Maybe year 40 will be the one to get them a FF.
Cline gagging on a FT to seal it was fitting. Most Purdue thing ever.
Cline gagging on a FT to seal it was fitting. Most Purdue thing ever.
39 years and counting....
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No - them turning the ball over at the end and not even getting a shot off to tie was epic Boiler Ball.
Another idiotic comment after watching them play that hard and that competitively against a better team.
Purdue was in that game for one reason and one reason only -
Edwards shooting. Had a chance to get to the Final Four and blew it.
They played great, and Edwards was the best player in this year's tourney.
Doesn't mean they get a pass from some teasing.
Eff off, Ord.
Shit Sherlock, maybe you can put your "high school coaching experience to use" if only Fred knew you are available. If he hired Allen for football, then you'd be a keeper here. Tell us how much less you would take and suck at the same rate Archie has, while whiffing on your "locking down the state" and looking at a total question mark going into year 3? I'm sure your catalog of excuses would make Sears proud for losing customers and fans. What a joke you and others are. I've seen Little League baseball coaches and above not tolerate the landfill of garbage you and others want to justify as "coaching" around here.
Instead of being excited about the loss of your biggest rival in the Tournament maybe you all need a reality check.
Games Played in 2019 NCAA Tournament Purdue 4 Indiana 0
Games won in 2019 NCAA Tournament Purdue 3 Indiana 0
Games lost in the 2019 NCAA Tournament Purdue 1 Indiana 0
This is where you should focus your attention. As Sargent Joe Friday used to say on episodes of Dragnet, "Just the facts Mam."
Games Played in 2019 NCAA Tournament Purdue 4 Indiana 0
Games won in 2019 NCAA Tournament Purdue 3 Indiana 0
Games lost in the 2019 NCAA Tournament Purdue 1 Indiana 0
This is where you should focus your attention. As Sargent Joe Friday used to say on episodes of Dragnet, "Just the facts Mam."
The focus should be on your own team and the message board associated with it instead of doing the equivalent of chanting IU sucks over here. Once a broilee though, eh?
This is an IU board. If you like Purdue, they have a message board.
and 4 turnovers, 0 steals, 0 blocks and 2 rebounds. Edwards is one helluva shooter/scorer/chucker, but don't count on him for stats that win games (other than points).
That’s the case with every team but one. Purdue wasn’t a great team but rather a very good one that succeeded due, in large part, to the abilities of a great player. The credit, beyond Edwards and his teammates, each of whom accepted their role beautifully, goes to Painter, who did a masterful job of coaching and knitting that patchwork quilt together seamlessly. In the process, at least last night, he showed the shortcomings of the pack line defense, which was summarily shredded.
Load of sh*t. UVA did a fantastic job defending the 3 last night. See Ryan Cline. The hedges that they did to keep Cline from getting open looks was phenomenal. Carsen Edward's pulling up from 30 feet and drilling threes over and over again has absolutely nothing to do with anyone's defense.
It brings up a question of what kind of NBA career he will have? At barely 6', he isn't going to guard an NBA SG, or at least very well. He can shoot, but is that enough?
Another question. Is there any reason he should return for another year of college? I don't see his stock rising any higher than the second round and he is solidly in that range now.
A fantastic job? You weren’t watching if you truly believe that nonsense. Not saying Edwards wasn’t in a zone, but the UVA defense was a step behind all night. The pack line was exposed.
If you are asking me whether I have a connection to Purdue the answer is NO. My undergraduate degree is from University Of Wisconsin School of Business and my professional degree is from Indiana School of Law. I believe in respecting the success of opponents. I don't like MSU in the least, but I will be rooting for them to crush Duke today because Duke has been extremely lucky to get this far, and I want to see a Big Ten in the Final Four. If Purdue had won last night, and if MSU wins today, two Big Ten teams would be in the Final Four, and we would have stuck it to the Tournament Committee for giving 3 number one seeds to ACC teams, none of whom would have made it to the Final Four.
It took a 42 point performance to "shred" UVA. How many 40+ games do you typically see? It was successful enough to win."
The last line of your post is patently false. UVA's pack line gave up 75 points in a 45 minute game. TTU - whose defense has been described as phenomenal - gave up 69 in 40 minutes. I wouldn't call that getting shredded. I don't think Matt Painter is running around today gloating about smashing the pack line. I'm sure he wasn't after laying a whopping 48 points on Archie's pack line either. Virginia, like Texas Tech is a damn good defensive team.
I thought Purdue had a really good chance to beat UVA because of the matchups. UVA plays small guards and one of those guys had to guard either Edwards or somebody much bigger. They did a hell of a job on Cline and everyone else and made Edwards make really difficult shots. To his credit, he did. He was incredible, Nearly unguardable. UVA took away everything else and in the end, it worked. Tennessee gave up 99 to Purdue in the same amount of time.
The other things you said in your post are true. Purdue is well-coached and plays great team basketball. Their kids accept their roles and from all appearances are happy to let Edwards be the scorer. It's apparent that winning is the most important thing to that group.
True but ancient history. Our last Championship was 32 years ago, our last appearance in the Final Four was 2002, and I believe without looking it up, our last appearance in the Elite 8 was 2011 or 12, and prior to that it was 1993.
Well, yeah, and that’s exactly what I said. How many 40+ games have Bennett teams given up at UVA? How about at WSU? Bennett was a step behind in adjusting the entire game, and it enabled a lesser team to come within an eyelash of knocking him out. And, yes, it was because Edwards (with help from several of his mates) shredded his vaunted defense.
Cline only had 5 3 point attempts because of UVA's defense. Outside of carsen, pu went 4 for 13 from the 3 point line, precisely exposing jack sh*t.
What has been exposed here is your lack of understanding and your lame argument. Probably best for you to admit defeat and leave the field.
If you want to use a simplistic comparison of scores from one game versus another, that’s fine, but talk to any of your knowledgeable basketball friends and you’ll get a more detailed and credible response. Scoring is also about pace of play, among other things, though I’m sure that’s not within your thinking. And, had you watched, you’d know Bennett put height onto CE in the 2nd half, which is when he really went off. Bennett was a step behind all night, as Barkley and Smith correctly noted, and as thoughtful observers were easily able to see.
Only because they let CE take over, which should’ve been obvious to anyone who watched. Strange you can’t see the obvious. Both Painter and Bennett acknowledged that the UVA defense was giving Purdue consistently open looks that they simply didn’t knock down, but they were there.
The teasing becomes a pretty cringe look on our fan base when we miss the tournament year, after year, after year....
Funny how the basketball experts agree with me, though. You obviously don’t know what you were watching, if in fact you saw the game. This isn’t quite the same as coaching a park district team, though I’m sure we’ll next hear all about your extensive coaching background. You don’t understand this, so quit talking about it, please.
That defense won an ACC title against the likes of Duke, UNC, VaTech, and FSU. I'd say it's pretty effective when it's played well. As for those consistently open looks, I must have missed them because I damn sure didn't see a bunch of uncontested shots.
It isn't too difficult to understand your motive here in trying to discredit the pack line, but you've failed. Try another argument that the facts don't so easily disprove.
The facts are on my side. At halftime, Painter explicitly commented about the open looks, and Bennett did later, too. Your position is not only at odds with mine, but their’s, as well. Oh, and Charles Barkely’s and Kenny Smith’s, too. You’ve failed to show you have any understanding of this, which makes anyone wonder why you’d try to have a discussion about it.
It must be IU’s irrelevance that drives them here for validation.
