Boiling Points of the Day | Feb. 28, 2011

The Boiling Point: In case you missed anything, here’s a summary of the Boiling Points of the day.

JaJuan Johnson Is Big Ten Player Of The Week JaJuan Johnson won his first Big Ten Player of the Week award of the season on Monday.

ESPN Stats And Numbers Gives JJ A Shoutout: JaJuan Johnson’s performance Sunday earned him an acknowledgement from ESPN’s Stats and Numbers Column.

No. 2 Seed In Latest Bracketology Purdue is steady as a No. 2 seed playing in Chicago in the latest Bracketology done by ESPN released Monday.

Honors Keep Rolling In For Johnson Purdue senior JaJuan Johnson was named a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, an award given to the country’s best player determined by the United States Basketball Writers Association.

Boilers Check In At No. 6 In Both Polls After logging two conference road wins, including a 20-point win at Michigan State, Purdue moved up two spots in both the AP and Coaches Poll to No. 6.

Painter Sends E-mail To Paint Crew Purdue coach Matt Painter sent an e-mail to the Paint Crew on Monday encouraging students to make Tuesday’s game against Illinois one to remember.

Two Boilers Make Women’s Third Team All-Big Ten Purdue’s Brittany Rayburn and Drey Mingo earned third-team All-Big Ten honors from the league’s coaches today.

Purdue Wide Receiver Keith Smith Denied Sixth Year Purdue wide out Keith Smith was not granted a sixth-year of eligibility by the NCAA.

IU Fan Says Purdue Most Underrated Team In The Nation An Indiana fan wrote an article asking whether or not Purdue is the most underrated team in the nation. (Hint: Yes.)

Kerrigan Impressing At Combine Ryan Kerrigan is not hurting his draft stock, maybe even improving it, as he goes through the NFL combine.