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Purdue's men's basketball team has historically struggled in its Big Ten conference road openers, losing five of the last six.

The Boilermakers aim to reverse their trend of December road losses as they face Rutgers.

Despite Purdue's No. 1 national ranking, other Big Ten teams like Michigan and Michigan State also have strong early-season records.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Most of Purdue men’s basketball’s veteran, tested roster has begun to run out of new experiences to cross off its to-do list.

Win a Big Ten championship? Done that a couple of times. Go deep in the NCAA tournament ? You might have heard about that Final Four run two years ago.

What regular-season experiences remain for these Boilermakers to accomplish for the first time?

How about an emphatic

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