Indiana-Purdue rivalry

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Indiana-Purdue Rivalry
Indiana University Purdue University
Established 1824 1869
Primary Location Bloomington, IN West Lafayette, IN
Enrollment 38,247 39,333
Nickname Hoosiers Boilermakers
School Colors Crimson & Cream Old Gold & Black
Varsity Teams 24 20
Crimson & Gold Cup Wins 3 3

The Indiana-Purdue rivalry is a college rivalry between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Purdue Boilermakers. It is regarded as the most intense in the state of Indiana and one of the best rivalries in the country.[1] The Hoosiers represent the Bloomington campus of the Indiana University system, and the Boilermakers represent the West Lafayette campus of the Purdue University system. The two campuses are the flagship public institutions of higher learning in the state of Indiana, and they have the two highest enrollments in the state. Both programs have been members of the prestigious Big Ten Conference for over 100 years, ensuring yearly competition across all sports and adding conference standing implications to the rivalry.

Each year the Hoosiers and the Boilers compete for the Crimson & Gold Cup along with additional traveling trophies in four sports. The Crimson & Gold cup is an all-sports traveling trophy started in 2001, then known as the Titan Series. The schools accumulate points based on the results of head-to-head competition or standings at the Big Ten championships for olympic sports, and the program with the most points at the end of the year wins the trophy. A total of 20 points are available in the competition, one point for each sport in which both school compete. Purdue captured the Cup in 2003, 2004, and 2007 while Indiana won in 2002, 2005, and 2006. The largest margin of victory has been a mere four points during Indiana's 2005 win and twice the winner has been determined by a single point.[2] The Hoosiers and Boilers also compete for the Old Oaken Bucket in football, the Monon Spike in volleyball, the Barn Burner Trophy in women's basketball, and the Golden Boot in women's soccer.[3]

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[edit] Men's Basketball

Basketball Rivalry
Series Wins 84 107
Big Ten
Championships		 20 21
National
Championships		 5 1*
NCAA Tournament
Appearances		 35 21
Consensus All-American
Selections		 15 16
National POY 2 2
See also: Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball and Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

Indiana and Purdue compete in one of the most intense and important basketball rivalries in the nation.[4] Purdue leads the all-time series 107-83, which began in 1901. Both schools have won more Big Ten championships in basketball than any other member, Purdue has 21 titles and Indiana has 20. Additionally, Indiana has won 5 NCAA championships in basketball and Purdue was awarded the 1932 Helms Foundation national title. Each has captured one post-season NIT championship, Purdue won in 1974, and Indiana won in 1979 by defeating arch-rival Purdue in the final at Madison Square Garden. The two teams also met in the post-season in the following year in the 1980 NCAA Sweet 16, with Purdue winning on their way to the Final Four.

The rivalry was dominated in its early years by Purdue, who won 51 of the first 62 games through 1939, including four winning streaks of more than eight games. In 1940 Indiana won both yearly contests for the first time ever and went on to win the NCAA tournament. The rivalry has been hotly contested every year since. The intensity of the rivalry reached new heights throughout the 1970s, '80s, and '90s when Bob Knight and Gene Keady coached Indiana and Purdue, respectively. The two legends combined for 16 Big Ten titles and 13 Big Ten Coach of the Year awards while leading the Hoosiers and Boilers. Some felt the rivalry lessened in quality and intensity when Bob Knight was fired from Indiana in 2000 while Gene Keady struggled in his final years before retiring from Purdue in 2005.[5] However, new coaches Matt Painter at Purdue and Kelvin Sampson at Indiana combined with influxes of talent at both schools has reenergized the rivalry.[6][7]

[edit] Memorable Games

Purdue 51 - Indiana 49, Bloomington, February 28, 1948

With five seconds remaining, Purdue's Howie Williams dove under the basket to rebound a loose ball and shot the game winner while sitting on the floor.[8]

Indiana 53 - #15 Purdue 52, 1979 NIT Championship Game, New York, March 21, 1979

After splitting the regular season series at one win apiece, Indiana squeaked by Purdue 53-52 in the first-ever post-season meeting between the Hoosiers and the Boilers in the final game of the 1979 NIT.

#20 Purdue 76 - #7 Indiana 69, 1980 NCAA Sweet 16, Lexington, March 13, 1980

Purdue dominated Indiana in the only NCAA tournament game the two sides have ever met in. Keith Edmonson and Drake Morris each scored 20 points for Purdue to push them into the Elite Eight. Indiana only led once the entire game despite 30 points from freshman Isiah Thomas. Purdue reached the Final Four before losing to UCLA.[8]

Purdue 72 - Indiana 63, Bloomington, February 23, 1985

This game provided the defining moment in the Indiana-Purdue basketball rivalry. Just five minutes into the game, a scramble for a loose ball resulted in a foul call on Indiana's Daryl Thomas. Knight irately insisted the call should have been for a jump ball until he received a technical foul. Purdue's Steve Reid stepped to the free throw line to shoot the resulting free throws, but before he could Knight grabbed a red plastic chair from Indiana's bench and threw it across the floor toward the basket in front of Reid.

Knight was ejected, but he received a standing ovation as he left the floor from the home crowd at Assembly Hall, and the crowd quickly became hostile and dangerous. Fans went so far as to throw coins at the Purdue bench after Knight's ejection. Purdue players at the game recalled being scared to play because of how loud and hostile the crowd was. Despite the crowd, Purdue went on to defeat Indiana 72-63 on their way to a 20-9 season, while Indiana finished the year 16-13 and missed the NCAA tournament.

Knight apologized for his actions the next day and was given a one-game suspension from the Big Ten. Since the incident, Knight has occasionally joked about throwing the chair. A common version told by Knight is that he saw an old lady standing on the opposite sideline and threw her the chair so she could sit down.

The picture of Knight throwing the red plastic chair across the floor in front of Reid has since become the symbol of the Indiana-Purdue rivlary. Replays of the toss have been shown during nearly every match-up since 1985.[9][10]

#4 Indiana 88 - #4 Purdue 77, Bloomington, January 31, 1987

In 1987 Indiana and Purdue met for the first time with both teams ranked in the Top 10, ironically they were tied in the AP poll at #4. Indiana won 88-77, but the two would meet again that year.

#6 Purdue 75 - #3 Indiana 64, West Lafayette, February 26, 1987

In the 1987 rematch at West Lafayette, both teams came into the game still ranked in the Top 10. This time around, Purdue handled Indiana for a 75-64 win. Purdue was led by 18 points from Troy Lewis. Indiana All-American Steve Alford was held to only 1 point in the first half as Purdue led by 9 points at the break. Despite the loss, Indiana would go on to win their 5th National Championship that season.[8]

Purdue 83 - #8 Indiana 76 OT, West Lafayette, January 18, 1994

Purdue had been swept by Indiana the previous year and came into the game looking to knock off the highly- ranked Hoosiers. The game was back and forth with the teams trading leads several times down the stretch and at the end of regulation they stayed tied. But in overtime, Purdue pulled away from Indiana to win 83-76.[11]

Purdue 89 - Indiana 87 OT, Bloomington, February, 18, 1997

Purdue's Chad Austin hit the game winner with 0.6 seconds remaining in overtime to give Purdue their 4th win in a row against the Hoosiers. Austin scored 18 and Purdue freshman Brian Cardinal scored 25 points in the game. Indiana's own freshman A. J. Guyton scored 31 points including a three-pointer to tie the game at 87 just moments before Austin won it. The victory was the 400th of Gene Keady's career.[12]

Indiana 66 - Purdue 63, Indianapolis, December 14, 2002

The Big Ten had featured an imbalanced conference schedule since increasing to 11 members in 1993, and it finally reached the Indiana-Purdue rivalry as the two were only scheduled for one meeting in each of the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. However, the two schools planned a non-conference game for December 14, 2002, at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. The game was nicknamed the "Duel in the Dome" and a total of 32,055 Hoosier and Boiler fans filled into the Dome to see the game.

The #6 ranked Hoosiers held off Purdue 66-63 in the game. Indiana jumped out early and led by as many as six points at 17-11 before Purdue used a 12-1 run to go ahead by six points themselves at 27-21. But Indiana closed the gap and at halftime Purdue led 29-27. After only one lead change in the first half, the second half featured 5 ties and 9 lead changes as the teams battled back and forth. Indiana took the lead for good at 50-49 with 5:36 remaining, but Purdue never trailed by more than five points and the game wasn't over until Jeff Newton stole Purdue's inbound pass with one second remaining. Newton scored 16 points to lead the Hoosiers, including 9 crucial points in the final three minutes.[13]

Indiana 75 - Purdue 73 2OT, West Lafayette, January 15, 2005

Indiana escaped Mackey Arena with a two-point win after two overtimes and a couple of controversial foul calls in Keady's final home game of the rivalry. Purdue had led the entire game until Indiana used a 14-0 run to take a four point lead with twelve minutes remaining in the second half. The teams battled back and forth until David Teague gave Purdue a 55-52 lead with only 25 seconds remaining. However, Indiana's Marshall Strickland tied the game on a three-point play and they went to overtime.

In the first overtime, the Hoosiers and Boilers were tied 61-61 when a questionable foul was called on Purdue's Andrew Ford with 0.9 seconds remaining. Strickland hit two free throws to give Indiana the lead. But Purdue heaved a pass to the opposite end of the court where Carl Landry made a layup and was fouled as he shot. After reviewing the call on video replay, the referees ruled that although Landry had released the shot after the buzzer, he had been fouled before time expired and gave him continuation to count the basket. Landry then missed the ensuing free-throw with no time on the clock, and the teams went to double-overtime tied at 63.

In the second overtime, Indiana had a 74-70 lead before Teague hit a three-pointer with 5.7 seconds remaining to pull Purdue within one. Bracey Wright then made one free throw for Indiana, and Purdue missed a last-second heave to make the final score 75-73 in favor of the Hoosiers. This was the first, and thus far only, double-overtime game in the history of the Indiana-Purdue basketball series.[14]

#15 Indiana 77 - #14 Purdue 68, February 19, 2008

At Bloomington, Eric Gordon scored 22 points to lead No. 15 Indiana to a 77-68 victory over No. 14 Purdue in the Hoosiers' last game before the completion of the school's investigation into accusations that Kelvin Sampson committed major rules violations. This would ultimately be Sampson's final game as Indiana's head coach as he would resign two days later. This win snapped Purdue’s 11-game winning streak and brought Indiana within one-half game of the Boilermakers at the top of the Big 10 conference standings. [15]

[edit] Football

Football Rivalry
Series Wins 35 68
Big Ten
Championships		 2 8
Bowl Game
Appearances		 8 15
Main article: Old Oaken Bucket
See also: Indiana Hoosiers football and Purdue Boilermakers football

Indiana and Purdue first met in football in 1891 and Purdue leads the all-time series 68-35-6. In 1925 the teams played for the Old Oaken Bucket for the first time. The game ended in a 0-0 tie, resulting in the first "I-P" link. Purdue leads the Bucket series 54-25-3.






[edit] Other Sports

Women's Basketball

The Hoosiers and Boilermakers first met in women's basketball in the 1975-76 season. Purdue leads the all-time series 40-23. They introduced the traveling Barn Burner Trophy during the 1993-94 season, and Purdue leads the series since then 24-5.

Volleyball

Purdue leads the all-time series in volleyball over Indiana 47-31. The schools play for the Monon Spike traveling trophy in volleyball. Recently, Indiana defeated Purdue in 2007 to regain the Monon Spike for the first time since 2002, ending an 8-game winning streak for the Boilers over the Hoosiers.[16]

Women's Soccer

Purdue leads Indiana 9-1-1 in women's soccer since their first meeting in 1999. They added the Golden Boot trophy in 2002 which included links denoting Purdue's 7-1-1 recored against Indiana in the regular season. The lone "I" link came from Indiana's victory in the 1999 inaugural matchup. Since then, the best Indiana could manage was a 1-1 tie in 2005. In 2007, Purdue retained the Golden Boot with a 7-0 dismantling of the Hoosiers.[17]

Baseball

The Hoosiers and Boilermakers first met in baseball in 1888 and Indiana leads the all-time series 134-118-2.

Softball

Indiana and Purdue first met in softball in 1994 and Purdue leads the series 16-12 after sweeping both games from the Hoosiers in 2007.

[edit] Crimson and Gold Cup

Crimson and Gold Cup Points
2007-2008 10 10
2006-2007 9.5 10.5
2005-2006 11.5 8.5
2004-2005 12 8
2003-2004 9 11
2002-2003 9.5 10.5
2001-2002 10.5 9.5

A rivalry cup between Indiana and Purdue was introduced in fall of 2001, known then as the Titan Series. In series of athletic match ups in all different sports each school can earn points for winning contests. A total of 20 points can be won throughout the year. Whichever school has the most points at the end of the athletic season will be awarded the trophy. The series was renamed the Crimson & Gold Cup in the fall of 2004.[18]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Indiana-Purdue rivalry receives 74% of vote in Sports Illustrated poll on state of Indiana
  2. ^ Crimson & Gold Cup history
  3. ^ Purdue-Indiana trophy rivalries
  4. ^ College basketball's best rivalries
  5. ^ On the wane: Indiana vs. Purdue
  6. ^ "Purdue-IU rivalry roars back to life" Indianapolis Star January 10, 2007.
  7. ^ New talent brings new rivalries
  8. ^ a b c Purdue Media Guide pgs. 121-123
  9. ^ Knight's chair toss resonates 20 years later
  10. ^ Video of Knight throwing the chair
  11. ^ Indiana Purdue games on the Big Ten Network
  12. ^ Last-second shot finishes Purdue sweep of Indiana
  13. ^ Indiana defeats Purdue in Duel in the Dome
  14. ^ Hoosiers avoid another last-second heartbreaker
  15. ^ Gordon scores 22 points to lead No. 15 Indiana to 77-68 victory over No. 14 Purdue - NCAA Basketball - Yahoo! Sports
  16. ^ Hoosiers take Monon Spike (Volleyball)
  17. ^ Women's soccer Purdue 7- IU 0
  18. ^ Crimson and Gold Cup
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