See, this is what I mean when I say you don’t understand what you are seeing. Yes, Purdue is only 3 games ahead in the head to head but, during that time period how many NCAA tournaments has IU failed to qualify for? How many conference championships between the two? Which school has an upward trajectory right now? Even if you imagine that Purdue missed the tournament last year, Purdue still has the much better results during the time period today’s players were alive. When Painter isn’t winning the league, he is finishing second ans third while IU sits in the cheap seats.