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So... who felt "alright to lose to them, especially by 20 points"??Originally posted by icewind7:
are too passive on the court?
Sure, Wisconsin is good, but Purdue team shouldn't feel alright to lose to them, especially by 20 points.
Originally posted by since1980:
We are pretty 1-dimensional unfortunately. We depend so much on our 5 man scoring on post-ups or Mathias/Stephens knocking down outside shots coming off screens (which Wisconsin took away in the 2nd half). We need more from Octeus/Edwards/Davis driving and making plays for others. But I think with Haas/Hammons camped under the basket, that makes it difficult for those guys to do so and makes us pretty easy to defend once teams adjust in the 2nd half.
Wisconsin is loaded and very big, so hard to gauge against them. But in the tournament you need guards to make plays for you, and I think it is difficult for Octeus/Davis to do so because there just isn't the driving lane unless Painter calls a play to get Hammons setting a high screen at the end of the shot clock.
Watching Notre Dame spread the floor and make teams pick their poison defensively is the type of offense that works well in modern day college basketball. I think Octeus and Davis could be very effective in an offense like Notre Dame's since they are big guards and strong finishers....making plays off the dribble, drawing defenders and creating better looks for Mathias/Stephens if defenses collapse. Unfortunately we do the opposite and they are relegated mostly to being 3-point shooters and just post-entry guys and once a team adjusts, we just don't have another dimension.
Respectfully disagree there are alot of teams that can take down Kentucky even Purdue. Sec is soft as an eggshell this yearOriginally posted by TwinDegrees2:
There are two teams who have a chance beating UK this year. Duke and Wisky. Wisky has the interior play to contend with UK's size and athleticism and their guards are as good as UK's. Duke the same.
Getting one's @$$ kicked by Wisky is no disgrace this year.