Toledo at Purdue: MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD
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In some past years, this would have been a good game. But Toledo is not good this year. It'll be a point guard battle between Smith and Sonny Wilson. Smith should pretty easily win it. But does Purdue cover the 20.5? That'll depend on guys like Colvin and Heide.
Is this a "get-right-game" for TKR? FanDuel has him -140 to have 20+ points. Scratching my head at that one. Not taking it.
I dont believe they changed or hurts Purdue in this game(or any game) at all.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and Happy New Year to you and your families. Today, the Toledo Rockets (6-5) out of the Mid-American Conference visit Mackey Arena to take on the #21-ranked Purdue Boilermakers (8-4) in the last game of the non-conference season for the Boilers. Tip is scheduled for approximately 6:00 pm (Eastern time) with television coverage on the Big Ten Network.
Projected Starting Line-ups:
Toledo - Jaylan Ouwinga, Javan Simmons, Sam Lewis, Sonny Wilson, and Isaiah Adams
Purdue - Trey Kaufman-Renn, Camden Heide, Myles Colvin, Fletcher Loyer, and Braden Smith
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Purdue has lost three of its last four games and is coming off two disappointing losses the last two weekends to Auburn and Texas A & M. Also, this will be the first home game for the Boilers in three weeks. Toledo has lost four of its last five games after a 5-1 start to the season, and the Rockets were overmatched in their last game, as Houston held them to 49 points on 29 percent shooting. Toledo trailed by as many as 38 and never led in the game.
Sophomore guard Sonny Wilson leads the Rockets in scoring, averaging 15.2 points on 52.8 percent shooting. A few other Toledo players to watch are sophomore guard Sam Lewis (13.9 PPG and 4.9 RPG), sophomore forward Javan Simmons (11.5 PPG and 4.4 RPG) and senior guard Isaiah Adams (10.4 PPG and 3.9 RPG). Toledo ranks 216th in the KenPom ratings, 121st in offensive efficiency and 328th in defensive efficiency. The Rockets play at a relatively fast pace with a 65th rating for adjusted tempo.
Purdue has slipped to 27th overall in KenPom ratings, still 9th in offensive efficiency but no 75th in defensive efficiency. The adjusted tempo is still among the slower teams at 300th.
This is a little bit of a step down in competition level for Purdue after the last few weeks, but this is no time for the Boilers to be complacent or just rely on the home environment to carry them through. They still have plenty of young players who need more in-game experience and more importantly, the overall team play and efficiency still needs work and has room for improvement.
According to Coach Matt Painter following the Auburn loss and leading into this game - "You want to play a great schedule to figure your team out, figure out what you need to work on, but you also want to win......So we've done it the three previous years and were undefeated in all three non-conferences and played a lot of difficult people. I don't want to go away from that standard. This is where we are. Deal with it. Get better as a coach, get better as a player, get better collectively as a team......We're not a great team. We're a good team and we need to work so hopefully come March, we can be a great team."
"It's hard to be consistent with inconsistent minutes. It's hard to feel good about yourself and have confidence and know you belong, but you don't feel that way because you might not play in a game, or you might play 5-to-10 minutes, or you don't get any shot attempts. It's really, really difficult. So, for those guys to be in there and get some confidence ... that's what we need."
Purdue is looking to get things back on track as the conference season resumes next week with a trip to Minneapolis. How will the Boilers respond today?
We shall see, coming up in a few hours......
Boiler Up, my friends.
Projected Starting Line-ups:
Toledo - Jaylan Ouwinga, Javan Simmons, Sam Lewis, Sonny Wilson, and Isaiah Adams
Purdue - Trey Kaufman-Renn, Camden Heide, Myles Colvin, Fletcher Loyer, and Braden Smith
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Purdue has lost three of its last four games and is coming off two disappointing losses the last two weekends to Auburn and Texas A & M. Also, this will be the first home game for the Boilers in three weeks. Toledo has lost four of its last five games after a 5-1 start to the season, and the Rockets were overmatched in their last game, as Houston held them to 49 points on 29 percent shooting. Toledo trailed by as many as 38 and never led in the game.
Sophomore guard Sonny Wilson leads the Rockets in scoring, averaging 15.2 points on 52.8 percent shooting. A few other Toledo players to watch are sophomore guard Sam Lewis (13.9 PPG and 4.9 RPG), sophomore forward Javan Simmons (11.5 PPG and 4.4 RPG) and senior guard Isaiah Adams (10.4 PPG and 3.9 RPG). Toledo ranks 216th in the KenPom ratings, 121st in offensive efficiency and 328th in defensive efficiency. The Rockets play at a relatively fast pace with a 65th rating for adjusted tempo.
Purdue has slipped to 27th overall in KenPom ratings, still 9th in offensive efficiency but no 75th in defensive efficiency. The adjusted tempo is still among the slower teams at 300th.
This is a little bit of a step down in competition level for Purdue after the last few weeks, but this is no time for the Boilers to be complacent or just rely on the home environment to carry them through. They still have plenty of young players who need more in-game experience and more importantly, the overall team play and efficiency still needs work and has room for improvement.
According to Coach Matt Painter following the Auburn loss and leading into this game - "You want to play a great schedule to figure your team out, figure out what you need to work on, but you also want to win......So we've done it the three previous years and were undefeated in all three non-conferences and played a lot of difficult people. I don't want to go away from that standard. This is where we are. Deal with it. Get better as a coach, get better as a player, get better collectively as a team......We're not a great team. We're a good team and we need to work so hopefully come March, we can be a great team."
"It's hard to be consistent with inconsistent minutes. It's hard to feel good about yourself and have confidence and know you belong, but you don't feel that way because you might not play in a game, or you might play 5-to-10 minutes, or you don't get any shot attempts. It's really, really difficult. So, for those guys to be in there and get some confidence ... that's what we need."
Purdue is looking to get things back on track as the conference season resumes next week with a trip to Minneapolis. How will the Boilers respond today?
We shall see, coming up in a few hours......
Boiler Up, my friends.
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Sprained foot in practice according to Coach Matt Painter. Caleb Furst and Raleigh Burgess expected to be ready for more when their respective numbers are called.
Let’s see what Paint has done since Auburn and A&M.
Checking in from Lynchburg
Checking in from Lynchburg
Haven't heard anything - IF there were, maybe FURST? I think he was initially announced or going to start against maybe (was it Maryland?) but then the line-up was changed again before tip.
no pregame comments tonight. Gave my tickets away and will watch on the tube. Rain discouraged me a bit...
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Game tip @ 6:07 (Eastern time) - you can catch the beginning on FOX Sports app thanks to snail-pace Winthrop/Indiana game.
maybe Girlaway will do his Bob Cousy imitation and things will speed up
Brcic with two put-backs already....ouch.
Smitty - Boom Baby to tie it @ 8......Boilers need to pick it up a notch.
Smitty - Boom Baby to tie it @ 8......Boilers need to pick it up a notch.
JV games shouldn’t last so long
Yeah - 2/7 from deep and early deficit on the glass is not a good start and need a spark.
Only two Boilers to score.....6 each. Hopefully they heat up some soon - a cold 5/14 from the field so far.
