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I suspect that Romeo.will be very good, particularly on offense, but I'm not sure I understand your statement about Purdue having more question marks going into the season than IU. I'm sure you watched IU much more than I did last year, but I see them going into the year with Romeo, Morgan and a bunch of other guys who are servicable at best. I guess you could say that you know what you're getting with those guys, but is that a positive thing?
Carsen will be a signficantly better player (not a better prospect) than either Romeo or Morgan, but I agree that he needs a second player (likely Eastern, Haarms or Boudreaux as you stated) to step up and be his #2 in order for this Purdue team to make real noise in the conference and tournament this year. The good news is that out of the relatively 'known' commodities outside of Carsen, all three have more upside than anyone on IU's team outside of Romeo and Morgan and Eastern and Harrms likely have more upside than Morgan.
Should be interesting in any case. I expect IU to have a solid season, top four in the conference and an NCAA bid. If Carsen doesn't have a solid #2 step up I think Purdue is a borderline NCAA team, but I expect at least one and likely two players will and Purdue finishes in the top three in the conference.