#2 Alabama at #13 Purdue: MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD

[Boiler Buck]

Heide woke up too!!!

Dude got 8 boards tonight in 23 minutes. That is awesome. Looks like he found his role.

TKR and Heide have been the difference in changing a good team to a great team.

Furst played ok. I know he has more in him.

Now for coaches to get Berg going. Liked his physical play tonight.

 

[*4purdue*]

Burgess didn't get in during the 2nd half ?

No, but this game has to be a huge boost to his confidence. Gonna take some time, but the kid can play.

 

[tjreese]

it was either Cox or that kid that went to Kentucky

Catchings had extremely high potential physically, just too immature mentally

 

[tjreese]

No, but this game has to be a huge boost to his confidence. Gonna take some time, but the kid can play.

I really like him. I like the whole class

 

[collegehoopsfan123]

Burgess didn't get in during the 2nd half ?

I think so. He did score 5 in 4 min during 1st half with TKR
in some foul trouble. Seeing him hit that 3 pointer was great.

 

[Do Dah Day]

halftime guys mentioned Caleb Love, how many years is he playing college ball? guys like him, Sears, and Dickinson should be gone to some Pro level by ow, if they think they're that good why are they still around?

because those at higher levels don't think they're that good.

 

[Do Dah Day]

I may or may not have ripped my Purdue shirt off and am running around the house right now. I blame my German beer...

but --- are you wearing pants???

 

[proudopete]

This team is just so talented from top to bottom. Makes it hard to bet against them.

 

[BBG]

but --- are you wearing pants???

I can't confirm nor deny this statement.

 

[collegehoopsfan123]

Can't begin to say how pleasantly surprised I am. Boilers played great after looking pretty average up until tonight. Great team effort, great team win. 3 turnovers was huge.

Yes, and 27 bench points. I'd keep starting Berg or Burgess and then go small in the 2nd half.
It worked perfectly tonight.

 

[Do Dah Day]

I can't confirm nor deny this statement.

I take that as a yes ... or no ...

 

[Do Dah Day]

I can't confirm nor deny this statement.

Are you retrired yet?

 

[BBG]

Are you retrired yet?

Eh sorta.. I go from being done to being sucked back in because I'm bored.

 

[Do Dah Day]

Eh sorta.. I go from being done to being sucked back in because I'm bored.

HA - I get that, The main character in my book keeps going on missions .,,, My son is out for good as of August ... 23 years - 9 war zone deployments

 

[nime6]

Berg shouldn’t be the starter or even playing unless the other 2 have foul trouble or we can’t play small. Only negative takeaway. Can’t tell you what he does to impact the game. Can’t score and doesn’t rebound.

Burgess or Furst should he starting

 

[BBG]

HA - I get that, The main character in my book keeps going on missions .,,, My son is out for good as of August ... 23 years - 9 war zone deployments

Well be sure to thank your son for his service for me! That is a whole lotta deployment time!

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Berg shouldn’t be the starter or even playing unless the other 2 have foul trouble or we can’t play small. Only negative takeaway. Can’t tell you what he does to impact the game. Can’t score and doesn’t rebound.

Burgess or Furst should he starting

On the flip side to that, I think he played very well those first 5 mins of the game —for him. That was the best he looked so far. Now understand, it’s not where we need him to be to make a deep run with him playing major mins. But it was encouraging to see the effort and more physicality from him than we had seen in the first 3 games.
I don’t mind him starting games—it’s kinda like TKR last year…it forces the other teams to play us differently. Liking the rotations we have and the majority of the last 2 games, TKR has played the 5 with Heide at the 4. Even Furst looked a lot better out there last night. Then we get to our closing lineup and Berg is not there (which is fine) and we go small(er).

Hopefully, he continues to improve and understand his role to allow the team to be really successful.

 

[POTFHBTFU]

On the flip side to that, I think he played very well those first 5 mins of the game —for him. That was the best he looked so far. Now understand, it’s not where we need him to be to make a deep run with him playing major mins. But it was encouraging to see the effort and more physicality from him than we had seen in the first 3 games.
I don’t mind him starting games—it’s kinda like TKR last year…it forces the other teams to play us differently. Liking the rotations we have and the majority of the last 2 games, TKR has played the 5 with Heide at the 4. Even Furst looked a lot better out there last night. Then we get to our closing lineup and Berg is not there (which is fine) and we go small(er).

Hopefully, he continues to improve and understand his role to allow the team to be really successful.

This. I thought the rotation was perfect. And I thought berg did fine. game was very physical and then berg helped get some fouls called and it loosened it up for us offensively. Then we switched to small ball and were able to take off.

 

[SKYDOG]

Catchings had extremely high potential physically, just too immature mentally

Who?

 

[BoilerDaddy]

Really liked this lineup:

Smith
Cox
Loyer
Heide
TKR

 

[POTFHBTFU]

Really liked this lineup:

Smith
Cox
Loyer
Heide
TKR

Yes! I like starting with a big and bang with the big guys, open things up a bit with forcing some fouls. Then being in the speed and Heide can hit some 3s on offense and grab some rebounds on defense.

Heide is our leading rebounder per 40 minutes.l and he’s doing it against 4s.

Colvin is probably our best defender from what I see against very quick athletic guards, probably our most athletic offensive player to the rim, and a great shooter. He really has the tools to be special and he’s only 19. Painter has challenged him and he’s proven he’s up to it. I saw it last year and he’s already better than I was hoping for. Sky’s the limit.