New Pal Boiler said:

Got lit up by Drew Lock for 45 points and lost to the worst team in the league. Officially out of the playoffs now.

They are truly stuck in no man’s land. Team is good enough to miss out on high draft picks, but not good enough to make the playoffs.

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I lost a FF championship thanks to them. Giving up 45 pts to Lock. You could have taken our defense and I think it wouldn't have been much worse.

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SaratogaBoiler1 said:

We’ve played the #1, 9, 10, 11, 20, 30 and 34 ranked teams in Kenpom already before the New Year. We have the 6th hardest schedule so far in the country. Do we have issues - definitely. Are we prepped to win the Big Ten - 100%. I have enjoyed watching this team so far - lot of ups and downs but sometimes those teams are the most fun to watch. Are we winning it all this year - no - but we are really setting a foundation for next year. Get our center back, grab one or two play makers in the portal and look out! Happy New Year!

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"grab one or two play makers in the portal and look out!"
Lets try a "wait and see" approach.

rgarlitz said:

Can't believe I missed this, but two B1G guys recorded triple doubles in the last two days--Dylan Harper of Rutgers and Kylan Boswell of Illinois.

Boswell's came against winless Chicago State, but Harper did it to an 11-1 Columbia team that beat Villanova earlier this year.

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Harper is pretty good.

They could win 12. They have to show up on the road to do so. 10-12 win range. Happy to be proved wrong in March.

Russ Ford said:

She definitely needs to be stronger with the ball sometimes.

That's one thing I love about McCarthy. Once she gets a grip on the ball not many people are going to take it from her.

Pairing McCarthy and Gordon at the 4 & 5 next year will hopefully put an end to Purdue getting pushed around like they did against Iowa.

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Pairing McCarthy and Gordon at the same time sounds like something CKG would do, but it would be a recipe for losing. Neither Gordon or McCarthy are quick enough to guard a forward that can shoot threes and put the ball on the floor to blow past them. Puryear might be able to play the 4 but that's not a given either.

Really want to know why we have players sitting out games for personal reasons weeks in a row.

They could probably win ~12 games in conference.

purduedavie said:

Purdue if they want can be a player in women’s hoops, question is will they want to be? Like anything else now, if NIL is good players will come, if it’s mediocre you’ll get transfers like Lombard and Bass from small programs who really won’t make a difference in wins and losses. As for Harper, she’s probably a great kid, not a Big Ten player, that was a transfer that probably didn’t need to happen.

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Alaina Harper was recruited to get Caitlyn back for her 5th year. Beyond that she has no value on a Big Ten team. There is no reason beyond gross incompetence by CKG for recruiting Collier and Mahri Petree. Bass was the best pf the staff could land, but she is not a BT caliber player. She also seems a low motor kind of player, only interested in getting her points. You cannot call this a rebuilding year when you are playing transfer seniors the majority of the minutes. It's just a lost season with a coaching staff that has no idea how to build a winning team.

Boiler Buck said:

Colvin & Heide together 1 R 1A 0 pts.......and that's against Toledo.

It's beyond YIKES now.

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Toledo has won the last FOUR league championships. Don't know what they lost last season but that is a solid team with good long athletes on the front line. Disappointing numbers for sure, but "against Toledo" doesn't mean what you mean it to.

Purdue if they want can be a player in women’s hoops, question is will they want to be? Like anything else now, if NIL is good players will come, if it’s mediocre you’ll get transfers like Lombard and Bass from small programs who really won’t make a difference in wins and losses. As for Harper, she’s probably a great kid, not a Big Ten player, that was a transfer that probably didn’t need to happen.

northside100 said:

Agree. I’d also like to see Trey look for a whistle less. IMO he at times gets overly physical when he doesn’t think he’s getting the calls he should and is going to pick up some cheap fouls that way but I’d rather that reaction than playing soft.

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SAME!!!

rgarlitz said:

I like watching this year's team exactly because I don't expect them to win every time out. Purdue has good players. I trust Painter to maximize what they can do. I just want to see how the season plays out.

The last couple years were more tense than enjoyable for me, especially as we got closer to the NCAA Tournament.

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Expecting your team to win pretty much every game is setting yourself up for disappointment, yet we all do it when our team is very good.
Agreed on the more tense than enjoyable, as great as it was.
Being the hunted all the time is HARD....
Kudo's to the teams that linger at the top.

Ihaveswag29 said:

Agreed. He had an interview a bit ago where the interviewer asked him what he thought he brought to the table that differentiated him from the other bigs. His answer: “joy.” Cringed so hard. That’s the attitude we need from a come in only in a blow out player, not a rotation player.

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more to life than the game on the floor.
You cringe, I smile.

northside100 said:

Agree. I’d also like to see Trey look for a whistle less. IMO he at times gets overly physical when he doesn’t think he’s getting the calls he should and is going to pick up some cheap fouls that way but I’d rather that reaction than playing soft.

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Agreed. if he doesn't get calls he ends up putting a shoulder into someone hard in retaliation. he's gotten away with close no call several times in that situation.

pboiler18 said:

My kids are still talking about the Pop Tarts bowl 4 days later. That’s how you blend a sponsor, fun and decent football!

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Itis always great to have the bowl game in a place someone would want to visit at that time of the year and that has a lot of other things to see and do besides the game. The game is then a plus win (preferably) or lose (not a blowout).

Heads up BOILER said:

PSU can’t be 0-1 they beat us giving them a Q1 W

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Actually, no - at least not right now, as Purdue is #37 NET. Q1 home games are top - 30. For now, that's a "good" Q2 win. For Purdue, however, it's a Quad 1 loss, as Penn State is top 75 (#32 NET) for a road game. It can get crazy as NET rankings are somewhat fluid.

Moving variables - more fun for us nerds.....🤓

Every top half sec team is almost all seniors/covid seniors. Probably makes a large difference. Hopefully regresses to the mean some next year

Can't believe I missed this, but two B1G guys recorded triple doubles in the last two days--Dylan Harper of Rutgers and Kylan Boswell of Illinois.

Boswell's came against winless Chicago State, but Harper did it to an 11-1 Columbia team that beat Villanova earlier this year.

Chi-Boiler said:

Lost respect for him when he faked out giving a kid his gloves after a blowout loss that he didn't play in, maybe ND. See ya later.

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I remember that, what a d-bag. Good riddance.

Heads up BOILER said:

when one or two or more of the big 3 are not scoring as normal or efficiently, that he sees the need to run stuff for someone else to make up the lacking contribution.

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I don’t think he agrees with your premise. When team scheme to take away the big three two things need to happen 1) if the defense is cheating off of the other two guys to take away the B3, the other two need to make them pay 2) MP and PJ need to do a better job of finding counters when the defense is selling out to take away certain actions.

Cam and Myles missing a bunch of open looks vs Toledo (and Texas A&M) is problematic but I wouldn’t confuse that with needing to run sets for players outside of the big three. Braden and Trey are also still learning to play without Zach and many times just need to execute better and make better decisions.

The main issue with this team is - we are extremely young at two critical positions - point and post. I knew this going into this season and the staff decided over the summer to add experience.... on the wing. So that was definitely a choice - but ok. We are a developmental program now. But no one should be confused at how we are going to take L's to teams like Iowa while we "develop" our freshmen. It's a choice - one I wouldn't make - but hey - I don't make the big bucks. KG does...and this what you get.

Greg Gumbel should be remembered among the first rank of sports broadcasters. He was eloquent and elegant, yet never took himself or the games he covered with exaggerated seriousness.