Projected 4 seed

[SaratogaBoiler1]

Right now - we can still get to a 3 which in my opinion was the goal all along. Three regular season games left - yes we’ve lost 2 home games this year but I still think we win both against UCLA and Rutgers. Don’t see us losing 3 at home. Last regular season game at Illinois is huge but like us they are struggling. We win that game and head into the BTT on a 3 game winning streak and who knows. My point is things can turn around quickly - we lost to 3 ranked teams - 2 on the road and a Wisconsin team who couldn’t miss in the second half. Rivalry game which they had to have to keep any chance of the tourney alive. Maybe just maybe we go on a run and get some momentum going into both tourneys. Nobody knows but I’m optimistic. I was at the IU game and Colvin played extremely well - maybe he keeps it going and we have four reliable scorers - crazier things have happened

 

[EdBoiler]

I think we need to win 3 more games between the reg. season and BTT just to get a 4 seed. Anything less, 5/6 seed.

 

[northside100]

I think we need to win 3 more games between the reg. season and BTT just to get a 4 seed. Anything less, 5/6 seed.

That’s seems reasonable. Need to go at least 2-1 + 1-1 to avoid dropping. More concerned about location and playing well at this point. A 5 seed isn’t the end of the world.

 

[BBG]

For a rebuilding year, a 5 seed or up isn't bad at all.

 

[Bank Shot Podcast]

For a rebuilding year, a 5 seed or up isn't bad at all.

"Rebuilding year." Lol.

A 4 seed is a good spot. 5 seed can be a death sentence. Though I am sure Purdue fans will be weary of a 12 and 13 seed(depending who it even is). A 12/13 VCU is going to be a tough out.

As for the rest of their schedule... UCLA could be a really good game. Rutgers is terrible but they have the two talents that can make them good but haven't. Illinois is easily the most inconsistent team in the nation so who the hell knows. I think Purdue finishes out 2-1 in some way.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

We will see how we finish, but with the performance of the last 4 games, we look to be more of a 5 seed.

 

[proudopete]

"Rebuilding year." Lol.

A 4 seed is a good spot. 5 seed can be a death sentence. Though I am sure Purdue fans will be weary of a 12 and 13 seed(depending who it even is). A 12/13 VCU is going to be a tough out.

As for the rest of their schedule... UCLA could be a really good game. Rutgers is terrible but they have the two talents that can make them good but haven't. Illinois is easily the most inconsistent team in the nation so who the hell knows. I think Purdue finishes out 2-1 in some way.

Yes, a rebuilding year. We lost the two time NPOY and added five freshman who play quite a bit. We also lost our starting 7 foot center.

 

[Poprudy]

For a rebuilding year, a 5 seed or up isn't bad at all.

Hey BBG, no disrespect but what gives on the 'rebuilding' comment.

Yes, we lost a 2-time NPOY. We also returned 3 starters, preseason BTPOY candidate, preseason prediction to win the B1G. Most of the season looked to play-out that way as well.

Yes, losing DJ hurts, but I'm not sure that was the reason many had us winning the conference vs Smith leading this team to victories.

 

[Wolegib]

Several of our losses were not because Edey and jones left and were not the result of the play of our freshman.

I would disagree with the statement that our 5 freshmen are playing a lot of minutes. Myles is NOT. A freshman. Benter is redshirting so he has played 0 minutes. Jacobsen played 1-2 games. So you have Harris, Cox and Burgess! And none of those three are coming close to the minutes Loyer and Smith played as a freshman.

 

[PaBoiler78]

"Rebuilding year." Lol.

A 4 seed is a good spot. 5 seed can be a death sentence. Though I am sure Purdue fans will be weary of a 12 and 13 seed(depending who it even is). A 12/13 VCU is going to be a tough out.

As for the rest of their schedule... UCLA could be a really good game. Rutgers is terrible but they have the two talents that can make them good but haven't. Illinois is easily the most inconsistent team in the nation so who the hell knows. I think Purdue finishes out 2-1 in some way.

funny you mentioned VCU, I mentioned that team weeks ago and Dayton as 2 random teams that will knock us out in the Dance

 

[DrEss]

I’m on the fence with respect to this being called a rebuilding year. The team did have very convincing early wins such as Alabama and Mississippi and subsequent impressive wins vs Nebraska and Michigan. They have had equally disappointing losses vs PSU, Marquette, A&M and OSU.

I would probably refer to this as being that our reload was not as we hoped for.