No. 7 Purdue cruises to exhibition win (AP)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:17:43 PST

Keaton Grant had 14 points and five steals, and the No. 7 Purdue Boilermakers beat California of Pennsylvania 78-44 in an exhibition game on Tuesday night. JaJuan Johnson, a returning All-Big Ten selection, added 12 points and three blocks, and E'Twaun Moore and D.J. Byrd each scored 11 for the Boilermakers, who jumped out to an 18-point halftime lead before coasting.

Pennsylvania Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:24:39 PDT

Year in and year out, there's no Ivy League program with more of a big-time feel than Penn. That can be good and bad, as coach Glen Miller and the Quakers are finding out.

Penn might play in a league noted for academics, but it's located in a city that prides itself on being perhaps the biggest college basketball hotbed in the country.

The Quakers aren't only members of the Ivy League, they're part of the Big Five, a city-wide group that also includes Villanova, Temple, LaSalle and St. Joseph's.

Add Drexel to the mix, and there's no shortage of big-time basketball in the area—and no shortage of fans with high expectations.

That hasn't been a great thing for Miller, who has struggled in years two and three since taking over for Fran Dunphy, who now is...