“ROSEMONT, ILL. — When Robbie Hummel picked up his college diploma in May, did it mark the end of a six-year run of Purdue basketball excellence?

During that period — which began with Carl Landry and David Teague leading the Boilermakers to a 22-12 record in 2006-2007, included four seasons in which JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore were All-Big Ten players and was capped by a Hummel-led 22-13 season a year ago — Matt Painter’s program never suffered a hiccup, going 73-33 in league play.”