Huge game at Purdue

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If we can steal this one on the road and then take care of business at home against Nebraska, we may find ourselves in first place in the B1G before the tricky slate of road games at Indiana and Minnesota. It also allows us to even out our loss to Nebraska.

Purdue is always tough at home, however this year, they have some interesting stats in B1G play:

They are the best team in the conference in offensive rebounds. Iowa is #2.
However, they are the worst team in the conference in defensive rebounds.

Kind of tells you that Purdue struggles to shoot and that their opponents dont have trouble shooting. So:

They are the worst shooting team in the B1G with regards to shooting percentage.
They are 9th best in defensive shooting percentage.

As far as other stats that stick out:

They are the worst team in the B1G in FTM's, and 2nd worst in FTA's.
They are the worst team in the conference in FT %.
3rd worst in made 3's.
3rd worst in assists.
And, Iowa and Purdue are polar opposites as far as scoring offense and defense. Iowa is the best offense and 12th on defense, and Purdue is 13th in offense and 3rd in defense.

The only other stat that sticks out as they are pretty much in the middle to bottom of the conference in the remaining noteworthy categories, is that the are the 3rd best team in the conference in turnover margin.

So, saying that, I dont think we need to do anything unique here. Garza has to stay out of foul trouble, we have to take care of the ball and shoot at an Iowa average type of game and we should win this one, barring an out-of-character offensive performance by Purdue.
 
NikeHawk21 said:
Purdue whacked Virginia, Michigan State, and Wisconsin in Mackey. If they play like they did in those games Iowa has very little chance. They won those three games by a combined 77 points.
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You are right, they did whack all those teams. They beat MSU and UVA pretty much the same way; they hit more three's (+9 against UVA and +6 against MSU) and won the turnover battle decisively (+9 against UVA and +12 against MSU) and they beat Wisconsin by absolutely destroying them on the glass 42-16 and 16-2 on offensive boards. I agree, if they are +10 on turnovers, hit 12 threes and out-rebound us we dont have a chance, but, I think our team is built to negate some of those strengths.
 
PCHawk said:
Also at home they lost to Butler by 9, beat Minnesota in double OT, and got beat bad by Illinois. I'd say we got a 50/50 chance in this one and it mostly depends on Purdue.
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Butler was a Neutral site game. But the point stands.
 
Iowa wins this one with grit and determination. If fact, I believe Iowa will put up another 5 game winning streak. At Purdue, Vs. Nebraska, at Indiana, at Minnesota, and home vs. Ohio St. Purdue and Minnesota have been up and down. Nebraska would be the worst team if it wasn’t for NW. Indiana has no inside defense, Garza can name the score. Ohio St. should be out of the picture before we play them at home. The last four games is where this is all gonna be decided. And I like our chances in those games too.
 
Agreed. About as pedestrian a Purdue team as we’ll ever see. Great chance for a rare road win there. Huge game!!
 
NikeHawk21 said:
Purdue whacked Virginia, Michigan State, and Wisconsin in Mackey. If they play like they did in those games Iowa has very little chance. They won those three games by a combined 77 points.
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Virginia and Wisconsin are pretty much the same type of team. They want to limit the number of possessions that you have, one way they do that is going deep into the shot clock. At home that plays right into Purdue’s hand.

PChawk is correct, Iowa has a 50/50 shot here because they are the anti- Virginia, the anti-Wisconsin. If Iowa can get get control of this game early in terms of tempo and pace, they could easily win it by 7 or more points.
 
dirtwrap said:
If we can steal this one on the road and then take care of business at home against Nebraska, we may find ourselves in first place in the B1G before the tricky slate of road games at Indiana and Minnesota. It also allows us to even out our loss to Nebraska.

Purdue is always tough at home, however this year, they have some interesting stats in B1G play:

They are the best team in the conference in offensive rebounds. Iowa is #2.
However, they are the worst team in the conference in defensive rebounds.

Kind of tells you that Purdue struggles to shoot and that their opponents dont have trouble shooting. So:

They are the worst shooting team in the B1G with regards to shooting percentage.
They are 9th best in defensive shooting percentage.

As far as other stats that stick out:

They are the worst team in the B1G in FTM's, and 2nd worst in FTA's.
They are the worst team in the conference in FT %.
3rd worst in made 3's.
3rd worst in assists.
And, Iowa and Purdue are polar opposites as far as scoring offense and defense. Iowa is the best offense and 12th on defense, and Purdue is 13th in offense and 3rd in defense.

The only other stat that sticks out as they are pretty much in the middle to bottom of the conference in the remaining noteworthy categories, is that the are the 3rd best team in the conference in turnover margin.

So, saying that, I dont think we need to do anything unique here. Garza has to stay out of foul trouble, we have to take care of the ball and shoot at an Iowa average type of game and we should win this one, barring an out-of-character offensive performance by Purdue.
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Translated:. Purdue sorta misses Carsen Edwards. Cline was a big role player for them too, kind of a CJ Frederick type who could get hot in tournament play.

They always seem to shoot well against us in that building. And we only seem to win there about once a decade.

This would be a good night for one of those wins. If we can win in Bloomington we can win in West Lafayette. Teams that get four (or higher)seeds are teams who can win some conference road games.
 
The last time we won at Purdue was when Uthoff, Woodbury, and Gessel were seniors, the team that was #! on KenPom for a week

Took an outstanding defensive effort. We were about 20 points down and came back for the ulikely victory


Dom Uhl and TheBear had a hand in the victory

Place is a nightmare for us otherwise

As stated, if Luka stays out of foul trouble and there is no lid on the basket for our sharpshooters

We shall emerge victorious

:cool:
 
The Northwestern road game was a good start, a few more road wins will make this team remarkable.
 
It would be an awesome win but I wouldn't bet on it. Historically, we just don't play well there, and at times have been absolutely embarrassed. It would be an outstanding gut-check win if we can find a way.
 
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