MichaelRR said:

If you had said a Lombard level player, or an Ellis level player, I would not have argued so much. But those types of players are NOT good enough to make up for our crappy offensive scheme or coaching.

Did not mean to flame you, sorry if it came across that way, I think we are both just a little upset over how badly we are getting mauled by good teams.

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KentuckyBoiler said:

They should just cancel most non CFP bowls anyway. You can tell by attendance that most fans don’t care about these bowls either. Obviously by the number of sit outs, most players don’t care also.

As far as the NIL, since the NCAA set no limits, players are going to be expected to be paid to go to practices in the very near future.

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Purdue Grad in Texas said:

Wow.....not intentional, but that's a textbook targeting with a defenseless receiver to me - are these Big Ten officials?

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Just figured it’d help the team mentally to play them at Mackey first. But doesn’t matter now. If we can sneak a win there, I think we have a shot to get 7-8 wins in the next 10 games. Michigan and Ohio state at home will be tough, and even Northwestern—Barnhizer and Martinelli are being tabbed as best duo in the conference. They haven’t played that tough of competition, so interested to see how they do in constant conference play.

Any ways, I think we see Colvin and Heide become more consistent in hitting at least 1-2 shots a piece every night and the Frosh come along nicely. And yes, I’m being very optimistic 😂

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Tommaker said:

And this is why they play the games. And why I never put any money on them.

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rgarlitz said:

Painter's teams have generally been strong on the glass, but we definitely got spoiled the last few years.

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northside100 said:

You sound like me now, more concerned with experience than wins! Or is there another reason you’d rather play there later? I think Purdue will continue to improve but I don’t think there’s as much room for improvement as there is with those two young stars.

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Purdue Grad in Texas said:

Although I can see where you're coming from, can't see Arizona State knocking out Texas, Tommaker.....serious mis-match there.

Still, the SEC and Big Ten (plus eight) cartel is getting what they want.

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tomgloe said:

Never said she could land one, said she needs to. Dont twist my words. We're not getting the next Beuckers or Van Lith, but maybe we can land an under recruited player that is good enough to play for Purdue, but not usc. I just said a Lasha Petree type would help, the USC's wouldn't be recruiting her to be a difference maker. This isnt hard to understand.

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tomgloe said:

Same as last year, this MSU team just looks so much more athletic and faster than us.



Negatives -

Swanson - I think it's time for CKG to give her the red light on shots. So many ill-advised shots, even for some that go in. Never seen a so called shooter air ball so many shots. 3 turnovers today and she only played 1 minute in the 2nd half.

Bass - getting bullied by Big Ten forwards.

Halftime dog show - thought the Iowa dog performance show was more organized and had superior talent. One of the Iowa dogs had insane ups. One of the MSU dogs did a corkscrew while catching a Frisbee, but besides that, very underwhelming. In a way, the Iowa dog and Coach are the big ten, and Purdue was the msu dogs.

Positives -

2nd half performance - we were down 27 at half. Won the 2nd half by 7 points. It's easy to let off the gas as a competitor when you're up so big, which msu did, but still credit to Purdue for not laying down.

Reynolds - hit a few jumpers, hopefully that makes her more confident to be aggressive with her scoring. Still 4 TO's but everyone turned it over today.

Puryear - said it before, love her aggressiveness. She is quicker with her decisions in the post as well compared to McCarthy(which causes turnovers and tie ups).

We don't have to play MSU again.

Final thoughts -

Another dismal performance overall.

The big ten isn't going to get weaker, so either we start improving or we'll just chill in cellar of the big ten. I don't mean for just this season either.

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SKYDOG said:

Good thing he’s dead. 😁

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Not sure if this has been posted but it’s interesting about the rebounding margin throughout the years:

Purdue Rebounding Margin by Year

23-24 +11.1
22-23 +10.8
15-16 +10.5
21-22 +9.6
16-17 +6.7
20-21 +6.2
18-19 +5.2
14-15 +4.7
19-20 +4.2
13-14 +3.6
17-18 +2.5
10-11 +1.9
06-07 +1.2
05-06 +1.0
12-13 +0.9
24-25 +0.5
07-08 +0.3
08-09 -0.6
09-10 -1.6
11-12 -4.4

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MichaelRR said:

I am not trying to be mean, but what have you seen in the last 3+ years that makes you think CKG can land a top tier transfer capable of carrying her lame offensive scheme and a collection of decent players that are none of them progressing into good college players?

Additionally, if you were that level of difference maker, why would you look at Purdue instead of say USCar, USCal, or some program capable of taking you to a final four?

As far as I am concerned Lasha was not an addition, yeah she could score, but it was one on one and threw the timing of the offense off for everyone else. She did not help us win any meaningful games. That's my 2 cents on her. Bass looks the same way to me.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Wish it were the reverse and we played there later in the year. Interested to see how we guard Harper and Bailey. Will that be Colvin and heides assignments?

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GemstateBoiler said:

But we were 100% from the line (Jones was 4 of 4) though only one player shot free throws. I wanted to say something positive.

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MichaelRR said:

77-59 MSU final. Thankful MSU called off the press and just coasted to the win in the last 2 and a half quarters. Purdue scored a grand total of 3 points in the second quarter.

THREE POINTS for a quarter.

Puryear and McCarthy together did seem viable in the 3rd quarter, but MSU really was playing soft and just playing out the time secure they won the game in the first quarter and a half.

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SKYDOG said:

Good thing he’s dead. 😁

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boilermc said:

As always, truth is somewhere in between. This article is from red state, a politically conservative group. A simple google search will indicate permanent or semi permanent housing is a last resort for fema compared to getting temporary housing. The 4 houses mentioned were only on private land in that county. 50 houses were made available on public or government for that county. Awesome that Amish built the houses. No doubt fema is wasting money, but context remains as important now as in any time and doing your own research is more important than ever because so many "news sources" have agendas and they expect readers to just read their stuff and take it as the truth.

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