The Purdue Boilermakers are looking good in bracketology after a thrilling Thursday victory. The Miami Hurricanes helped their own cause as well.
Elsewhere, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons improved to one game above .500 by defeating a Florida State team that was without superstar freshman Ta’Niya Latson.
The reigning SEC Tournament champ, Kentucky, and a storied Texas A&M program under a big-name new head coach in Joni Taylor are both still dancing — not in the Big Dance, but in the little dance that is the SEC Tournament. They have to win the whole thing to get into the NCAA Tournament, but they’ve got their moment in the spotlight for now.
Here’s more on those teams and much more from the Big Ten, ACC and SEC tournaments:
Big Ten Tournament
No. 7 seed Purdue Boilermakers over No. 10 seed Wisconsin Badgers, 57-55
Purdue won on Jayla Smith’s 3-pointer with five seconds remaining. Jeanae Terry (six points, eight rebounds, six assists, five steals) and Abbey Ellis (19 points) were the other stars.
Julie Popisilova and Maty Wilke had 17 points apiece in defeat.
Smith’s three may end up ensuring the Boilermakers make the Big Dance. They were part of the “last four byes” in ESPN’s Tuesday bracketology. A loss to Wisconsin (No. 111 in the NET rankings) and…
