The call from Jimmy Roselli and Griffin Wright was — to quote the folks at Mid-Major Madness — "absolute electric factory."

The Boilermakers had heard plenty about High Point's depth and its bench. But it was Purdue's bench that made the different in the first round of NCAA Tournament.

The secret to Purdue’s opening-round win over High Point wasn’t much of one. It’s hard not to notice Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn when they’re on the floor and in Thursday’s NCAA Tournament first-round game,