Yeah, you don't "drop" from a 2/3 to a 5/6 from one game.
Two seed talk
- Thread starter proudopete
- Start date
Especially not to a bubble team. We'd have to lose to Chicago State at home by 40 to get dropped more than 1 seed line.
In this morning’s updated bracket, ESPN dropped Purdue from the 2 line to the 3, after losing to OSU. Win impressively tonight, and based on the rest of this weekend’s games, they could find there way back to the 2 soon.
Lunardi
Lunardi
where did L'Ville come from? saw them last yr and was one of worst teams I saw. So this yr I see they are TOP 25. I know they got Chukky in the off season but don't pay attention to their team this yr
We were projected a 2 before OSU game. With this michigan win maybe back to a 2?
3 should be the goal and 2 is certainly doable
3 should be the goal and 2 is certainly doable
This has been one of my favorite Purdue teams to watch develop because of the adversity that they faced early on and how they have come together as a team. It’s hard to recall a team turning it around this dramatically on defense so quickly. There is a perception that to be great defensively you need to have extreme athleticism and length, but there are definitely longer and more athletic teams than Purdue in the Big Ten. Purdue is doing it with connectedness, heart, great coaching, and total buy-in from the entire rotation.
We have all been very spoiled with the last 3 years prior to this season where Purdue was playing very well to start the season. This was not like that year in part due to the scheduling and Zach leaving. We weren’t used to this type of thing happening 😂 or maybe we all forgot. They’re peaking at the right time and hope it continues into March.
25-6 would be good. 1 seed good? Purdue is in a surprisingly big group that with some super solid play can fight for 1 seeds. Auburn, Duke, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Houston, Marquette, Purdue, Michigan State and Iowa State.
6 losses is prob absolute max that a 1 can have. And they’d have to win the conf outright, which is on the table still but things need to fall certain ways for Purdue.
Still not sold on sparty. They remind me of the 22-23 boilers. One guy as their main production and the rest are role players that aren’t shooting it very well from 3 (29% overall and 33% in B1G play vs bottom of conference). Could see them winning the conference and losing first round when they go cold and a team gets hot from 3.
Sparty Twitter is convinced they will be fine in March with their team shooting 29% from 3 because they are “built” to not need it and won’t get down by more than 10.
Their schedule lines up very nicely for them to win the conference. And so far, haven’t slipped up. February will be a tough stretch for them, but maybe they’ll make it out.
Play good enough defense and it can help. It's the one thing that travels. But yea that 3pt% really needs to bump up.
Purdue has a lot of chances with Q1 wins left. Would love to get at least a 3 seed in the Midwest but definitely think a 2 seed in other regions is a high probability if Purdue were to go 8-2 for the last half of conference play and get a win in the BTT.
They've got the wrong guys taking them. Richardson and Fears should probably take more. Akins, Booker, Fidler and Kohler should stop shooting. Wild that they've only got one guy shooting in the 30's.
Name - Attempts - 3P%
Akins - 94 - 28.7%
Holloman - 70 - 31.4%
Booker - 53 - 20.8%
Fidler - 47 - 19.1%
Richardson - 38 - 44.7%
Kohler - 25 - 20.0%
Fears - 14 - 42.9%
Carr - 6 - 50%
Fears with less than 1 a game!? And Richardson only at 2 a game?
Hmmm wonder if we will be going under screens
We just have to keep them out of transition. They are back to their rebound and kickout to put pressure on defenses play. No idea why they got away from that.
3-3 against Q1. Best wins are Texas, Gonzaga and Baylor. 3-2 against Q2 and a Q3 loss to Colorado.
Indiana and UNC are First Four out? That should let you know what shape CBB is in right now. I'd rather see the Drakes, Bradley's, VCU, Marist of the world get in before those 2.
Right but …they just lost at Minnesota. But maybe they’ll be better in the dance if they don’t have to travel so much?
8-2 against Q1 and that game against Minnesota is now a Q2 game where they are 1-2. Though 1 loss is to NET 33 UCLA at home and to 96 Minny on the road.
Lunardi bumped Purdue back to a 2 this morning. Has Ohio State in last 4 IN, Indinia in first four OUT, Nebraska in next 4 OUT.
Similar threads
