Big Monday: Purdue in NCAA title game. Indiana in path of total eclipse

How to make the most out of today’s eclipse. Plus, why police turned State Street over to fans Saturday … and will again when Purdue plays in the NCAA final. And schools offer delays Tuesday

• Today’s edition is sponsored by the Purdue Presidential Lecture Series. Join Purdue President Mung Chiang for a fireside chat with Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, and U.S. Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. The discussion will be in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 25. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more and reserve your seat: purdue.edu/president/lecture-series. 

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PURDUE PLAYS FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The NCAA Tournament final tips at 9:20 p.m. in Phoenix, with Purdue looking for its first title against Connecticut, which is going for a second consecutive championship. The game’s on TBS and on radio at WAZY-96.5 FM in Greater Lafayette.

A few things:

Taking it to the streets: Sunday, the morning after Purdue beat North Carolina State to advance to the finals, West Lafayette police posted a bit of a congratulatory note to the students and the rest of the throngs who piled into State Street in West Lafayette’s Village area, a few blocks from campus. Police closed the street between Chauncey Avenue and Andrew Place and kept them closed for nearly five hours. The upshot from police: “Let’s see a repeat tomorrow night!”