Getting To Know The Hoosiermakers... Er, Mastodons  First off,
some housekeeping. Word on the street is that the $60 allotment
is sold out of our group tickets to see JJ and Smooge with the
Celtics on January 14. The two balcony groups are still
available, however, so buy today. The password is: Purdue.  Now,
onto today's game. We're 4-0 all-time against the IPFW
Hoosiermakers Mastodons. IPFW likely ranks last among the
state's Division I teams. They are the only program in the state
that has yet to make an NCAA Tournament. With IUPUI's upset of
Ball State last night they probably slid behind the Jaguars in
this year's state rankings. Still, this is a team loaded with
in-state players that are familiar with our in-state guys.
Corey Schmidt worked with this site last year when we played
Oakland, and now he is the manager of an uber-Summit League blog
called Summit Madness. He contacted me earlier this week to ask
some questions about out Boilers, and he had the following to
say about the Mastodons:  T-Mill: H