What to Expect: Purdue at Indiana

Indiana will try to knock off the nation’s No. 1 team when it hosts Purdue on Saturday at Assembly Hall. The Boilermakers are 22-1 overall, 11-1 in the Big Ten and have won nine straight games.

Saturday’s game will tip at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN:

Could this be the year Purdue breaks through and reaches the Final Four? The pieces are in place for Matt Painter to make a deep run in March.

After losing Jaden Ivey, Sasha Stefanovic and Trevion Williams, it was assumed the Boilermakers would take a step back. That has not occurred. Purdue is better than it was a season ago. Zach Edey is the frontrunner for national player of the year, Purdue’s freshmen guards have been excellent and its role players…