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Purdue at Minnesota: MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD

This was a good win in a lot of ways in how the game played out. This is a confidence builder in how things played out in a Purdue team that maybe was a bit more unsure than the recent past. Game was physical early and close. Fouls on Trey and then Caleb a bit with Braden’s stroke off a bit, but they hung in there and the refs found their pea and then shots other than Fletch started to fall. I like CJ and Caleb starting

All road wins are good wins. But Braden makes any game winnable. An amazing player. B10 player of the week given the last 2 games imo.

Love that Furst got going and C & H found a way to help off the bench. MN, even at the Barn in my opinion is not a good team. They look like they might be the cellar dweller of the B10 this year.

Loyer was so fun to watch last night. He was just having fun and is just a crazy good shooter. But that last shot was nuts.

#6 Seed Penn St Upsets #3 Seed Boise St…

the top 4 seeds go the the top ranked conference champions (automatic bids). The rest are lower ranked conference champions or at large bids. I think it's fine for now. You'd want the top 5 conference champions in the mix. Penn State was heavily favored to win the game and should have been salivating with the draw they got - especially compared to ND's bracket.

I guess there's an argument if the Mountain West was higher ranked than the ACC, but I think the ACC's bowl results spoke for that.

WL/Campus Recommendations?

Okay, following up here. I ended up going to DT Kirby’s by myself (didn’t drag along the nephews, promised to give them the paint crew experience later). Ubered to Mackey and back to DTs. The uber/lyft back was a little delayed since kids were outta town (less drivers) but it wasn’t terrible (small wait). All in all, it was a great experience otherwise…they had 312 on tap (miss that, being out of town). The game was great, too, sat center court and it was family night so the crowd was engaged but not too wild. Glad to finally have made it down that way. Thank you all for the recommendations.

Purdue at Minnesota: MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD

The stars are evident and great contribution by Furst, but also… Kudos to Colvin and Heide for playing better, especially 9 boards. I got on them for 1 board last game. They also had 4 assists, 2 steals and 5 points. Colvin had the short dribble and pull up two we thought was there if the three was not falling.
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Big Ten

Indeed. Oregon looks good. But we will see how they shake out in the B1G schedule. This has been an ongoing problem for the Big Ten. Over the years the amount of elite talent has started to drop off. A lot of it going to the SEC. The thing about the Big Ten is that coaches are good at game planning against other Big Ten schools. It isn't like Big Ten schools aren't good, they just aren't elite. Like the past two years there was Purdue. There have been great years throughout the 2010s where you had Michigan State who was nationally elite. Ohio State. Purdue. Wisconsin. Illinois a couple of years. Indiana a couple of years. Maryland a couple of years. Michigan. Just don't have that elite talent and nationally elite teams. Oregon, UCLA and Michigan State look like the best. Michigan and Purdue right behind that or even in that group.
Washington over Maryland. Good battle between Osobor and Reese. Queen not ready to mix it up with the big boys. Looks like Illinois will blow out Oregon out west.

We need.......................

Do you think Painter would have a 1 on 1 with Smith and say "What do you need me to get you from the portal?". (meaning, what does Painter need to go get in the portal to makes Smiths job easier and build a NC team)
That's a great question. My guess is that's not the type of conversation Painter is having with players but I agree that it makes sense to illicit feedback from your senior star point guard.
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Big Ten

Indeed. Oregon looks good. But we will see how they shake out in the B1G schedule. This has been an ongoing problem for the Big Ten. Over the years the amount of elite talent has started to drop off. A lot of it going to the SEC. The thing about the Big Ten is that coaches are good at game planning against other Big Ten schools. It isn't like Big Ten schools aren't good, they just aren't elite. Like the past two years there was Purdue. There have been great years throughout the 2010s where you had Michigan State who was nationally elite. Ohio State. Purdue. Wisconsin. Illinois a couple of years. Indiana a couple of years. Maryland a couple of years. Michigan. Just don't have that elite talent and nationally elite teams. Oregon, UCLA and Michigan State look like the best. Michigan and Purdue right behind that or even in that group.
You sure about that? Cuz All that SEC talent has resulted in only 2 appearances in the F4 the last 5 tourneys
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