Still, had Cam and Myles made the jump we are used to seeing in second year players this team would be substantially better
Toledo at Purdue: MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD
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Hmmm...
Well Smith won that PG battle easily as I said.
And Purdue didn't cover because Colvin and Heide did absolutely nothing.
They still could make that jump in B1G play. Both have shown flashes against quality opponents this year. They need more consistent production.
Cool. Would still take them over just about everyone on IU. By the way, IU was 1/20 from 3 and had a lot of trouble with Winthrop.
Heard the best transfer in the portal was out too late the night before and got benched.
I was hoping, and really thought, at least one of them would be approaching double digit scoring this year.
Cam and Myles showed tonight how little they've progressed. Furst, Cox, and Harris should be in the line up before those two and should log more minutes by far.
I thought they'd turned the corner but now I'm seeing them both in a different light. 6-8 minutes a game until they learn the offense and defense.
RIght now, neither should be more than 8th or 9th man.
Good thing I teased them all the way down to -7.5!
It’s now free fries after 2 missed free throws by the opponent. Replaced the free chicken offer after 2 missed free throws this year.Free Chicken nuggets!!!
Coaches have some work to do to bring on these supplemental scorers. Can't just be the B3.
When I see the team -- other than the B3 going 0-7 from three, I wonder how good a decision it was to RS Benter?? He must have been woeful on D, as I know he could have knocked down several of those 3s.
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You’re an IU fan that always criticizes Purdue. Unless you’re actually a Purdue fan?
"That always criticizes." I didn't have to criticize. I just made a simple observation. I said Purdue covering the spread would depend on Colvin and Heide. They had 0 points combined and won by 19. The spread end up at 21.5. So I was right. I also said Smith would easily win the PG battle. Which I was right about.
He's Indinia all the way. You can tell by the arrogance he spews and the sheer obsessive need he has for our approval.
they just dont get the ball enough to make a difference. they combined on sunday for 8 shots while the big 3 took 47.
Well their track record recently (1 rebound) cut their minutes. Plus they had o in 30 combined minutes. The subs while not great scoring wise did get 17 boards.
They're not in position to get the ball most of the time. Both have regressed back to last year's efforts, especially Colvin with Heide a close second to him.
No. Mostly yes, but not always.
And that was one he should have passed it away.
Getting Myles into the game makes this team a lot better.
He should do that ANY chance he gets.
Need to play the big lineup in whatever form you (Matt) chooses.
Not gaining anything that I can see playing small.
Not gaining anything that I can see playing small.
And why do you think that is? They haven't proven to have the ability to do much if they do have it.
Toledo has a 300+ ranked defense and we looked poor against them. I think since this was a get right game at home against an average at best opponent, that we should have made a concerted effort to get everyone going on offense to help get some confidence and maybe a bit of mojo for them as we enter the conference season.
We know what the “big 3” can do. Run some stuff to try to jump start the rest of the guys. Somehow need to figure a way to get some contributions from others or this could be a long year.
Purdue played at a slow pace and had 83 points, a 57.1% eFG% and a 123.2 offensive efficiency. There are a lot of things you can complain about. Purdue's offense was just fine.
Still @ 27 in KenPom (10th offensively) - have been hovering in top 10 for the non-conference.....yeah, it's the defensive efficiency (73rd now) that is the bigger problem - primarily getting worked on the offensive glass and giving up transition points when the turnover bug hits. For the glass half-full guys (sorry can't help it folks....
), there is some light when the newcomers gel more with the system, but Purdue is still going to live and die with trying to keep the paint cleaner and how well they can gang rebound, IMO.The more help they get with scoring punch gives them a little more margin for error......really interested how they execute on the road tomorrow.....in the hated Barn, as DP pointed out.
Happy New Year, folks!
Happy New Year. The “area for improvement” on defense is due to being Zach-less. Although Zach was not a big time shot blocker, he prevented a lot of shots from being taken near the rim once opponents blew by Purdue’s perimeter/ wing defenders. Of course he made Purdue’s rebounding a strength.Still @ 27 in KenPom (10th offensively) - have been hovering in top 10 for the non-conference.....yeah, it's the defensive efficiency (73rd now) that is the bigger problem - primarily getting worked on the offensive glass and giving up transition points when the turnover bug hits. For the glass half-full guys (sorry can't help it folks....
The more help they get with scoring punch gives them a little more margin for error......really interested how they execute on the road tomorrow.....in the hated Barn, as DP pointed out.
Happy New Year, folks!
Not sure if this has been posted but it’s interesting about the rebounding margin throughout the years:
Purdue Rebounding Margin by Year
23-24 +11.1
22-23 +10.8
15-16 +10.5
21-22 +9.6
16-17 +6.7
20-21 +6.2
18-19 +5.2
14-15 +4.7
19-20 +4.2
13-14 +3.6
17-18 +2.5
10-11 +1.9
06-07 +1.2
05-06 +1.0
12-13 +0.9
24-25 +0.5
07-08 +0.3
08-09 -0.6
09-10 -1.6
11-12 -4.4
Credit below tweet:
Painter's teams have generally been strong on the glass, but we definitely got spoiled the last few years.
Baby Boilers apparently weren’t very good but found ways to win. Not saying this team is like those, but just interesting to look at.
