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Purdue Men’s Basketball Dominates Queens: Purdue 104 – Queens 71
During this four hour trek between West Lafayette and St. Louis today I was thinking about how lucky I am to do this. How lucky all of us are to be Purdue fans. If you were on the internet at all last night or this morning you might’ve seen the long time (41 years) Nebraska […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #2 Purdue (27-8) vs. #15 Queens (21-13) & Fan Discussion
Purdue and Queens both won their conference tournaments so in that way they are on hot streaks. Purdue took down Michigan in Chicago to improve to a #2 seed and head to St. Louis. Queens finished their tournament taking down Central Arkansas and earned a #15 seed. Now, the two will meet for the right […]
2026 NCAA Tournament Day 2 Fan Discussion
Yesterday saw a fair amount of Madness with Duke nearly losing and Wisconsin actually losing. It was a fun first day. But now it’s day 2 and while I know the vast majority of our energy today will be focused on the game against Queens I wanted to give you all a place to talk […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball Staff Roundtable: How Do You Define March Madness Success?
Purdue will start the defining moment of their season in less than 12 hours and so I wanted to have a staff roundtable to talk about the Madness we are about to get into. Here’s what I asked: Given that March has always been the goal for this team, how far do they have to […]
#2 Purdue Men’s Basketball vs. #15 Queens: Staff Predictions
Today is the day. Purdue starts their 2026 NCAA Tournament journey. After seeing Duke struggle with Siena and Wisconsin lose to High Point in the early games on Thursday it should be more clear than ever that Purdue cannot take anyone for granted. It was fascinating to see a Duke player actually say that they […]
NCAA Tournament Preview: #2 Purdue vs. #15 Queens
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Purdue Fan Survey Results: NCAA Tournament Predictions
It’s NCAA Tournament time folks. Perhaps the greatest time of the year ever since that whole Christmas awakening happened in elementary school. The staff was asked to make their predictions on the game against Queens that is on Friday, you’ll see those tomorrow. So now, I wanted to ask you all about if Purdue would […]
2026 NCAA Tournament: Purdue vs. Queens Pregame Video
It was media day in St. Louis today as Purdue took the court for its open practice at the Enterprise Center in advance of facing the Queens Royals. Our crew was also in the house to cover the opening round as Purdue prepares for (hopefully) another deep tournament run. As expected from a 2/15 matchup, […]
Purdue seniors’ last chapter starts Friday night
There is nothing normal about this trip to the NCAA Tournament from the Purdue Boilermakers. In some ways, it is the norm though. Purdue and the NCAA Tournament are as tied together as any program in the sport. Purdue has been a top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament for the last nine seasons. It was […]
2026 NCAA Tournament Day 1 Fan Discussion
Continuing something that we’ve done in the past and posting this fan discussion for everyone who is able to watch the games during the afternoon slate. I know that a lot of you will be working, but I also know that a lot of you will be “working”. I took the day off so I’ve […]
Boiler Alert Podcast – The Queens Royals
Ryan and I are back with just one day to spare before Purdue starts their NCAA Tournament run as the #2 seed in the West region. Ryan and I give you our final fours, how far we have Purdue going, and who we have Purdue facing on the way. We disagree on how far Purdue […]
Purdue Basketball: Queens Preview – Analytics and Analysis
Purdue’s Round of 64 (that’s what it’s called these days…Correct?) opponent, Queens University of Charlotte, out of the A-SUN, led by coach Grant Leonard, will make its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in only its fourth season in Division 1 basketball. I covered their roster, broke down the schedule, and reviewed their results earlier […]
Predicting Purdue Men’s Basketball’s Run Through the West Region of the 2026 NCAA Tournament
16 teams. That’s how many teams sit in each region. One team will emerge from each region to represent their side of the bracket in the Final Four. Just two years ago Purdue was one of those teams and with the Final Four in Indianapolis this year, just about 60 miles away from the Purdue […]
Know Your Enemy: The Queens Royals Interview
As a blogger associated with one of the biggest sports blogging networks there are a lot of times when I can rely on the network around me to interview an upcoming Purdue opponent. That’s especially helpful come March. But, as you probably expected, there is no Queens Royals affiliate on the SB Nation team. So, […]
Purdue Readers Reacts Survey: Braden Smith #41 vs. Braden Smith #3
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Purdue fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Welcome back to another week here at Hammer and Rails. We are Big Ten Tournament Champions […]
Purdue Basketball: Queens Royals Season and Roster Review
2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 21-13 Atlantic Sun Conference Record: 13-5 KenPom Ranking: 181 Previous 3 Games 3/8: W – 98-93 (OT) vs Central Arkansas @ A-Sun Championship Game 3/7: W – 90 – 83 vs Austin Peay @ A-Sun Semifinal 3/6: W – 71 – 63 vs West Georgia @ A-Sun Quarterfinal Record vs KenPom Top 100: 0-5 11/8/25: L – […]
Early Preview: Queens, not that Queens
Purdue is in a familiar spot as a top two seed ready to face off a college whose geographical placement reads like a trivia question. This time, Purdue is the #2 seed in the West Region and will play the ASUN Tournament Champs, Queens. Sorry, Oscar, not that Queens. Instead, Queens, a small college from […]
Hammer and Rails 2026 March Madness Bracket Challenge
It’s that time of year where we all have to download the March Madness and ESPN Bracket Apps for 6 weeks before sending them back to hibernation for 46 weeks and we will have another go at creating a group for all of our readers to join and compete. But why stop there? Invite your […]
A Look Back at Fans Purdue Men’s Basketball Predictions
Throughout the season I’ve given you, the readers and Purdue fans, a chance to participate in a survey just about every week. With the regular season over, and the Big Ten Tournament complete, I thought it was a good time to take a look back at some of the predictions you all made throughout the […]
Bracket Breakdown: The West Region
Following their victory in the B1G Tournament against the Michigan Wolverines, Purdue was able to elevate themselves into the 2-seed in the West Region. The Boilers set themselves up as well as they ever have for a run in the NCAA Tourney and will first square off against 15-seeded Queens. With the first stop in […]
How The West Will Be Won
Finally, it is NCAA Tournament time. From the moment last season ended we have been waiting to make another run in the best event in all of sports, and now it is here. Purdue started the season on the short list of teams that had a real shot at winning the whole damn thing and […]
Purdue 80, Michigan 72: Postgame Video
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2 Purdue vs 15 Queens: Opening Odds
Fresh off of 4 victories in 4 days to claim the Big Ten Tournament Title, Purdue will turn its attention to Queens University on Friday in St. Louis. It was announced within an hour of the Boilermakers cutting down the United Center nets that Purdue was included amongst the 2-seeds and they would take on […]
Purdue Men’s Basketball Wins the 2026 Big Ten Tournament Championship: Purdue 80 – Michigan 72
After winning three games over the previous three days Purdue headed to the Big Ten Tournament Championship game to face a Michigan Wolverines team who dominated them in Mackey Arena in their lone matchup back in February. This one of course was for not just the championship, but also had seeding implications for the Boilermakers […]
Purdue Basketball: How to Watch #18 Purdue (26-8, 13-6) vs. #3 Michigan (31-2, 19-1) & Fan Discussion
Purdue has won three games over the last three days. They’ve taken down Northwestern, Nebraska, and UCLA. Michigan has won two games over the last two days. They’ve taken down Ohio State and Wisconsin. Now, the two meet in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game. Michigan of course lost just one game during the Big […]
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