Purdue...

[foszoe]

I am glad the tournament is during Lent so I am more focussed on maintaining self control and self discipline. Otherwise.....

 

[rob63]

Holds just under 3K. Brownstown's gym (Jackson County 2A school) holds more.

Heck, that literally wouldn't even make the top 50 of Indiana High School gyms.

 

[Shadow01]

So who forgot to Boiler Up?

 

[BigRed]

The good news is, there is an IHSAA tournament coming up in less than a year...and Purdue may have a chance. The tournament is divided up based on the size of the school.

 

[Gunmetalgray]

Meanwhile, how another #1 handled their #16 opponent, Win, by 28 points...

 

[d.kaufman]

Meanwhile, how another #1 handled their #16 opponent, Win, by 28 points...

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Kansas is gone now. Lost to Arkansas

 

[BigRed]

Some think stats make games.

They don't.

That's why you play the games.



It's also why folks fight the battles of the war.

 

[Gunmetalgray]

Kansas is gone now. Lost to Arkansas

Another #1 gone, 72-71 Bracket busterS for sure.
Both Kansas & Purdue

 

[Ingomike]

To me this is bigger than just PU. The Big10 allows all that physical play, coaches must recruit and coach to win that way. PU won the regular season and tournament playing Big10 bang ball. PU had no one that could run with the quickness of FD tonight. No one that could nail a critical three when they needed one. Heck, they struggled to just get the ball across mid court. Embarrassing to the whole league to see their champion taken down by a nobody…

IU experiences the same thing tonight. A faster team that beats them to the ball but all the brawn that won in the Big10 did nothing…

 

[Nugget]

IU experiences the same thing tonight. A faster team that beats them to the ball but all the brawn that won in the Big10 did nothing…

Yep. Same thing happened in football. Took everyone in the Big 10 way too long to realize that 3yds and a cloud of dust was gone and wasn't coming back. Tiller figured it out at Purdue, then OSU eventually embraced it. IU tried, but never really had the players for it. Basketball has become spacing, pace, pick n roll, and open 3s. The big 10 still hasn't really adapted.

 

[Ingomike]

Yep. Same thing happened in football. Took everyone in the Big 10 way too long to realize that 3yds and a cloud of dust was gone and wasn't coming back. Tiller figured it out at Purdue, then OSU eventually embraced it. IU tried, but never really had the players for it. Basketball has become spacing, pace, pick n roll, and open 3s. The big 10 still hasn't really adapted.

Exactly, SEC football is pro style.

 

[ghuns]

Time for Painter to go. Should have been let go years ago when he was banging that cheerleader.

He should have been fired with two minutes to go in that game and replaced by any random fan in Purdue gear. Couldn't have been any worse.

How many teams do you see playing today where the kid bringing the ball down the court has to look to the coach for the play, on every single possession.

 

[rob63]

My problem with Painter is the simple fact that every game they lost this year followed virtually the exact same script, and yet, at tourney time, he still didn't have an answer that could beat a 16 seed.

 

[Ingomike]

Remember, Purdue is the only school in the country that a student has a better chance of going to the moon than the final four…

 

[Shadow01]

for posterity.

 

[HoughMade]

Heck, that literally wouldn't even make the top 50 of Indiana High School gyms.

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It's even worse than having a gym smaller than many high schools...

The gym listed for Elkhart Central and Elkhart Memorial at 7.373 is actually a middle school gym.

 

[Ingomike]

Interesting to my point about the larger conference play, a D2 player in 2021, averaging 6 points for the season in D1, gets 19 points, scores at least 9 straight in the last minutes, against the Big10 champs in route to defeating them.

Against other smaller but quick teams he typically get 6, but against a slow big and strong team, he used that quickness to kill them.

 

[Bugzilla]

“March Madness 2023: All No. 1 seeds eliminated before Elite Eight for first time in NCAA Tournament history.”

AGAIN, Purdue leading the way instead of following the pack!

 

[Mgderf]

Analysts are saying Tennessee doesn't have the ability to keep up with Purdue.

I've never known the Volunteers to lay down.
Still rooting for Purdue, but not holding my breath.

 

[Aggar]

Analysts are saying Tennessee doesn't have the ability to keep up with Purdue.

I've never known the Volunteers to lay down.
Still rooting for Purdue, but not holding my breath.

We did beat them by 4 back in November. I hope we keep the momentum going.