The Latest: Purdue has boisterous crowd on its side

The Latest on the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):
8:50 p.m.
The South Region final is almost like a home game for the No. 3 seed Purdue Boilermakers, whose fans have filled the KFC Yum! Center with black and gold.
Purdue’s West Lafayette, Indiana, campus is a three-hour drive, close enough for fans to make the trip for the late-evening game. Many were in the arena an hour before the 8:49 p.m. tipoff and easily drowned out fans of the top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers du