on Feb. 1 in West Lafayette. The Wildcats were missing Scottie Lindsey and Taphorn.

Northwestern, which has been featured nationally this week after the thrilling victory Wednesday, played in front of a nationally televised CBS audience for the first time since Feb. 5, 2011.

Lumpkin finished with 13 points and 7 rebounds, and Pardon added 11 points.

Purdue’s Dakota Mathias scored 13 points and provided great defense on Vic Law. In the first meeting Law was 0-for-7 shooting for one point; on Sunday, he was 2-for-13 for 4 points.

“We do a good job of knowing their sets, when he is going to get the ball, where he is going to get it, so I try to knock him out of that stuff and make it tough for him,” Mathias said. Law came into the game averaging 12.7 points.

As the regular season comes to a conclusion it is more about impressing the NCAA committee as opposed to the pollsters. Edwards said Painter challenged him and his teammates.

“Coach Painter preached about adding to our NCAA resume.

“Of course we clinched a championship, but he told us, how would you play if you had to play for a share, or if you had to win it outright, how would you play, what would your competitive nature be like, and I think that really stuck with our guys in the huddle and when we came out we were ready to go,” Edwards said.

As the top seed in the Big Ten tournament, Purdue bypasses to the quarterfinals and plays Friday. Northwestern gets a bye and will play in the second round Thursday.