Purdue in the NCAA tournament - ranks and trend

[rgarlitz]

A few things I took from the game notes Purdue released for the Cincinnati gameurdue's current 14-tournament streak of winning at least one game is the 5th longest in tournament history. Kansas holds the record for winning at least one game in all 21 tournaments in which it played from 1981 until 2005. Every 4-year Purdue class since 1977 (38 total) has participated in the NCAA tournament. According to my calculations, 28 of the 38 (74%) have played in at least 2 NCAA tournaments. 16 (42%) have played in at least 3 tournaments. 13 (34%) have played in 4 tournaments.Purdue has the 3rd most wins as a lower seed (underdog) in NCAA tournament history. The Boilers have knocked off higher seeded teams 11 times. Only Villanova (15) and Michigan State (13) have won more.The Boilers are 26-7 when scoring at least 70 points in NCAA tournament games but only 9-19 when scoring 69 or fewer. Conversely, Purdue is 22-8 when giving up fewer than 70 points but only 13-18 when giving up more than 70.Purdue ranks 23rd in all-time tournament victories (35) and 26th in all-time appearances (27, tied with OSU).
Not NCAA tournament related but still interesting: Purdue's 7-game B1G turnaround this year is tied with 3 other teams for the 3rd best in conference history. Michigan State, which improved 9 games from 1989 (6-12) to 1990 (15-3), holds that record.



NCAA Tournament/Cincinnati game notes

 

[Boiler Buck]

Originally posted by rgarlitz:
A few things I took from the game notes Purdue released for the Cincinnati game:

The Boilers are 26-7 when scoring at least 70 points in NCAA tournament games but only 9-19 when scoring 69 or fewer. Conversely, Purdue is 22-8 when giving up fewer than 70 points but only 13-18 when giving up more than 70.

Defensively they are fine as a tourney team, however that poor offensive production that has plagued the Boilers all year might be something that halts the game 1 streak this year.

 

[lbodel]

Purdue needs to be patient, but at the same time not settle for shots. It'll be a big game for Octeus and Davis - to create some drives to the hoop. AJ has to stop shooting 15 footers. Mathias/Stephens can jack open 3s, but others need to be a bit more cautious. If you have an open look with 25 seconds left in the shot clock, maybe not the best shot.

We don't need to be an offensive juggernaut, but we need to be efficient. We've seen that show up in our assists/FG made ratio in several games this year.

And in a defensive battle, the question is how the game will be called and it may end up being the team that adjusts the fastest who wins.