Purdue is No. 1 with a bullet -- but early-season wins have Arizona, Illinois, Duke and Louisville in great spots

A pair of college basketball heavyweights collide Thursday night in Tuscaloosa as Alabama hosts Purdue for a Top 10 matchup.

Sinan Huan left his native China and will join the Boilermakers, most recently from Maryland. He joins a program with a track record for developing centers, and was a needed addition.

The Crimson Tide men's basketball head coach wasn't pleased with his team's performance against Purdue on Thursday night.

The Purdue Boilermakers come to Tuscaloosa ranked as the nation's No. 1 overall team, led by one of college basketball's top players in Braden Smith.

Purdue enters the game 2-0 after 29- and 10-point wins over Evansville and Oakland to open the season, respectively. The wins were never in doubt for the Boilermakers, but they nonetheless dropped one spot in Monday's AP Top 25 poll from No. 1 to No. 2.

Alabama men’s basketball gave Purdue all it could handle, but in the end, the Crimson Tide couldn’t finish the job. The Boilermakers outlasted Alabama 87-80 on Thursday at Coleman Coliseum. Here are three takeaways from the game between No.

Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer have been staples of Purdue basketball since arriving before the 2022-23 season. On Thursday night, they made program history.