How close Purdue has come to achieving the dishonor of losing twice to a #16 seed….

[seminolesboilers]

Some may be too young to remember or do not recall ( I do and was watching in horror) as Western Carolina had two good shots including a very good look at a 3-pointer in the last 10 seconds to “upset” Purdue under the archaic Keady basketball style…but luckily Purdue held on to win 73-71.

 

[Gesysp]

Yep.

And do you remember who won the conference that year? I don’t, bc it’s meaningless. But some have that as their measure of success.

 

[BoilerMaker P]

I remember very well. Took a Roy Hairston shot at the end to take the lead for good. Watched the game in my room in Wiley Hall. Then they lost to 8 or 9 seed (can’t remember which) Georgia (coached by Tubby Smith) in the round of 32.

 

[seminolesboilers]

My point is that Keady’s system does NOT work and Painter has tried to carry on the “legacy”…correct point in that success is measured in the NCAA tournament. I could not tell you which team won the Big Ten Conference in 1996…it is, as you stated meaningless.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Yep.

And do you remember who won the conference that year? I don’t, bc it’s meaningless. But some have that as their measure of success.

Purdue won the conference. It's how they got a 1 seed.