Which upcoming matchup concerns you the most?

[Old Gold n Black]

Lots of fantastic matchups (and potential matchups) on the horizon. Which one worries you the most, and why?

For me it has to be Alabama. They have a 5-headed monster front court with guys who are quick, long, and athletic. Of all those guys, only Wague averages less than 8ppg. The other four are basically carbon copies of Arkansas' Trevon Brazile.

At guard, they have Mark Sears and Aaron Estrada. Sears is basically Braden Smith with two years added experience and another gear of speed/quickness. Gonna be a tough out. REALLY tough.

 

[northside100]

Lots of fantastic matchups (and potential matchups) on the horizon. Which one worries you the most, and why?

For me it has to be Alabama. They have a 5-headed monster front court with guys who are quick, long, and athletic. Of all those guys, only Wague averages less than 8ppg. The other four are basically carbon copies of Arkansas' Trevon Brazile.

At guard, they have Mark Sears and Aaron Estrada. Sears is basically Braden Smith with two years added experience and another gear of speed/quickness. Gonna be a tough out. REALLY tough.

The Gonzaga game is the most impactful, so it worries me the most. If we win that game we get two more matchups with top ten teams (barring upsets in other games). Lose and we likely get two games versus quality opponents but more along the lines of top 25 type teams.

I want to see us beat Alabama and Arizona, but a loss in either of those games would have a smaller impact for the reason stated above.

For the other teams, I'm not worried about anyone not yet on our schedule.

 

[Old Gold n Black]

The Gonzaga game is the most impactful, so it worries me the most. If we win that game we get two more matchups with top ten teams (barring upsets in other games). Lose and we likely get two games versus quality opponents but more along the lines of top 25 type teams.

I want to see us beat Alabama and Arizona, but a loss in either of those games would have a smaller impact for the reason stated above.

For the other teams, I'm not worried about anyone not yet on our schedule.

Regarding which game is the most "impactful", I would agree that Gonzaga (or any Maui game for that matter) will have the most impact. However, even if we make it to the Maui championship game and face Kansas, I just don't think they are dynamic enough to embarrass us.

When I comes to which game I am most worried about, Alabama takes the cake. They are the only team on our schedule right now that could thump us by 20+ without batting an eye. I dunno. Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

[Dryfly88]

Arizona posses a problem for us. Very athletic. If they play like they did at Duke, could be trouble... Agree that Alabama could be the same problem.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

For me it was between Alabama and Tennessee, but I am not certain that Purdue will face Tennessee so I went with Alabama. Both seem to be the type of teams that tends to give Purdue trouble.

 

[Gemini95]

I dont understand. Why would I 'worry' about any Nov/Dec game? Let alone games that might not even happen? You are worried we get blown out? Ok then what?

 

[northside100]

could thump us by 20+ without batting an eye.

Huge level of hyperbole, IMO

 

[Old Gold n Black]

I dont understand. Why would I 'worry' about any Nov/Dec game? Let alone games that might not even happen? You are worried we get blown out? Ok then what?

Perhaps I worded the question awkwardly.

Let me make it a bit more direct: Which team has the capacity to kick our ass to a degree that the negative nancies sound the death knell and begin preaching our immanent demise?

 

[Old Gold n Black]

Huge level of hyperbole, IMO

Hyperbole is what I do best... 24/7/365

 

[proudopete]

Perhaps I worded the question awkwardly.

Let me make it a bit more direct: Which team has the capacity to kick our ass to a degree that the negative nancies sound the death knell and begin preaching our immanent demise?

Any loss will work

 

[Old Gold n Black]

Any loss will work

Touché. You could argue that the nancies are already out in full force, and we haven't even lost a game yet...

 

[Gemini95]

Perhaps I worded the question awkwardly.

Let me make it a bit more direct: Which team has the capacity to kick our ass to a degree that the negative nancies sound the death knell and begin preaching our immanent demise?

Oh. Well just remind them that they only care about March.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

Arizona posses a problem for us. Very athletic. If they play like they did at Duke, could be trouble... Agree that Alabama could be the same problem.

+1

Zona - that's a hard core hood this year, Dry......

 

[Boiler Buck]

Pretty sure our D isn't at a level to handle any of these cats yet? But maybe they step it up? They did last year early.

 

[Hausta01]

Regarding which game is the most "impactful", I would agree that Gonzaga (or any Maui game for that matter) will have the most impact. However, even if we make it to the Maui championship game and face Kansas, I just don't think they are dynamic enough to embarrass us.

When I comes to which game I am most worried about, Alabama takes the cake. They are the only team on our schedule right now that could thump us by 20+ without batting an eye. I dunno. Hopefully I'm wrong.

You're wrong, lol. Purdue has maybe 1 or 2 20 point losses the last 4 years.

 

[Dryfly88]

+1

Zona - that's a hard core hood this year, Dry......

I've got my tickets for Indy. Should be a good one!

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

You're wrong, lol. Purdue has maybe 1 or 2 20 point losses the last 4 years.

One it is.....@ Illinois 2020, 63-37.

 

[Old Gold n Black]

One it is.....@ Illinois 2020, 63-37.

Oh my. That loss was definitely purged from the memory banks until you brought it back...just now. Ya rotten varmint!!!

 

[Hausta01]

One it is.....@ Illinois 2020, 63-37.

Oh gosh, that Illinois team had our number. Similar to the voodoo Michigan had on us for a few years.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

Another way to think of this is that I think that Alabama might be the game that tells us the most about whether this team has addressed its weaknesses from last year. I am not worried about losing, but I don’t want to discover that Purdue can’t handle Alabama’s athleticism. I am confident about this team, but you never really know until the games are played.

 

[DrEss]

To me, the most concerning game is the next one. Go Boilers, beat the Zags!