Congrats to him in consistent production.

Quite an award to overcome games by..... Xiavian Lee of Princeton (33) Ty Bryant. of Santa Clara (35) or V. Golden of Mich (31) would be in contention. Must be packing great games back to back TKR put up?

Poprudy said:

I thought Oregon would be that team, but he controlled that whole game.

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Agreed. The difference I see from when they played, say, Marquette, is that Smith is attacking now instead of waiting for the defense to dictate where they want him to do. He's become the best high PnR PG in the country and is excellent at either getting his shot or dumping it off to TKR.
The area where he still gets in trouble is when he gets too deep into the lane but doesn't have a clear path to the bucket, no angle. He tends to get swallowed up and has 3 bigger guys all collapse on him forcing him into a tough pass or trying to dribble out of a bunch of defenders swiping at the ball.

Chi-Boiler said:

MSU's gauntlet is coming in February. In a 7 day stretch, they're at Illinois, home with Purdue, and at Michigan.

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Wolegib said:

I have a very bad feeling certain schools will follow the title 9 guidelines while others will follow their own desires and will continue to do so until a court orders them to change. I also don’t see a solid court decision happening within the next 10 years. This will be appealed and repealed and delayed and repealed and judges will change , attorneys will change and there will be more appeals.

In the mean time, OSU and Alabama will give 80% to football. And Yale and Stanford will divide their money equally. In other words, I don’t expect much change any time soon.

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What Title 9 guidelines?

Thordog said:

wow. Pretty broad spectrum of travel miles. Purdue should be pretty well rested heading into the B1G tournament.

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I mean there's just no way to balance it. The teams in the middle (the original 10) are going to have the easier travel situations. It's just geography. Cronin can suck it.

Good to see he is being recognized on a National level. Can only help Purdue going forward.

boilerzz said:

The good news is the worst is behind them.

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wow. Pretty broad spectrum of travel miles. Purdue should be pretty well rested heading into the B1G tournament.

Congrats Trey!

Also ranked #79 pro prospect per ESPN…

Old Gold n Black said:

In contrast, MSU has played most of their 7 conference games at or near home with NO trips to either coast. Also consider this...by the time Saturday morning rolls around, we will have already played 10 conference games to MSU's 7. Yes, you read that right. They have the whole week off to prepare for a trip to Rutgers on Saturday.

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MSU's gauntlet is coming in February. In a 7 day stretch, they're at Illinois, home with Purdue, and at Michigan.

Unexpected but awesome! Congrats Trey.

boilerzz said:

That is 5 games in 13 days and 6 in 16 (including trips to both coasts).

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In contrast, MSU has played most of their 7 conference games at or near home with NO trips to either coast. Also consider this...by the time Saturday morning rolls around, we will have already played 10 conference games to MSU's 7. Yes, you read that right. They have the whole week off to prepare for a trip to Rutgers on Saturday.

boilerzz said:

A little more pain before the benefit though as we are coming off a west coast trip to a quick turnaround game against OSU followed by a visit from Michigan 3 days later (who will be playing on 5 days rest). That is 5 games in 13 days and 6 in 16 (including trips to both coasts).

If Purdue can get thru OSU and Michigan without suffering a loss, we will be in good shape for the final stretch.

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Oregon had a week off practically. Hopefully Michigan shoots poorly as well.

I fully expect Thornton to bring his A game vs Smith. Ohio state has the talent to be very good, so hopefully it doesn’t show up tomorrow night 😂

Wolegib said:

Yeah. I just feel like the pollsters and voters are not real Iowa st fans. I read some Iowa articles proclaiming Iowa st was the best in the land and they still didn’t become the 1 ranked team. Teams like Duke always get the media attention and the rankings.

If you read my comment, I said Iowa st would probably have the biggest drop. I didn’t say they’d fall out of the top 10. I also said Purdue and Oregon would probably flip flop places. I don’t see Purdue climbing higher than 13th this week. A win over Michigan would help solidify Purdue’s ranking.

As for the dance, I could see Purdue as a 3-5 seed. Sometimes seeds are lowered, but the team receives a better draw and location in the bracket. A 6th seed is actually preferred over the 4th/5th seed. In that way, you avoid that 1 vs 4 matchup.

I still believe Purdue is a sweet 16 caliber team. And matchups will determine future success.

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In other news, water is wet!

Whole lotta word salad there to say everything we all know/already agree with, Wole 😂

Chi-Boiler said:

In addition to the road game advantage Purdue has for the remainder of the B1G season, we've also played 1 or even 2 games more than most teams nationally right now. So we're due for a little bit more rest the rest of the way. Only 3 B1G teams (Purdue, IU, Rutgers) have played 19 games, and only 3 in the Top 25 (Purdue, St. John's, Louisville) have played 19.

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A little more pain before the benefit though as we are coming off a west coast trip to a quick turnaround game against OSU followed by a visit from Michigan 3 days later (who will be playing on 5 days rest). That is 5 games in 13 days and 6 in 16 (including trips to both coasts).

If Purdue can get thru OSU and Michigan without suffering a loss, we will be in good shape for the final stretch.

Thought 10 or 11 - now let’s win these next 3 home games and see where that puts us - we are in the 3 seed range now

Joetboiler said:

So why did Muslims enslave white people? Because they viewed them as inferior people which is the very definition of racism. People dont enslave their equals but ohhh you just want to point to American slavery as racism because it fits your narrative despite it being one of the shortest periods of slavery in the thousands of years of man. Also, the black slaves in America and the Caribbean were sold to Dutch traders out of slavery by black Africans. And these Africans in slavery were owned by whites, blacks, and native tribes.

The dirty secret about your leftist brethren is they are the most racist. Look at Cuba where dark Cubans are extremely discriminated against. But yet black leftest leaders point to the Castros as heroes.

But you got to do some serious brainwashing to think that racism was originated in the 17th century by some European scientist but if you do you just agreed that the Bible is fiction.

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Black racist grifters can't profit from consideration of why Muslims enslaved white people. Only white slave holders in America are useful when arguing for gain.

Chi-Boiler said:

In addition to the road game advantage Purdue has for the remainder of the B1G season, we've also played 1 or even 2 games more than most teams nationally right now. So we're due for a little bit more rest the rest of the way. Only 3 B1G teams (Purdue, IU, Rutgers) have played 19 games, and only 3 in the Top 25 (Purdue, St. John's, Louisville) have played 19.

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A week between Michigan and IU will be welcome.

Wolegib said:

If you read my comment, I said Iowa st would probably have the biggest drop. I didn’t say they’d fall out of the top 10. I also said Purdue and Oregon would probably flip flop places. I don’t see Purdue climbing higher than 13th this week. A win over Michigan would help solidify Purdue’s ranking.

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I did read your comment and I didn't claim you said the bolded part above, did I? Please read my comment, all I said was that they wouldn't fall terribly far because they blew out Kansas. And clearly you were wrong, as Iowa State only dropped from 2 to 3. And Purdue is 11. But I'm sure that won't matter and you'll continue to brag about the few times you are right. There's some saying about blind squirrels...

11 in AP

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This is a great thread to read and follow along (aside from the tragic stories of course).

I'm 50, twice divorced. 1 child- she is 20 and studying pre-med at East Carolina currently. I grew up in West Lala. Harrison HS grad. Purdue grad '98. My dad worked at Purdue, as did my uncle, great uncle (he was a Dean), and a few aunts. Many family members graduated from Purdue as well (myself, brother in law, sister, cousins, etc). One of the unusual things about my fathers job that I tell people... He was the Asst VP for Student Services at Schleman Hall for 10+ years- one of his duties was to lead the graduates from the armory, around the fountain and into the Music Hall. He was ALSO one of the people on stage that you shook hands with when you got your diploma. So if you graduated Purdue from 1990s- early 2000s... you likely shook my dads hand on that stage. haha...

The day I graduated- my sister and 2 of my close cousins were also graduating. We all got to hug my dad on stage that day. It was a really cool moment.

As a kid my uncle was the equipment manager for Purdue Sports, mainly football. Growing up I got to see all the players, help him in the locker room, be on the sideline for a few games (back when Woodson played). For bball games, we used his tickets and sat where the players parents sat. I never followed pro sports (and still don't)- following Purdue sports was the best thing in the world to me- given the access I had growing up. It was very unique and special.

I've resided in the DC suburbs for over 20yrs now- I get back to Purdue for sporting events when I can. Going to the IU bball game in a couple weeks!

BTFU

In addition to the road game advantage Purdue has for the remainder of the B1G season, we've also played 1 or even 2 games more than most teams nationally right now. So we're due for a little bit more rest the rest of the way. Only 3 B1G teams (Purdue, IU, Maryland) have played 19 games, and only 3 in the Top 25 (Purdue, St. John's, Louisville) have played 19.

BNIBoiler said:

Yes, white Europeans invented racism through the justification of bogus science. But I never said that they invented slavery. Slavery in some form has been around for thousands of years. As a matter of fact, the Muslims enslaved white European Christians in Northern Africa and some of the Arab nations.

What white Europeans did do is practice what is called chattel slavery which IS based on race utilizing the aforementioned racist scientist's bogus intelligence findings to justify enslaving Africans in the transatlantic slave trade. In chattel slavery, black Africans were owned for life by their slave masters.

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So why did Muslims enslave white people? Because they viewed them as inferior people which is the very definition of racism. People dont enslave their equals but ohhh you just want to point to American slavery as racism because it fits your narrative despite it being one of the shortest periods of slavery in the thousands of years of man. Also, the black slaves in America and the Caribbean were sold to Dutch traders out of slavery by black Africans. And these Africans in slavery were owned by whites, blacks, and native tribes.

The dirty secret about your leftist brethren is they are the most racist. Look at Cuba where dark Cubans are extremely discriminated against. But yet black leftest leaders point to the Castros as heroes.

But you got to do some serious brainwashing to think that racism was originated in the 17th century by some European scientist but if you do you just agreed that the Bible is fiction.