Game Report: Boilermakers Blow Out Iowa in West Lafayette
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RobHowe
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Part of it was Purdue making open shots all night.
STILLBUSTER
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Yea, I’m not sweating this one...Shit happens and Hawks were the toilet, tonight.
Questions tho, Rob ...
Luka is a freakin machine, win or lose. His style, attitude and effort make him one of my all-time favs and I just love watching him play. Looking to next year, with everyone healthy and the potential team ... likely very special!
What’s ur sense - based on info and / or gut - that he comes back? Is he a traditional guy that wants to see what they can do or more one to feel he’s done what he can and it’s time to move up?
eveningnewsteam
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The non blocking out in the early part of the game got Purdue going and they never looked back. Just an atrocious effort on the glass the first 5 mins. Standing and watching
HaydenHawk56
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Iowa helping set more records for their opponents.....in the wrong direction for us.
WindsorHawk
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Only counts as 1 loss...kind of feels like 3.
WindsorHawk
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Most of us like Kenpom. I definitely do. Purdue is 16 and we are 19. So we didn’t lose to a bunch of scrubs. They beat Michigan State by 29. I also think we will avenge this loss and Penn State and Nebraska. See Michigan and Maryland home and away.
Edit - Sometimes we forget we start 2 freshmen, 2 sophomores and a junior. They’re smart and talented. But when things go sideways it can snowball quickly in a game.
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RobHowe
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I think it's too early to say he's staying or going. It needs to play out.
I do think he goes through the NBA Draft process. And he should. And then we'll see how he's evaluated. There's also a chance he could be offered big money to play overseas.
I really don't think he's thinking about any of that right now. That's not how he's wired. He'll figure it out after the season.
1980HAWKFAN
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I thought former Purdue player and now broadcaster on BTN summed it pretty well in his post game comments. " Looked like they rolled the ball out there and went at it like Y ball." I think that summarized Iowa's defensive effort last night. Perhaps we were tired it sure looked like it and once again not much depth on the bench hurt. Even Fran had a different look. Any time the camera swung past the bench he was sitting in his chair looking like he was somewhere where he didn't want to be.
BlacknGold19
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Any clue how far Michigan St dropped in those rankings after they lost by 29 to Purdue? My guess is not as far.
WindsorHawk
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It was pretty apparent how this was going to go by halftime. But Fran couldn’t grab the remote and turn the channel.
The guys looked tired and ran into a buzz saw. I’m just hoping JT and CJ aren’t hitting the freshman wall. I think that’s a real thing. But it usually passes and they get their 2nd wind.
SpiderRico
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When you beat UVA by 29, MSU by 29, Wisky by 19, and us by 36, you're going to get some major bonus points in KenPom. On a neutral site, we would beat that team by 8-10 points. But there's something about Mackey that just makes teams fold. Purdue is now something like 47-5 at Mackey in conference play over the last 6 years.
I posted this earlier in another thread, but the odds of a 12-10 team beating the likes of UVA, MSU, Wisky, and Iowa by a combined 113 points has to be right up there with winning the lottery. That is the most crazy home court advantage in any one season I've ever seen.
