight of their last 12 games, with three of the losses to the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, Ohio State.

Purdue and Arizona have met 10 times previously, with both teams winning five games. The teams last met Dec. 8, 2001, with the Wildcats winning 79-66 at the Wooden Classic in Anaheim, Calif.

Seniors Carl Landry and David Teague pace Purdue in scoring, averaging 18.9 and 14.3 points per game. They also are 1-2 in rebounds at 7.1 and 5.1.

Ticket Information

The Purdue Athletic Ticket Office will begin taking orders at 8 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 12. The priority deadline to order tickets from the Purdue Ticket Office will be 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 12. Tickets are priced at $50.

Ticket orders will be taken by using your John Purdue Club priority points. When the priority deadline ends, all orders will be sorted by priority points and those John Purdue Club members with the highest priority points will be allocated tickets.

John Purdue Club Champion level members, if their points allow, will be eligible to order up to four tickets, all other membership levels, again, if their points allow, will be eligible to order up to two tickets.

Approximately 30 percent of the tickets received will be allocated to students. These tickets will be sold to 2006-07 men's basketball student season ticket holders on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tickets from the Purdue Athletic Ticket Office are for the Purdue session(s) only.

If you receive a ticket for the first round, pending a successful outcome, the second-round ticket will be automatically renewed for you and placed in will-call at the site. If you have ordered using a credit card, the tickets will be charged to that account. If not, you will need to pay for the tickets when you pick them up.

 

 

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