North Carolina fans are ambivalent about this game. They think they should have automatically won because they are a BLUE BLOOD but they are gradually coming to grips with the fact that their team isn't. Only time will tell if their coach is. So, lots of angst and anger both expressed and implied in their posts. A great day to be a Boiler! Enjoy!
Just heard Leaky isn’t playing because of a non-covid illness..sucks
No leaky today!
I predict at least 15 3s from Purdue and one for their guards will have a career high. This is just another re-run.
Here is the downside of the coaches dressing ‘down’: Matt Painter looks like he should be sitting on the couch, watching NASCAR with a bowl of cheetos on his lap.
Man that dude is a giant!
Looking like the Wisconsin game last year. Ironically played in West Lafayette, IN.
Unreal! Sasha-dude just draining threes!
Looks like the matador defense has continued into game 4.
Does Love ever pass on a break?
Looks like Love still has zero court vision.
OK, we took the punch and didn't fold. Now go get 'em boys!
Appears Heels greased up hands before tip off.
Looked like Garcia gets shiver to face and called for foul.
Refs are calling breathing fouls.
Garcia's face must've fouled his arm!
We aren't playing great & only down 4.
Russian dude is killing us!
Ant doesn’t have a brake. He goes all out, but goes nowhere fast.
Their hot shooter has a hair line like I do.....but I'm over 60.
Random pasty white dude on the other team can't miss, a UNC tradition.
Got to stop Stanovich. 14 points and 4 Assists.
Their center should be charged with assault. Every time he makes contact with Bacot he throws an elbow.
The other team scores at will against UNC. This is our rep around the country now. We can't play defense. Every team we play knows that before the game starts.
Garcia keeping us in it.
Too much look-out defense!
Caleb needs to check his ego. He’s making too many mistakes trying to play hero ball.
Purdue with a deep bench. Hope we're in better shape.
I know this season is still young, but it feels like we’ve been seeing a lot more guys blow past our defenders for easy layups this season then I remember in the past is that just my perception or are we getting burned on those easy lay ups more frequently?
Roy recruited that H(F)urst kid hard.
Russian assassin!!!!
Sasha Stefanovich reminds me of the great Purdue guard, Rick Mount.
Got durn the turnovers!
If this team would make the unselfish plays then we would be fine. This team just seems like they are forcing plays to get their points. Am I the only one?
Guards are killing us. 10 TOs!
You know when one of our guards is dribbling around aimlessly the possession isn't going to end well.
Walton with bad passes and matador defense.
Funny watching Davis call for the ball on the break and not getting it when he and Love never pass it on a break.
Purdue knows to pick on Caleb. Caleb is awful on defense!
Love going to think about guarding his man?
We can't make a layup: they making threes like a lay up line.
Remember in past years when we would guard people?
Keep it close and 2nd half is ours!
We haven't been to FT line.
Looks like Hubert’s gonna hoard his timeouts like Roy. I like playing fast, but play fast UNDER CONTROL!
That can’t-miss Purdue shooter reminds me of Tayshaun Prince from UK several years ago. He could not miss.
Styles is athletic let him guard the sfepnuidjehdj guy!
But for the 10 turnovers, we’d be leading. And Purdue is playing well.
Caleb should be benched immediately for pure doodoo defense on that fast break. Awful!
41 - 35 them.
Just 11 turnovers for Heels.
Wow. This is definitely a new style. Most striking thing is seeing the ball come off the rim and not see two bigs tapping it back up.
Too many turnovers and too many bad decisions with the basketball. Love forced bad shots at least twice when he had Garcia wide open for a lay up and later for a 3.
There is a reason Purdue is #6. Considering we are missing our best defensive player (and it shows), down by 6 at the half is better than I expected. Clean up the sloppy play and play better D. We have a shot. It would be nice to draw some fouls too.
Too much complaining on here. We’re playing an competitive game against a great team.
#55 for Purdue has the quick release like that kid from Wofford a few years ago. If Leaky were playing, the shooter would not be so hot.
Stevanovic's arm will fall off!
Thank God that we have Garcia! All in all, not bad considering Purdue seems like a legit last weekend team at the moment.
Our bigs tentative against their bigs in the middle. Take it right at them!
F* Caleb. Just blew off passing to a wide open Garcia. Total BS.
Playing for the scouts - and losing some $ doing it.
How long does the giant get to stand in the lane?
First free throws 24 minutes in!
Just feels like a spurt by Purdue puts it out of reach. We’re hanging in by a thread.
They have 14 offensive rebounds.
Purdue is really good. Heels will have to do something on defense to have a chance. No TOs or fast breaks.
Bacot is 1 for 6 and Manek is 0 for 3. Big men looking inferior against Purdue. Garcia is the only one keeping this from being a blowout.
Can't fault the effort...Purdue is complete.
Hubert hot after that terrible call.
They’re killing us inside. I guess we had to give up something going modern ball. I don’t like it.
Just foul the sucker. He can't hit FT's!
Outside of a couple of guys Purdue is slow afoot.
Giant was in lane for 6 seconds.
Garcia is in beast mode! Wow!
Of course, our best shooter missed wide open, and they make two straight threes.
That's the difference. They hit the 3's we don't.
Well, the lead was nice while it lasted!
We have no one like Ivey. He’s too dang good.
That’s the difference in the teams. Explosive!
Up 1 to down 9 in a blink of an eye. Walton is a net minus if he can't make a open 3.
Not impressed with Purdue. They're taking some difficult, off-balance shots that are simply going in, while ours aren't. They've just gone on a 9-0 run that could EASILY have been a 8-0 run for us.
Hubert sure did learn one thing from Roy. How not to call a TO to try and stem the tide.
Leaky would have helped guarding Ivy!
Hard to believe the crap the refs let Edey get away with and we can't breathe on them.
What a response!
Wow, I like our team. Heart!
Down by 2!
I love the fight Hubert’s boys are showing.
A truly glorious game of basketball. This team doesn't give up, I like that about them.
Purdue thought they landed the kill shot with that run and looked surprised it wasn't.
Yep. Win or lose, Heels representing against a top 10 team.
This is a more competitive game than I feared it might end up being.
WE GOT SOME DOGS!!!!!!
Hate we let them iso. DOUBLE coach!
Williams has killed Garcia!
Dude bangs and bumps his way into position.
That is a bulky, strong, skilled guy around the basket.
Garcia is having a great offensive game, but is getting absolutely abused by Williams.
Purdue has too much!
Painter > HD
That's probably gonna do it. Down 10 at the under 4 is gonna be too much with this weak defense.
I wonder if the team has practiced zone defenses? Haven't seen it yet.
Man, the way Purdue is shooting threes, they would eat us alive in a zone.
Anybody notice the cup check part of that footwork they showed of the Purdue center?
I think he is better than Edey. Need to get that guy's 5th foul!
How do you guard those giants without fouling?
Apparently we ran out of tranquilizer darts too soon.
How is the Williams guy unstoppable every possession?
This guy from Purdue is throwing an elbow as he backs down every time.
I have never seen a post player use his elbow and arm to push off as much as #50 Williams did. Lowering his shoulder was bad enough, but every contact came with an outstretched arm or elbow. His buckets at the end made a big difference in the game, so the no-calls were significant.
No answer for Ivey.
Bacot with two points.
Against a guy he “worked” in practice in high school.
Bacot fouled on every possession. Only called five times
They are very good. We played better than I expected. Not enough stops.
Of course, Russian dude has career high.
Never really had a chance in this game if we are honest….huge talent discrepancy.
Horrible, atrocious, pathetic, awful, embarrassingly bad........DEFENSE. Geezus........91 points!
I still like this team. We just played against a better team tonight.
We have more talent than them. They got refs to call fouls for them, we didn’t.
Please prove it……there was one bright spot when we took the lead and then they just pressed on the gas….anybody with any basketball sense knows this was never in doubt.
We played way, way dumber than them. The smart team always gets the calls.
They have two high school fours. How many 4s and 5s do we have? No talent issue.
I thought overall we played really well in stretches, but their guard play was better and their bigs were overwhelming at the end. I thought on offense we got stagnant a few times by not passing the ball. On D we were not great on the perimeter. Not sure how we could have guarded the bigs any better.
Not a bad loss. Purdue is legit.
Good effort against a better team.
Just heard Leaky isn’t playing because of a non-covid illness..sucks
No leaky today!
I predict at least 15 3s from Purdue and one for their guards will have a career high. This is just another re-run.
Here is the downside of the coaches dressing ‘down’: Matt Painter looks like he should be sitting on the couch, watching NASCAR with a bowl of cheetos on his lap.
Man that dude is a giant!
Looking like the Wisconsin game last year. Ironically played in West Lafayette, IN.
Unreal! Sasha-dude just draining threes!
Looks like the matador defense has continued into game 4.
Does Love ever pass on a break?
Looks like Love still has zero court vision.
OK, we took the punch and didn't fold. Now go get 'em boys!
Appears Heels greased up hands before tip off.
Looked like Garcia gets shiver to face and called for foul.
Refs are calling breathing fouls.
Garcia's face must've fouled his arm!
We aren't playing great & only down 4.
Russian dude is killing us!
Ant doesn’t have a brake. He goes all out, but goes nowhere fast.
Their hot shooter has a hair line like I do.....but I'm over 60.
Random pasty white dude on the other team can't miss, a UNC tradition.
Got to stop Stanovich. 14 points and 4 Assists.
Their center should be charged with assault. Every time he makes contact with Bacot he throws an elbow.
The other team scores at will against UNC. This is our rep around the country now. We can't play defense. Every team we play knows that before the game starts.
Garcia keeping us in it.
Too much look-out defense!
Caleb needs to check his ego. He’s making too many mistakes trying to play hero ball.
Purdue with a deep bench. Hope we're in better shape.
I know this season is still young, but it feels like we’ve been seeing a lot more guys blow past our defenders for easy layups this season then I remember in the past is that just my perception or are we getting burned on those easy lay ups more frequently?
Roy recruited that H(F)urst kid hard.
Russian assassin!!!!
Sasha Stefanovich reminds me of the great Purdue guard, Rick Mount.
Got durn the turnovers!
If this team would make the unselfish plays then we would be fine. This team just seems like they are forcing plays to get their points. Am I the only one?
Guards are killing us. 10 TOs!
You know when one of our guards is dribbling around aimlessly the possession isn't going to end well.
Walton with bad passes and matador defense.
Funny watching Davis call for the ball on the break and not getting it when he and Love never pass it on a break.
Purdue knows to pick on Caleb. Caleb is awful on defense!
Love going to think about guarding his man?
We can't make a layup: they making threes like a lay up line.
Remember in past years when we would guard people?
Keep it close and 2nd half is ours!
We haven't been to FT line.
Looks like Hubert’s gonna hoard his timeouts like Roy. I like playing fast, but play fast UNDER CONTROL!
That can’t-miss Purdue shooter reminds me of Tayshaun Prince from UK several years ago. He could not miss.
Styles is athletic let him guard the sfepnuidjehdj guy!
But for the 10 turnovers, we’d be leading. And Purdue is playing well.
Caleb should be benched immediately for pure doodoo defense on that fast break. Awful!
41 - 35 them.
Just 11 turnovers for Heels.
Wow. This is definitely a new style. Most striking thing is seeing the ball come off the rim and not see two bigs tapping it back up.
Too many turnovers and too many bad decisions with the basketball. Love forced bad shots at least twice when he had Garcia wide open for a lay up and later for a 3.
There is a reason Purdue is #6. Considering we are missing our best defensive player (and it shows), down by 6 at the half is better than I expected. Clean up the sloppy play and play better D. We have a shot. It would be nice to draw some fouls too.
Too much complaining on here. We’re playing an competitive game against a great team.
#55 for Purdue has the quick release like that kid from Wofford a few years ago. If Leaky were playing, the shooter would not be so hot.
Stevanovic's arm will fall off!
Thank God that we have Garcia! All in all, not bad considering Purdue seems like a legit last weekend team at the moment.
Our bigs tentative against their bigs in the middle. Take it right at them!
F* Caleb. Just blew off passing to a wide open Garcia. Total BS.
Playing for the scouts - and losing some $ doing it.
How long does the giant get to stand in the lane?
First free throws 24 minutes in!
Just feels like a spurt by Purdue puts it out of reach. We’re hanging in by a thread.
They have 14 offensive rebounds.
Purdue is really good. Heels will have to do something on defense to have a chance. No TOs or fast breaks.
Bacot is 1 for 6 and Manek is 0 for 3. Big men looking inferior against Purdue. Garcia is the only one keeping this from being a blowout.
Can't fault the effort...Purdue is complete.
Hubert hot after that terrible call.
They’re killing us inside. I guess we had to give up something going modern ball. I don’t like it.
Just foul the sucker. He can't hit FT's!
Outside of a couple of guys Purdue is slow afoot.
Giant was in lane for 6 seconds.
Garcia is in beast mode! Wow!
Of course, our best shooter missed wide open, and they make two straight threes.
That's the difference. They hit the 3's we don't.
Well, the lead was nice while it lasted!
We have no one like Ivey. He’s too dang good.
That’s the difference in the teams. Explosive!
Up 1 to down 9 in a blink of an eye. Walton is a net minus if he can't make a open 3.
Not impressed with Purdue. They're taking some difficult, off-balance shots that are simply going in, while ours aren't. They've just gone on a 9-0 run that could EASILY have been a 8-0 run for us.
Hubert sure did learn one thing from Roy. How not to call a TO to try and stem the tide.
Leaky would have helped guarding Ivy!
Hard to believe the crap the refs let Edey get away with and we can't breathe on them.
What a response!
Wow, I like our team. Heart!
Down by 2!
I love the fight Hubert’s boys are showing.
A truly glorious game of basketball. This team doesn't give up, I like that about them.
Purdue thought they landed the kill shot with that run and looked surprised it wasn't.
Yep. Win or lose, Heels representing against a top 10 team.
This is a more competitive game than I feared it might end up being.
WE GOT SOME DOGS!!!!!!
Hate we let them iso. DOUBLE coach!
Williams has killed Garcia!
Dude bangs and bumps his way into position.
That is a bulky, strong, skilled guy around the basket.
Garcia is having a great offensive game, but is getting absolutely abused by Williams.
Purdue has too much!
Painter > HD
That's probably gonna do it. Down 10 at the under 4 is gonna be too much with this weak defense.
I wonder if the team has practiced zone defenses? Haven't seen it yet.
Man, the way Purdue is shooting threes, they would eat us alive in a zone.
Anybody notice the cup check part of that footwork they showed of the Purdue center?
I think he is better than Edey. Need to get that guy's 5th foul!
How do you guard those giants without fouling?
Apparently we ran out of tranquilizer darts too soon.
How is the Williams guy unstoppable every possession?
This guy from Purdue is throwing an elbow as he backs down every time.
I have never seen a post player use his elbow and arm to push off as much as #50 Williams did. Lowering his shoulder was bad enough, but every contact came with an outstretched arm or elbow. His buckets at the end made a big difference in the game, so the no-calls were significant.
No answer for Ivey.
Bacot with two points.
Against a guy he “worked” in practice in high school.
Bacot fouled on every possession. Only called five times
They are very good. We played better than I expected. Not enough stops.
Of course, Russian dude has career high.
Never really had a chance in this game if we are honest….huge talent discrepancy.
Horrible, atrocious, pathetic, awful, embarrassingly bad........DEFENSE. Geezus........91 points!
I still like this team. We just played against a better team tonight.
We have more talent than them. They got refs to call fouls for them, we didn’t.
Please prove it……there was one bright spot when we took the lead and then they just pressed on the gas….anybody with any basketball sense knows this was never in doubt.
We played way, way dumber than them. The smart team always gets the calls.
They have two high school fours. How many 4s and 5s do we have? No talent issue.
I thought overall we played really well in stretches, but their guard play was better and their bigs were overwhelming at the end. I thought on offense we got stagnant a few times by not passing the ball. On D we were not great on the perimeter. Not sure how we could have guarded the bigs any better.
Not a bad loss. Purdue is legit.
Good effort against a better team.
