I am not sure if traditionalists will consider Purdue the Ohio State men’s basketball team’s primary rival, but for me, there is no other team that gets me as anxious when the Buckeyes take to the floor against them, and no other team that I am more excited when the Buckeyes beat them than the Boilermakers.
On Sunday afternoon at the Covelli Center on the Ohio State campus, teams comprised primarily of alumni of the two Big Ten schools faced off in the second round of 2021’s The Basketball Tournament. Carmen’s Crew’s quest for a second TBT title in three years continues after the home team knocked off their Purdue counterparts 80-69.