Former Siena men's basketball player Cory Magee, who was forced to end his career because of a head injury, is serving as a student assistant coach this season.

Purdue's JaJuan Johnson dunks the ball against Penn State during the second half.

Ia m already going crazy in March and the madness has hardly begun. Filling out an NCAA mena s basketball bracket shouldna t be too hard, but Ia ve already practiced my own jump shot by creating a pile of neglected projections in my waste basket.

Purdue's offense is in disarray without Robbie Hummel, and the Boilermakers have run out of time to get it figured out.

Thirteenth-seeded Siena will finally face No. 4 Purdue on the court at 2:30 p.m. EDT today at Spokane Arena, ending a week of hype in which the Boilermakersa Robbie Hummel was the hottest topic, despite the fact that he was lost for the season three weeks ago.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Have you got your bracket filled out and ready to go? You may have heard that question a few times in the last several days in anticipation of today's start of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, especially if you're a guy known to be interested in sports.

Maybe President Obama had enough excitement with the health care battle, because his NCAA bracket is a snooze-fest . Where's the drama? Where's the intrigue? His bracket features virtually no upsets -- aside from a few predictable first rounders that everyone's picking -- and he's got no mid-majors making the Elite Eight .

For all the talk about parity in college basketball, I once again don't see it at the top.

On the Web: For more on Purdue in the NCAA tournament, go to our blog, Boiling Points, at www.journalgazette.net Purdue was the picture of efficiency on offense most of this season.

There was a time when the Big Ten was rolling. Going into the Big Ten Tournament, the conference had four teams in the top 13 of the AP poll, Purdue had managed to win four of five since Robbie Hummel's knee injury, Michigan State was 5-1 in its last six, Wisconsin was on a four-game winning streak and Ohio State was playing like a logical pick for ...