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Edwards, Purdue hold off Vermont 80-70 in NCAA Tournament

MILWAUKEE (AP) The drought is over for Purdue. Vincent Edwards and company finished it off with one big push against Vermont.

Edwards scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, and the Boilermakers held off the Catamounts 80-70 on Thursday night for their first victory in the NCAA Tournament in five years.

Caleb Swanigan added 16 points, 14 rebounds and four assists for fourth-seeded Purdue (26-7), which lost to Arkansas-Little Rock in double-overtime in the first round last year. It also dropped its tournament opener to Cincinnati in 2015.

Leaders
Points:	A. Lamb	12.8
Rebounds:	A. Lamb	5.5
Assists:	T. Bell-Haynes	3.9
FG%:	No qualifiers
FT%:	T. Bell-Haynes	72.7%
3P%:	E. Duncan	39.9%
Steals:	T. Bell-Haynes	1.1
Blocks:	A. Lamb	1.2

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Villanova	32-4
2	Gonzaga	37-2
3	Kansas	31-5
4	Arizona	32-5
5	North Carolina	33-7
6	Kentucky	32-6
7	Duke	28-9
8	UCLA	31-5
9	Oregon	33-6
10	Louisville	25-9
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	North Carolina	33-7
2	Gonzaga	37-2
3	Oregon	33-6
4	Kansas	31-5
5	Kentucky	32-6
6	South Carolina	26-11
7	Arizona	32-5
8	Villanova	32-4
9	UCLA	31-5
10	Florida	27-9
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America East Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Vermont	16-0	29-6
Stony Brook	12-4	18-14
New Hampshire	10-6	20-12
Albany	10-6	21-14
UMBC	9-7	21-13
Massachusetts-Lowell	5-11	11-20
Hartford	4-12	9-23
Binghamton	3-13	12-20
Maine	3-13	7-25
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