Last night, Mike Carmin of the Journal & Courier reported that Mike Bobinski and Matt Painter have expressed their interest in making sure Purdue and Indiana play each other twice in the regular season every year. Currently, there are no protected rivalries within Big Ten basketball, so rivals often find themselves only playing each other once in the regular season.
“IU wants it. We want it,” Bobinski said. “It makes perfect sense from your fan perspective. It makes great sense regionally because there’s great interest in those games. Why wouldn’t you play them twice?