Purdue will get bounced early.
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He leads the conference in scoring.
Hes the toughest pick and roll matchup in the country and unstoppable one on one deep in the post.
But his passing and patience are what makes that whole team so difficult to guard in the half court.
The reason their guards scored so easily was because they were playing against a defense that was constantly trying to recover from double and triple teams.
Take Eddy off the floor and you can play them straight up and switch screens and its a completely different dynamic.
Iowa always does so well in the tourney. Try getting past the first round.
Sorry but I agree sweet 16 is probably your ceiling.
And that’s with a no.1 seed. Anything past that is gravy for this Purdue team.
You’ll be sitting at home for a long time before we get bounced if we do.
Big ten officiating sucks. Why do you think Purdue did better in Portland against Gonzaga than they do against a lot of big ten teams? Because officials outside of the big ten call a foul when you foul Edey. They calls fouls if you put your hands on opponents in the backcourt.
I saw this comment from one of your fans on our board:
“although for a 22-2 record they don't really scare me as much as they should"
My reply…
“I think we will go up on these guys by 20, our guys will think ‘if we play the rest of the game like it’s 0-0 we will win by 38, but why not take our foot off the gas and win by 14”
And we did. And if we lose in the tournament guess what chump? The opening tip off will be between two teams FAR better than Iowa.
It’s just a bunch of bitter mfers who know we won by 14 with our guys yawning for most of the second half. They should rewatch the Gonzaga game to see what we do when people like Courtney green aren’t letting opposing players shove their whole body into Edey
In the half court they are not a good defensive team - their full court press with their length gives teams all kinds of trouble.
Contrary to the sour grapes on here, I think Purdue has a great team and will make a deep run possibly winning it all. You just don't go 20 - 2 without a really tough team. If they were Iowa, you fans on here would be singing their praises.
I agree - those "unathletic" guards seem to be doing just fine so far. It still is a team game and they are built to score multiple ways.
correct. That was easily the worst game I've seen Edey play this year and he was still solid and affected our offense. They will get open 3's all season, which makes it hard to have a really bad shooting night.
Believe it or not, there are plenty of really good teams with bigs that can and will guard Edey effectively without a double team. Iowa chose to limit Edey and make Purdue make shots from the perimeter and they did so. Couple that with Iowa's lackadaisical defensive effort overall and inability to throw the ball into the damn ocean in the first half and the result was inevitable. However, despite all of that Iowa was in the game until the very end.
Purdue has excellent ball movement in their half court sets, but the pressure Iowa used really rattled them consistently, they'll need to get that figured out because now everyone knows that weakness and will attempt to exploit it.
Iowa does that against every team in the same context that Purdue gets open threes. Purdue made theirs. Iowa didn't and the refs didn't feel like calling any fouls on Purdue for the first 30 minutes of the game.
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I thought Purdue was loose with the ball in the second half. Uncharacteristic tbh. Would love your lost of bigs that can guard edey straight up and not give up 20+.
Whom might that be? He’s played Dickinson, Timme, both Duke’s 7 footers. Outscored TJD 33-25 despite foul trouble. Played Bacot last year and held him to 2 points and fouled him out in 17 mins.
Not covering is better than not allowing Iowa to win. Iowa loses more times than not when Greene is officiating. He's the worst.
Not sure what your asking?
Im just pointing out how valuable Eddy is to that offense even when he's not scoring and that when he is off the floor teams can defend Purdue totally differently.
Wasn't saying he could be taken out.
His willingness to make the correct play rather than force shots is whats i find most impressive.
Which teams have bigs that can guard Edey one on one?
Limited interior moves? Da fuq does that even mean? He’s 7’4 and has great touch. Why would he need multiple interior moves?
Since he's decided to get into shape, he also appears to be getting better by the week. No, he's not Kevin McHale but not many had his footwork.
I'm impressed with his conditioning. Thats a big body to get up and down the court. He has really improved. He does so many things well. Will be interesting to see how he does in the NBA.
Agreed I'll have Purdue losing in Sweet 16 at the latest, maybe earlier depending on the matchup. Edey will get in foul trouble outside of the B1G or someone will get hot enough from 3 to beat Edey getting his. I'm glad Edey has improved, he was unwatchably uncoordinated for a while.
Jesus, calm down Dorothy, it's a fricking message board.
Why would edey get in foul trouble outside the big ten? That wasn't an issue before the big ten, shouldn't change after. Purdue protects him on defense, that's partially why he doesn't foul. Edey had only played basketball for a few years. Improvement was inevitable.
The Boilers are a good team, but I think they were more talented last year,... I would expect their experience at the dance to be similar to last years.
So you’re saying after Iowa has already been eliminated huh
I disagree. This year's team is better than last year's. Much more consistent and locked in defensively.
Yeah it’s a bunch of fans of a busted basketball team talking about when the good teams will get eliminated.. how does it feel to lose by 14 to a team that slept through the back 60% of the game
Get in shape? In case you do not know it, he played competitive hockey from childhood until he was 15 or 16 it is perhaps the most depending team sport there is. Speed, agility, strength, hand-eye coordination are off the charts. Zach never developed bad basketball habits which is a big plus. Too many kids receive poor coaching and reach their ceiling young. He is still improving and is very smart, very team oriented and very coachable. And he plays on the youngest team in the Big Ten without a senior in the starting lineup. Two true freshmen, one true sophomore, and two juniors. They are redshirting a 7-2 Swedish big man and a 6-7 four start forward. Four reserves are a redshirt freshman, two juniors and one senior.
Take a look at him his first few years - he couldn't even stay on the court for more than a handful of minutes at a time. And yes he is significantly leaner than he was and I don't give two F's if he played hockey growing up or how good of a kid he may be. Has nothing to do with my comments about finally being in shape to play D-1 basketball.
In Purdue's first loss, Omoruyi generally single covered Edey. Edey had 19 on 6-10 from the floor, but Smith and Loyer combined were 3-9 from the floor.
Edey had great numbers against IU, who also did not double him much. Because IU didn't force the ball out of Edey's hands, he also had five turnovers against IU, and IU was able to hold Smith and Loyer to a combined 5-20 from the floor.
No one will stop Edey, but if a team has a big that can kinda hold their own, that seems to be the best recipe.
Personally, I hope Purdue wins the whole enchilada this year and gets that albatross off of the B1G's back. Painter is one of the few B1G coaches I can admire and root for and even though I don't think this team is without it's flaws, it's mowing through the league.
You really signed up yesterday to become this obnoxious? Don't you have a puppy somewhere to kick?
