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GRAHAM: Tony Hinkle Was Right. He Still Is.

WEST LAFAYETTE – Hall of Fame coach Tony Hinkle, the late Butler great, observed that winning in a basketball game comes down to this:

Whichever team puts the round orange ball through the round orange rim more often.

As such, Purdue deservedly defeated Indiana, 70-55, Saturday afternoon.

Sure, there were sundry subtleties that affected how the game turned out. Purdue played a bit better, overall. It had three fewer turnovers on the day, for example.

But shooting, or more precisely Indiana's lack thereof, was the factor that mattered most.

IU shot .