The two towering centers powered their teams to the national title game. Which one comes out on top?
GLENDALE, Ariz. — During a quiet beat in the national anthem before played at Illinois on March 5, someone in the crowd screamed loud enough for everyone else to hear: “F— !” Boilermakers assistant Brandon Brantley and director of operations Elliot Bloom looked at each other and mouthed, “Thank you.” They knew what was coming. A poked bear proceeded to maul the Illini: 28 points, eight boards, three assists, two blocks and a steal in a 77-71 road win over the second-best team in the Big Ten.
” Edey, obviously, has been Purdue’s North Star all season, practically sleepwalking into nightly double-doubles. There’s a reason he’s the first player since Ralph Sampson in the early 1980s — fittingly, another 7-foot-4 unicorn — to win consecutive Wooden Awards. In the Boilermakers’ 13-point Final Four win over NC State, Edey had a team-best 20 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, and two blocks … and a day later, assessed that outing as if he’d posted a goose egg: “I didn’t have my best game.
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