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Purdue Has Been Around Longer Than the NCAA — Why Are They Called the Boilermakers?
The first Boilermaker mascot wasn’t as people-pleasing as Pete. The first Purdue mascot, the Boilermaker Special, was a ...
Purdue basketball reverted to its brand. Now it's in NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16
It was Gene Keady who coined the "play hard" phrase. But the current day Purdue basketball team has applied it in March ...
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Mascot Madness
Our eyes won’t be on the court; they’ll be on the sidelines passionately watching the furries, or mascots as some call them.
Ranking Every Mascot in the 2025 NCAA Men's Tournament Field
At its heart, March Madness is not a spectator sport. The NCAA men's and women's tournaments are meant to be experienced viscerally—whether through your team's participation, neutral observation, or ...