rgarlitz said:

Depends on how we want to look at "good win." Is it a resume-building win? No. But after the last 6 weeks, beating a team 40+ spots above you in the NET is a definite step in the right direction.

I'm happy for the team. Losing by 30+ night after night has to take a toll. Sometimes you just need something--anything--positive. The team's been much more competitive since the debacle at Illinois. I hope they keep it going.

The February schedule is comparatively manageable. At this point, they just have to build whatever they can over the last 1/3 of the season.

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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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Wolegib said:

If you read an earlier post of mine, you would have seen I said ratings and bracket predictions in January were a bit premature. I went on to say a 6 seed was as good as a 2 seed. That was after the Oregon win and before the OSU loss. And there were comments about me being a blind squirrel gathering nuts. I hate to be the barer of bad news but this blind squirrel you keep dissing is more accurate than the majority of this board. You don’t don’t understand why and that’s why you love to diss me!

But since you don’t believe my words, just carry on and look stupid!

Oh yeah, I can see us being a #2 seed. Oh sure! It’s time some of you came back down to Earth. Purdue’s chances of being a 2 seed are about the same as Edey making rookie of the year. It’s possible but I’m not going to put money down and bet on it.

As losses go, this was not a quality one. We looked too far into the future. And kind of took OSU at home as a given. I’ve seen this too often from Purdue teams, especially in the tourney when they look ahead to the second game and forget to take care of business against the easy opponent.

Purdue’s basketball history is filled with broken records. You come off a big win, receive personal awards, talk about painter being a hall of famer deserving of a lifetime contract and then the team lays an egg against an easy team

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Do Dah Day said:

Is Loyer establishing himself as our leader?

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Cthreepo said:

I think we may see #5!

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BB62 said:

Are you ever gonna stop these lies?
Law enforcement were completely outnumbered. Once the breech happened, the cops aren't going to arrest people. Are you freaking insane? They were trying to deescalate the situation. Just talk to people and try to get them to leave. The traitors were gonna be caught anyway thanks to all the security cameras.

This is the only way you can argue J6. Lying about cops escorting rioters and ignoring the rioters that beat the cops.

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02Boilermaker said:

A lot of the recent misses have been off of good or wide open looks which makes it even more puzzling. I'm sure some of it is mental yips at this point, and hopefully that aspect can be overcome.

Another thought: is it partly due to the fact that so many of their looks prior to this year came from Zach kicking the ball out of the post? When you're standing still at the arc, looking at the ball and the rim, and expecting Zach to kick it out to you when the other team doubles, isn't it simply an easier shot to execute? With Braden creating offense, you don't know when you're going to get the ball or where it's going to come from. While it seemingly wouldn't account for such a precipitous drop in %, could that be playing at least a small role? I seem to remember our 3Pt% dropping a few years back as Jaden took over the reins and pretty much created the offense. Is it just the same thing happening here?

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Quix0te said:

Mexico does not currently have troops at the border. Either prove it with a link or stop lying.

And here is your name-calling within this thread: "Dumb ass, full of shit, pussy, reactionary and narcissist,"

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tomgloe said:

It hasn't just been today though, she's been struggling for awhile. I hope she makes the jump and can be a contributer next year. You see Puryear improving and they were both 3 star unranked players with similar offers. Puryear(Ok st, Kansas st, Cincy) McCarthy(Minnesota, WVU, Providence).

Yeah it would be nice for CKG to shed some light on some of these mysterious injuries(Smith, Harper), but she did talk about Amiyah yesterday and has in the past about keeping her out to rest because of a shin injury, and same with Poole before her most likely season ending injury.

She might be trying to protect some of the other players by not releasing any details, I'm just spitballing here.

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bonefish1 said:

He was as old school as they get. He produced though. I think as a player, if you committed to iu and BK at the time, you had to know what you were getting yourself into and be ready for it.

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northside100 said:

I may be proven wrong over the next couple of weeks, but Michigan State looks overrated here to me. I’d expect them to fall a couple of spots in the actual poll.

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02Boilermaker said:

Like with Zach and hockey, it's a tradition for announcers to know 1, and only 1, non-basketball tidbit about the players. When I was a youngster, they seemed to point out the fact that Big Dog & Zo were roommates at least once a game.

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Katscratch said:

Calling me names won't change this. Mexico already has tons of troops along the border.

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Hausta01 said:

Did you know Mason Giliis played in the LLWS?

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boiler in bloomington said:

He brought his used Porsche into the dealership where I work to get the AC worked on this past summer. It was worth the price of admission to watch him get in and out of that small car.

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Quix0te said:

Mexico is stationing 10,000 troops at the border, you pretentious fool. This open borders nonsense will stop and that is exactly what Trump said.

Mexico agrees to deploy 10,000 troops to US border in exchange for tariff pause

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has agreed to deploy 10,000 national guard troops to block drug trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico border.

www.foxnews.com

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bonefish1 said:

He was as old school as they get. He produced though. I think as a player, if you committed to iu and BK at the time, you had to know what you were getting yourself into and be ready for it.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Exactly. Paint has said Loyer is a bit more vocal as a leader and level headed. Said Braden can get super competitive and get hot, but also a great leader. Paint also understands how to talk/lead them by doing different things.

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