Don't believe it will be best environment ever, too much confidence on the Boiler's fans part about this game, will not allow them to be totallly amped. I am a little fearful, you can make a case that 3 of the best players that will be on the court today are Hoosiers.
Umm what? I’d love to see someone try to make that case.
If we are talking about “rankings/stars” then it is Ware, Reneau and Mgbako.
Are Isiah Thomas, Calbert Cheaney, and Scott May going to be on the court for some sort of bizarre pre-game ceremony?
Well IU is awful on defense…out of position, lazy, reach, slow….so it makes perfect sense.
just under 12 hours until game time and excuses already coming out. #BlueBloodMentality
I mean are you saying the three best players or 3 out of some number of top players?
Not until they prove it! Who are you talking about though? I definitely would not say 3.
I know what you are saying. Three of the most individually talented players will be on the court for IU. YOU never said the three best, which I got and not sure others did. Purdue is the better team and both teams will play very hard. Some bad whistles can make a hell of a difference in this game. I look for the Boilers to prevail, but I've seen enough of these games...even when one team is much better to expect a competitive game. I'd love to be wrong, but in one game anything can happen. I think the Fan's will be amped up...at least early and if close...
If ahead, Matt will give minutes to players that haven't played much instead of trying to win by as much as possible, but this will come after it looks like a time they can get minutes. I doubt this will be the loudest time either. IN 1987 when both were ranked in the top 3 at the time I believe, I remember a media person on a landline(had a couple of those in Mackey) trying to shelter the noise so he could talk and telling the other person on line that he can't hear him...and that was one hour before the game
I still don't think they have 3. They are so up and down. Ware looks better against smaller 5's. Maybe one could say those players are athletic, but I don't know if I'd put 3 above most of our team for being "the best" . That freshman makes so many mistakes still . I do think Malik is very good.
I did not say I agree, but you can make a case as Mgbako. Ware and Renau are all on NBA draft boards and Edey is the only one from PU on there. We have to be focused and not think this will be easy , because I don't think it will.
players and their results can be due to things outside the player himself. That said, there are 10 players on the court. Matt is aware of the abilities of those three players and they will be keyed upon as a result of their abilities. should they be more dominant...yes...two of them, but Reneau is really good right now.
I'll hold back on the score differential, but the rest I agree with. Course it could be that bad...
Back in the 90s I was fortunate to work with a dude whose dad was a John Purdue member. I had access to tickets 10 rows behind the Purdue bench. I was at the 94 OT game. Man that crowd was loud. Mackey was rockin’ in the 80s also.
3 of the best what? 3 of best 8 starting players? I’d agree with that.
Wood Austin and maybe Craig Riley both had good games.
Braden is better than anyone for IU. Jones might be as well. He said best players, not most talented.
Oops , too many distractions when I posted. Was thinking those 3 were in Purdue’s top ten. Not sure how I screwed that up? Anyway , Reneau in top 5 and other two between 7$9 Purdue players and should be better…and hopefully not tonight
I was there with my MS son, who ended-up playing D1 ... perhaps the most emotional game I've been at ... and another time Iu fans built my intense hatred for them. A few had a huge sign and sat two rows above. They held it up constantly, blocking many seats' views. They suffered the consequences when they walked down the aisle. It is very lucky I was not arrested during that game.
Didn’t the crowd set the decibel level record earlier this season? I wonder if it was challenged for Edey’s 3 pointer?
It had to have been very close to the record. Loudest I’ve heard there. Definitely an 11.
