When looking at the current Bracket Matrix, not updated recently, only 2 teams from #4 overall to #19 overall - Purdue and Texas A&M - did not lose at some point between Tuesday and Sunday. It's a clear jumble outside the top 3. When Tennessee goes up 4 spots after losing a home game, it's an odd week.

rgarlitz said:

I like how Purdue has come together over the past month. I just keep reminding myself that there are 5 tough road games in February and March plus visits from UCLA and Wisconsin.

Purdue is 9-2 now but could realistically end up 14-6. And that would be very respectable.

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I agree, although, IMO, going 5-4 down the stretch would be disappointing. I think that finishing 6-3 is also a realistic outcome and 7-2 is not outside the realm of possibility.

Gesysp said:

Let's just hope Gearlds creates an offense that allows Gordon and Reynolds to shine.

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ROFL..... Gearlds only knows the offense she learned from Versyp. She puts in a wrinkle now and then and usually doesn't have the team hold the ball 25 seconds every possession to try and shorten the game, but its still the same high school offense we have seen for 20 years. It won't change until we get a new COMPETENT coach.

BB62 said:

Trump said he was going to take care of that.

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Trump is taking care of that. He dumped the problem on Mexico, where it belongs. You are POed because you don't like the ease and rapidity with which he's getting it done.

BB62 said:

I think it's great we're getting drugs and criminals out of the country. Have said anything different? Just taking liberties with the truth again?

Explain why we are getting taken advantage of in trade by Mexico and Canada when trump said he fixed NAFTA and solved the problems.

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Trump explained this. He stated both Canada and Mexico were not honoring the NAFTA agreement.
Imagine that, Biden letting them run all over us.

qazplm said:

Not caring about feelings is not a good thing.

The idea that how you get to a goal doesn't matter as long as you get to that goal is a principle we usually reject.

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Pure Machiavelli: does the end justify the means?

SKYDOG said:

Really sorry to see your upset about getting illegal criminals and drugs out of the country. I know your people welcomed them with open arms and care packages. There’s a new sheriff in town so grin and bear it.

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I think it's great we're getting drugs and criminals out of the country. Have said anything different? Just taking liberties with the truth again?

Explain why we are getting taken advantage of in trade by Mexico and Canada when trump said he fixed NAFTA and solved the problems.

tjreese said:

I have no idea what you said or why you said it. However, due to your confusion I'll attempt to clear your mind. Gays, lesbians, tranny's and even those that act like cats and such are "abnormal" and do a mental disorder. I'm unsure what you call a religious minority to help you with that and those that are intelligent whether colored or not are okay, and....I can correlate the shootings in Chicago with abortions in New York which the Pearson Product Correlation Moment would show.

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Of course you do. You believe non heterosexuals have a mental disorder, just like Q believes.

A religious minority like Muslims.

You're ok with the "colored" people as long as they are MAGA and don't live in your neighborhood.

All those positions fit a person who would also believe women should know their place.

Clear enough?
I don't wtf your last sentence means.

I'd probably put Zeigler up in that top area too, but then they just blew out Florida without him.

Current odds to win the regular season:

Michigan St +135
Purdue +190
Michigan +300
Maryland +2000
Wisconsin +3500
UCLA +4000

Illinois has to be somewhere too but we can't offer them here. Probably +1200 or so. Everyone else isn't worth my typing, they're that high.

Chi-Boiler said:

Trey Kaufman-Renn is 6'9".

Just saying.

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Cam Heide is 6'7" and sometimes can shoot .

BoilerDaddy said:

The four that stand out to me are Sears, Nembhard, Jones, and Smith with Jones and Smith probably being to top 2 in either order. I suspect that both will end up first team All American along with Flagg, Broome, and one other.

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I haven't see enough of the others. Kam is certainly a great player and Sears can shoot it, but who actually represents closest to Bob Cousy's ball handling and passing if this is truly about a player most closely representing Bob Cousy? That would separate Kam from Braden. Braden's assists are also different than Kam's...much more directly leading to a basket in that he creates so much of the conditions

Close. Jones more of a scorer, but 6 assists per game versus nearly 9 for Smith. Big edge with triple double head to head, Smith 11pts 9assists but his team was clobbered.

oldboiler52 said:

I expect MSU will lose at UCLA. IMO Purdue finishes 16-4 and gets their 3rd championship in a row MSU at best finishes 14-6. I wouldn't be surprised if any of these Michigan, UCLA, and Wisconsin leap over MSU. I don't see Purdue losing 4 of 9 only way they lose the B1G.

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From your keyboard to God's ears

tomgloe said:

I'd argue Mccarthy and Puryear were on the same level strength wise heading into the season and they probably aren't far off in the weight room right now. McCarthy even had more success than Puryear did early on in the non-conference.

For me, it's more to do with Puryear's skill set, her ability to process the defense and decide what to do with the ball. Her post moves are superior to Lana, better free throw shooter. So I don't think it has to do with strength.

McCarthy is actually second on the team in turnovers per game 2.2 and she isn't even someone who handles the ball. The game is moving really fast for her right now.

I don't want this to come off like I don't want her back next season, I do and would like her to finish her career here. She just has a long way to go imo and might get passed up by Gordon coming in next season.

I hope I'm wrong and she shows some improvement down the stretch here.

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I would be shocked if Gordon doesn't pass her by next year. Gordon just has a far superior physical skill set and is more prepared for college ball than McCarthy was as a freshman. If Kira is as good as some here believe, I would like to see her starting at the 4 and move Layden to the 3 spot.

BoilerPride08 said:

Of course she's been struggling for a while - we've been playing very good teams, with good, experienced post players. It's been an absolute gauntlet. Thus why it's imperative that our recruiting picks up - the BIG is going to be on a whole other level talent wise than it's been for the last 20 years.

Puryear is improving because physically she was college ready right away. I figured she'd be the first to really round into shape. McCarthy will be a solid player for us the rest of her career - but she needs more time to develop - unfortunately we need a lot from her right now, and we aren't getting it. Thus why we are losing - and often by a lot.

KG only talks about players injuries if is she asked about it. Only time. You have to pry all of that information out of her. Other programs literally instantly do press releases about players injuries right after the news is medically confirmed. That's what I always thought was the standard before this.

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I'd argue Mccarthy and Puryear were on the same level strength wise heading into the season and they probably aren't far off in the weight room right now. McCarthy even had more success than Puryear did early on in the non-conference.

For me, it's more to do with Puryear's skill set, her ability to process the defense and decide what to do with the ball. Her post moves are superior to Lana, better free throw shooter. So I don't think it has to do with strength.

McCarthy is actually second on the team in turnovers per game 2.2 and she isn't even someone who handles the ball. The game is moving really fast for her right now.

I don't want this to come off like I don't want her back next season, I do and would like her to finish her career here. She just has a long way to go imo and might get passed up by Gordon coming in next season.

I hope I'm wrong and she shows some improvement down the stretch here.

DwaynePurvis00 said:

No they did last year when he was next to Zach and didn’t think he was that good.

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As recently as a week and a half ago the Sleepers guys stated that there were 'a lot of bigs in the conference' who would be better than TKR playing along Braden in Purdue's system.

Throughout his four seasons at Purdue, Scheffler set the NCAA career field-goal percentage record at .685, which broke Ohio State's Jerry Lucas' record of .678, which was set in 1962. He helped Purdue to a 22–8 record in his senior season. Making 71 of his last 78 free throws with a .805 percent accuracy in his career, he was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and a Third-Team All American in his senior year. The 6 ft 9 in, 250-pound center-forward became one of five Boilers to win the conference player of the year honors, along with Jim Rowinski in 1984, Glenn Robinson in 1994, Jujuan Johnson in 2011, Caleb Swanigan in 2017, and Zach Edey in 2023 and in 2024. The "Incredible Hulk" currently holds Purdue's basketball squat max record at 458 pounds and is tied at first with Glenn Robinson and Kenny Williams with 309 pounds in the power clean. He had a vertical leap of 33 inches.

TKR shoots more and is scoring a couple of more points per game while averaging 0.604 YTD. He also has the rest of this year and another year of eligibility to improve .

BB62 said:

I'm sorry it's hard and expensive. But it's not their responsibility to stop people from come into our country. Trump said he was going to take care of that.

Btw, who decides they're doing enough? I guess you'll just take trumps word for it.

Explain how the greatest trade deal in the history of the world, one that trump clearly and emphatically took credit for, allows our two largest trading partners to take advantage of us. Doesn't sound like such a great deal.

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Really sorry to see your upset about getting illegal criminals and drugs out of the country. I know your people welcomed them with open arms and care packages. There’s a new sheriff in town so grin and bear it.

boilernuke said:

TKR is such a fantastic talent. I don't think he gets the attention he's earned. Part of it is because of how outstanding Braden is, stealing some of that attention. Trey is such a treat to watch, especially on the offensive end.

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B1G coaches have to have him near the top of their list for All-Big Ten selections. And if the Boilers go deep into the tournament, he'll be named to some All-America teams.

SqueakyClean said:

Yup. Go check it out if dare.

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Yeah I just went through their thread about the injury. All basically that he's not injured and he's transferring next year. And that Fran is done and they want the whole thing blown up.

DwaynePurvis00 said:

No they did last year when he was next to Zach and didn’t think he was that good.

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I remember people saying he had slow feet and didn't have good footwork.