Upsetting unbeaten Indiana on Friday night looms as a tall order for host Purdue, a loser of nine straight games and winless in conference play.

Potentially emulating the Hoosiers' meteoric turnaround next season is the plan for the Boilermakers (2-9, 0-8 Big Ten), a goal they see as feasible even if No. 2 Indiana (11-0, 8-0) runs away with the Old Oaken Bucket again.

"I do believe in my soul in the foundation of the core of who we're going to be and what we're becoming and what we're building and what we've changed in 10 or 11 months," first-year Purdue coach Barry Odom said. "If we change that much more in the next few months, then we'll be playing really meaningful games in the month of November."

This meeting carries significance for the Hoosiers, of course, as they maintained the N

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