TKR was playing against some of the best big men in the country and he was doing it without help. The help came with Heide forcing their 3 out but when Caleb was there he was double teamed everytime. Braden just backed out of the hedge and wasn’t really hunting his own shot. I thought he could have been more aggressive but understand not taking bad shots
Houston vs. Purdue: MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD
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Smith carved up the best defense in the land. He was masterful in doing so. Most assists by an individual vs Houston all year. And maybe the last 5 (only checked this year).
They tried to take it out of his hands but he still made the right decision and others hit shots.
Now we focus on bringing the team back and adding two pieces for next year.
Sure. From anyone. Houston's gameplan was to take our best players out and they did from the scoring aspects. For as well as Heide and Colvin played in the 2nd half, if they had made a couple more jumpers in the first, it's a different game.
Smith and TKR played great considering what they were going up against.
I actually agree with you on the team playing well, but Here's my thought about one thing that might have cost us more than anything. I always talk about the little things that can cost you a win or prevent a loss. TKR's time out call while on the floor early in the second half didn't allow us to have one late in the game. I know you teach your players to do just what he did and at the time I was glad he did, but looking back it took away options for CMP, especially at the end.
Very interesting and telling stat - and came up in Painter's press conference. Purdue had 11 second half FG's - Smith had 11 assists - Ergo, Smith assisted on every one of them.
The best damn PG in the land!
We need to keep him and the core 8 at all costs.
I can't cheer for MSU either. I don't care if they are the only B1G hope.
Florida and Texas Tech are the only schools left that I wouldn't mind winning. Probably won't pay much attention from here on out.
If Cryer had his "normal" game, Houston wins by 10+......you could play the what if's back and forth all day, though. There's another team out there that's pretty damn good and has something to do with it.
Bottom line, to me, the two biggest factors - Purdue just didn't quite get enough loose balls and didn't hit enough on opportunities - not anyway saying that's a choke or they played poorly.....they didn't. Houston made more winning plays.
First thing Painter said and repeated it - proud of his guys for the effort - he knows that's what you need.....it doesn't assure a win/successful outcome, but it's absolutely a requirement. He's appreciative of what they gave him - and that's a good sign going forward. That's not to say be happy with moral victories - but he also knows the journey is not over.....next season starts soon. And you HAVE to look forward.
Disappointed for those players and coaches because you know what it means to them.....but hey, for an alum like me I have to applaud the effort win or lose.......they will be better for it......on and off the court. One other thing - out of the 16 final teams - Purdue was probably 15th or 16th in physicality - and they just went toe-to-toe.....man-to-man with one of the most physical teams......and they withstood it and were able to compete. Yeah, they came up agonizingly short.......but they should be able to reflect and learn from that. Some losses stunt your growth or are very difficult to recover from.......some help you in the long run.
I liked a lot of subtle things I saw......before, during, and after the game. And candidly, that hasn't always been the case.
We'll see what happens.
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what is certain, u don;t understand, we defense the OB play that way all year, the help on the inbounder did not come in time-Cox
We have done that all year, did it and Colvin stole the one inbound pass, this time the switch did not happen in time.
We have Cox and Harris to backup Smith, need an enforcer to rebound and guard rim.
If they didn't call the push-off, they're certainly not calling an illegal screen in that situation. I didn't notice it though.
There’s a picture floating around showing it. No way he’s set when contacting CJ Cox. TKR picked up about 20 fouls this season for less.
We need a PG who can defend, score, and relieve Smith. A 6'10", 280 mobile guy who likes to bang would be nice too.
Colvin isn't in Smith's zip code. Keep your man crush on him 👨❤️👨 but admit we still need someone who can give him a legit breather and protection in case he gets hurt. Cox will be good, but he's not in Smith's league either.
Never said that.
And I’d say guard is our third priority. Smith is playing 35+ next year, whether you like it not. So we don’t need anyone in his league…and those guys that are in his league, aren’t transferring somewhere to play only 5 min a game.
CJ will be a good ball handler and I bet west can give a few mins too if needed.
Is it time to start that thread yet?
Hey......it always time for a robust, reasonable, and respectful "discussion."
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