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Big Ten teams look to pad NCAA resumes (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Matt Painter is one of the lucky ones. With No. 16 Purdue likely to get a spot in the NCAA tournament, the coach and his players don't have to agonize over these final three weeks, primping for the committee that selects the 65 teams. But he remembers the anxiety he's felt before. "Two years ago when we were in that position, we knew we had to win our opening game of the Big Ten tournament.