Purdue ’s Jaden Ivey had to hear from Courtney Ramey all night as Texas ’ tenacious, talkative guard followed the future lottery pick up and down the court.
Purdue's Jaden Ivey shoots during the second half of a second-round Ncaa college basketball tournament game against Texas Sunday, March 20, 2022, in Milwaukee.
The Associated Press All-America second-team selection kept working and finished with 18 points to make sure Purdue finally got past Texas coach Chris Beard in March.
The third-seeded Boilermakers (29-7) gave away an early 14-point lead but recovered and advanced to an East Region semifinal on Friday in Philadelphia against this year’s out-of-nowhere tourney darling, the 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s.
Beard had won each of his two previous NCAA Tournament matchups with coach Matt Painter's Boilermakers, who had the better seeding each time.
Beard's Little Rock squad knocked off Purdue in the first round in 2016, and he led Texas Tech past the Boilermakers in a 2018 regional semifinal.
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