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Purdue at Minnesota: MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD

All road wins are good wins. But Braden makes any game winnable. An amazing player. B10 player of the week given the last 2 games imo.

Love that Furst got going and C & H found a way to help off the bench. MN, even at the Barn in my opinion is not a good team. They look like they might be the cellar dweller of the B10 this year.

Loyer was so fun to watch last night. He was just having fun and is just a crazy good shooter. But that last shot was nuts.
True that any road win is good, but this was a first for Purdue this year on the opponents home court. I think that lack of confidence was a bit apparent last night early. I thought after the Toledo game that Caleb needed more minutes as he has the potential "this year" to help this team get better and thought Caleb did well. As I said above, this was a good answer to the physical play...something the minny asst coach was demanding of is players for Purdue to answer the physical play. Only thing missing was the physical play with more pressure. This was a pressure game and the pressure was on Purdue to win and it didn't start well for Purdue and yet they kept grinding until others could help Fletcher and the foul situation was not as concerning and so as a team I think more players felt they contributed which was good for the morale. True that Minny day in and day out is not one of the better teams in the Big this year, but on a given night anything can happen and was starting to happen until Purdue circled the wagons and was not to be denied. Next is Northwestern and hopefully Caleb takes another step and Myles finds that two dribble into the lane when hard closeouts happen...
 
Gotta hand it to the Illinois coach. He seems to be a master at bringing in the right players.....portal or recruiting. Then after getting them to IL, putting the pieces together and making very good teams out of his pieces. Yet to see a great team, maybe this one is it??
He has been loaded with talent
 
Wins away even against bad teams can provide a window on progress or lack of progress. Furst was a help on the boards and on defense. His scoring was gravy. Heide and Colvin struggled shooting but the 9 rebounds,4 assists and 2 steals show they remained engaged and were an improvement. Shots will fall eventually.
 
They were pretty darn good last year, just no chance being in Connecticut's region, although they gave them a really good battle for the first 19 minutes, then the wheels fell off. Really good team in '22 as well, but I thought the best chances were with the Dosunmu team right before that in '21......until I picked them. :)

Underwood is maybe a little polarizing and might rub some the wrong way, but he is a really good coach, IMO. Think he has double-digit conference wins the last five years.....something like that.
A newbie might find him fiery, but I think he just simmers now compared to when he started. One transfer he got as an all state honorable mention player from Tipton at 6'9" that was at Huntington and then Evansville that I don't recall seeing play in high school

 
Wins away even against bad teams can provide a window on progress or lack of progress. Furst was a help on the boards and on defense. His scoring was gravy. Heide and Colvin struggled shooting but the 9 rebounds,4 assists and 2 steals show they remained engaged and were an improvement. Shots will fall eventually.
Caleb brought some fight that was needed...
 
Wins away even against bad teams can provide a window on progress or lack of progress. Furst was a help on the boards and on defense. His scoring was gravy. Heide and Colvin struggled shooting but the 9 rebounds,4 assists and 2 steals show they remained engaged and were an improvement. Shots will fall eventually.
I think we found our Center starter for the rest of the year. Furst was good, great on boards, good on defense and provided some offense. Best starter we have had since the injury to Jacobsen.

The 5th starter, either a SF or 3rd guard is still up in the air. No one has played well enough to claim it, but I love watching Painter work through things and try different things. Next year when healthy and a year older this team will be ready for another deep run into the NCAA.
 
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He has been loaded with talent

Part of being a great coach is bringing in Talent -- he does that well. But talent & coaching equals success. He has has that the last 4-5 years.

Love the coaches attitude about scoring in first 7 seconds, when available. And it was available alot last night vs Oregon. That puts alot of offensive pressure on an opponent.
 
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Gotta hand it to the Illinois coach. He seems to be a master at bringing in the right players.....portal or recruiting. Then after getting them to IL, putting the pieces together and making very good teams out of his pieces. Yet to see a great team, maybe this one is it??
That was a jaw-dropping beatdown last night-- a scary combination of Illini athleticism and execution, and what had to be the most clueless, inept defense ever by Oregon. Underwood is kind of a wierdo, but his results speak for themselves.

Of course, Oregon will have all that ineptitude worked out by the time Purdue shows up in Eugene later this month.

The Featherheads' psycho, myopic fans take manic depression to amazing levels, and their seething envy of Painter and Purdue makes reading their fan boards a delight!
 
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That was a jaw-dropping beatdown last night-- a scary combination of Illini athleticism and execution, and what had to be the most clueless, inept defense ever by Oregon. Underwood is kind of a wierdo, but his results speak for themselves.

Of course, Oregon will have all that ineptitude worked out by the time Purdue shows up in Eugene later this month.

The Featherheads' psycho, myopic fans take manic depression to amazing levels, and their seething envy of Painter and Purdue makes reading their fan boards a delight!
It helps when you hit 16 of 29 3s 😂
 
Part of being a great coach is bringing in Talent -- he does that well. But talent & coaching equals success. He has has that the last 4-5 years.

Love the coaches attitude about scoring in first 7 seconds, when available. And it was available alot last night vs Oregon. That puts alot of offensive pressure on an opponent.
I never got to see it, but the point spread was amazing
 
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That was a jaw-dropping beatdown last night-- a scary combination of Illini athleticism and execution, and what had to be the most clueless, inept defense ever by Oregon. Underwood is kind of a wierdo, but his results speak for themselves.

Of course, Oregon will have all that ineptitude worked out by the time Purdue shows up in Eugene later this month.

The Featherheads' psycho, myopic fans take manic depression to amazing levels, and their seething envy of Painter and Purdue makes reading their fan boards a delight!
watched the 1st half and Gibbs-Hawthorn guy made some nice plays
 
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