March Madness: Kansas routs Purdue to punch ticket to Elite Eight

Dave DeLuca

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Kansas blew out Purdue, 98-66, in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., to advance to the Elite Eight. Kansas will play Oregon on Saturday as March Madness continues.

After trailing Purdue in the first half, Kansas closed the half on a 22-7 and that momentum carried over into the second half. The Jayhawks' explosive group of scorers were knocking down 3-pointers and skying high for dunks as Kansas looked every bit like a team capable of winning the national championship.

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Devonte' Graham and Frank Mason III each lit up the box score with a game-high 26 points for Kansas. Josh Jackson finished with 15.

Purdue struggled on offense as the Boilermakers had 16 turnovers in the loss. Caleb Swanigan led Purdue with 18 points.

Purdue vs. Kansas score, highlights

When Kansas started doing things like this, it was over. Check out Vick throwing down this 360 dunk in transition.

 

 

 

Give-and-go from Vick to Graham back to Vick for the slam. 

 

Speaking of slams, here's Josh Jackson taking lift off from the baseline.

 

 

Dave DeLuca

Dave DeLuca is an intern at Sporting News and a recent graduate of Buffalo State. He's a former intern and digital editor at The Buffalo News and executive editor of The Record, Buffalo State's student-run newspaper.