Monster Edey Performance Leads Purdue Past Tennessee, Into Final Four

Star Purdue center Zach Edey reacts after the Boilermakers beat Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Regional final in Detroit on March 31, 2024. Paul Sancya/AP Photo

DETROIT—By the time all the scrapping and scratching and diving on the floor was over, it felt like a shame that both those teams, and both those players, weren’t moving on to the Final Four.

Just don’t expect Purdue to feel bad about it.