Purdue at Illinois men’s basketball game represents one of the most difficult elements in coaching. Illinois’ Bruce Weber, who may be on the hot seat, and Purdue’s Matt Painter are as close as coaches can be. Painter often picked Weber’s brain when...

McBee, Jeronne Maymon, Kenny Hall and Jordan McRae are names Arkansas fans will need to familiarize themselves with leading into Wednesday's game. They should also expect far less of the breakneck pace and pressing Pearl preferred for the sound...

There’s a trick to that, but we have sold it to them.” The staff has done some good selling. When he came back from seven years off the sidelines last season, Lavin buffered himself with veterans with whom he’s had close ties: Gene Keady, his staff...

Other Big Ten Coaching Icons who have been chronicled in the series thus far include Ohio State's Woody Hayes (football), Iowa's Dan Gable (wrestling) and Purdue's Gene Keady (men's basketball). Amonte Hiller, now in her 11th season at the helm for...

The IU players were more “engaged” and had that “look about them” according to Painter. Ironically, Purdue’s loss to IU was followed by a documentary on the Big Ten Network on former Purdue coach Gene Keady, a scowling, menacing, foot stomping figure...

The Blue Devils won the ACC and received a No. 2 seed in the Southeast Region. They took care of their first three opponents by double digits, then knocked off Gene Keady's No. 1 seeded Purdue team 69-60 to advance to the Final Four. Duke then beat...