I disagree with what I think you’re saying. Smith made the offense run smoothly. Night and day difference with how the O looked when he was out. This shows up in his phenomenal A/TO ratio.
I think everybody realized carrol was overmatched physically, but we didn’t have a lot of options at the time.
One of my very favorite Purdue plays ever was in the MSU game, Barlow took it the length of the court for a dunk.
I don’t think we would have won against VCU had Barlow been on the team, but we would have beaten Kansas and the next year would have been a lot more fun.
Ehh it’s a lot of what IF’s we are playing with.
And stop it the best Purdue anything basketball comes from Rob Hummel the goat.