I suggest you find another fanbase to annoy. The lack of respect for the IU history shows a casual interest .You may have been shitting in your diaper when we played for a national championship in 2002, If so, you can ask someone older and wiser what it felt like to win a title or play for one. Or you can be like my son and watch the games online or on a DVD. It doesn't mean it is insignificant just because you didn't see it.
I basically told these folks the same thing in the other Carsen thread. They don’t seem to realize that Purdue had some pretty good recruiting classes the past few years plus the Newman class this year. You are correct, Purdue’s freshmen and sophomores, good, quality players mind you have gotten a lot of minutes not to mention being in a couple tight games in the tournament up to the Elite 8 game. Purdue is going to be an extremely balanced team next season, perhaps even better than this year.
Nobody remembers mediocrity from awful. They are both losers.
If that is all that I have to hang my IU hat on, I will quietly let it lie on the ground.
My last word for you is .......
It was funny to watch PU fans and dads thinking they actually had a chance this year, and then lost again as usual. If you want to win a title, don't go to Purdue.
Maybe because Purdue never wins nationally just like Ivy League schools, but without the prestigious Ivy League degree.
I was with a group of people on the West coast that thought Purdue was a technical school located in the South East. I don't know what school they were confusing them with. Someone asked if they had anything to do with chickens and turkeys. I said, yes and chuckled to myself. In a way they are, but they aren't Perdue Farms.
Let’s give credit where credit is due, whatever the saying, as it so goes...they finished strong, had a good draw in the tourney, got some of that good luck, and some bad luck. The bottom line is, IU was damn lucky PUke didn’t win the national championship this season.
The good luck- the foul against Edwards in the last second of regulation against TN, allowing them to win in OT rather than lose in regulation. The bad luck- the second missed free throw without getting the rebound against Virginia. Finished strong - tied for BT regular season champs after early season losses. Good draw- Old Dominion, Tenn, Virginia - three very winnable games with a little luck. Ditto in the Final Four, if not for the bad luck ((see above, starting the last two words, third row down.)
Playing the South regional in Louisville is probably as far north as you can get and still be called south. I don’t see any “suppose” in it. Yes, you had to play Virginia in the regional but I think if you were to see what teams you would have to actually defeat in order to win a national title BEFORE the tourney, you might consider PU relatively fortunate with Old D., Tenn, Virginia, Auburn, and TT. There’s not a traditional monster among them. The South regional was not deemed the strongest one before the tournament and just because a team from there won it, doesn’t mean they were the strongest opponent of the 64. Occasionally, the gods overseeing games in general just say, “Hey, You! How would you like to win a big basketball tournament?” And so it comes to be for all to see. “Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus.”
You won’t be bad but you won’t be good either next year. Newmann will be good but not for a few years. He’s not a game changing freshman like a Zion. Next year you won’t have Edwards to go to. Your defense will be good though.
You should read her posts over there after the VA loss. Unless she is deliberately spreading misinformation, sure sounds like he is going.
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