Great loss

[PaBoiler78]

We have an abundance of learning to do. The three freshmen and three sophomores need playing time. Right now, we have to live with the learning curve. I am impressed with Myles taking a stance with his defense. No worries for me.

8 Rebs in limited PT was great

 

[PaBoiler78]

Berg is slow, I’ve been saying that since watching him in mop up time last year. He’s fine against slower/lower level competition, against good/quick team he’s a no go, maybe 5 minutes a game. I think Purdue’s best team will be a small one with TKR playing the 5.

yea, after watching those videos of him shooting on a practice court, I was expecting a 6 pt/ 5 rb ave this yr from him, guess not so far

 

[Gman544]

yea, after watching those videos of him shooting on a practice court, I was expecting a 6 pt/ 5 rb ave this yr from him, guess not so far

You talkin about practice? Practice?

 

[Poprudy]

Agree with most of the comments but think it would have been a much different game if we attacked the press to score.
Marquette's strategy was to force Purdue to use clock prior to reaching half court. This resulted in them playing aggressive half court D for a shorter period of time. We could have had numerous 3 on 2 opportunities by breaking the press with longer passes instead of relying on Braden to essentially bring the ball up himself.

Agree. This put Braden and/or our offense in a tough position. We had some late clock shots and that isn't our norm.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Agree with most of the comments but think it would have been a much different game if we attacked the press to score.
Marquette's strategy was to force Purdue to use clock prior to reaching half court. This resulted in them playing aggressive half court D for a shorter period of time. We could have had numerous 3 on 2 opportunities by breaking the press with longer passes instead of relying on Braden to essentially bring the ball up himself.

Yeah I agree. Why don’t we attack the press more? Braden pulls it back or then barely crosses half court and does his back to the basket move (which he got into trouble vs nc state) and then slows it down. We have Heide and Colvin who we can lob to or that are just running down the court.

Imma trust Paint, but I think we need to have Colvin and Heide attack (as others have said) and also attack the press.

I’m not sure if they both are scared if they do attack and they mess up, they’ll be pulled/mins reduced, but we don’t have the safety valve of the NPOTYx2 down there anymore so we have to change something up. TKR is really good but if he gets doubled, we need production from elsewhere.

 

[Bleedinggoldandblack]

Yep, and it's frustrating that 2 of our most athletic perimeter players ( Colvin / Heide ) aren't capable of taking a game over for us in that spot. I can understand Cox and Harris struggling, but Colvin is a headscratcher to me. Is he basically just a 3 point shooter who can throw down electrifying dunks when he has an open path to the rim?

You summed that up !!!!!!!!!!!