Play small, lose Big

[Born Boiler]

Playing four bigs in the first half – Kaufman-Renn, Furst, Burgess and Berg -- Purdue limited Sparty to 48-percent shooting and held even on the boards to keep the lead for over 11 minutes and close within 33-31 at intermission.

Playing one big for most of the second half, Purdue gave up 68-percent shooting while getting turned over 6-3 and outrebounded 12-10, quickly getting buried by 13 points and never again getting closer than four in a 75-66 embarrassment for a third straight loss.

It doesn’t take a genius to know basketball is a big man’s game – in this league, 7-footers can handle -- yet we see Purdue always resting hopes on a fairytale, this year’s being “Slow Drive and the Four Dwarfs.” And now the Big Ten’s preseason favorites are dead. Hi ho no mo.

 

[BoilerMaker P]

Okay, I’ll admit I laughed at “Slow Drive and the Four Dwarfs”

 

[Born Boiler]

Okay, I’ll admit I laughed at “Slow Drive and the Four Dwarfs”

I really had to go a long way for that one.

 

[qazplm]

Okay, I’ll admit I laughed at “Slow Drive and the Four Dwarfs”

Certainly has us all Grumpy

 

[Boilerfla]

DJ was a big loss this year, a few L’s might have been W’s

Add the 4/5 portal man next year and DJ, next year good shape, plus West, Benter 3 machine specialist(maybe)

 

[Poprudy]

Imagine this team with DJ and Catchings. This year could have been totally different. If, we would have had both next year. Probably fighting for a NC.

 

[PaBoiler78]

DJ was a big loss this year, a few L’s might have been W’s

Add the 4/5 portal man next year and DJ, next year good shape, plus West, Benter 3 machine specialist(maybe)

I think West RS's being everyone comes back

 

[Born Boiler]

Imagine this team with DJ and Catchings. This year could have been totally different. If, we would have had both next year. Probably fighting for a NC.

I’m just imagining last night and playing the same rotation in the second half as the first half.

 

[Born Boiler]

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Four Times.

 

[Wolegib]

Imagine this team with DJ and Catchings. This year could have been totally different. If, we would have had both next year. Probably fighting for a NC.

Losing catchings was a huge loss because he filled a niche we don’t have. And the timing of his decision killed us

 

[Dryfly88]

Losing catchings was a huge loss because he filled a niche we don’t have. And the timing of his decision killed us

What exactly have you seen from him at BYU that you think he would Have "filled" for us? Please be specific.

 

[Poprudy]

What exactly have you seen from him at BYU that you think he would Have "filled" for us? Please be specific.

Probably starter minutes. If not, at least an offensive threat off the bench. He's a freshman avg. more than Myles and Cam and they are supposed to be contributing big for us.

 

[Born Boiler]

Catchings and Jacobsen didn’t play in the first half today when we took a 37-25 lead. Kaufman-Renn, Furst, Berg and Burgess all did, with Furst’s re-entry bringing an immediate 12-0 run to flip the lead from down 5 to up 7. In the second half, Berg and Burgess didn’t play, while Kaufman-Renn and Furst were usually stuck solo with four smalls, and we got outscored 48-18 up to the last minute. Two different approaches, two different results, same game. Fourth straight loss, each on second-half collapses using the “small” lineup.

 

[Dryfly88]

Probably starter minutes. If not, at least an offensive threat off the bench. He's a freshman avg. more than Myles and Cam and they are supposed to be contributing big for us.

Serious question: How many BYU games have you watched? You quote his points average and yet with that his minutes have reduced to the point he barely played in a blowout of Kansas. He's getting fewer minutes as the season has gone on. When I've watched them play, he camps out in the corner and once in a while get the ball and shoots it. I just don't see what he would have brought to us. But maybe I'm wrong.

 

[pubill]

Losing catchings was a huge loss because he filled a niche we don’t have. And the timing of his decision killed us

He can’t even play at BYU