02Hoosier

5 hours ago, Sea Turtle said:

Gas station version of Shaq has no chance. 

Purdue did it the right way, I give them credit. A bunch of Indiana Boys and a 7 foot center nobody wanted. 

Painter is a heck of a scout and coach.

Interesting, I’ve never heard anyone call Edey the gas station version of Shaq. Has a good ring to it though

26 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

Myles Rice is looking interesting 

28% 3p shooter? Ugh

NCAA won't let Purdue get these calls against their Duke darlings if that's the match up in the final four

4 minutes ago, DWB said:

TN is making major mistake by not fronting Edey and holding all the time. No surprise they've got a ton of fouls.

I don't understand why more teams don't front Edey. You're not gonna be strong enough to stop him if you just try to position yourself between him and the basket

Tennessee is lucky to be where they are given they had two 4 minute scoring droughts

2 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

One of you folks have to know the answer. Is a 30-0 run ever happen in an E8 game?

Sure has, you just saw it. In all seriousness I have no idea lol I doubt it

3 hours ago, Indykev said:

There must not be much talent in the portal if Omoruyi is at 5

17 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

Obviously there's no danger in his job but besides our friends in West Lafayette has any other team or program performed worse with being seeded so high each year in past few seasons?

 

Our friends to the south have a similar problem too lol

Can’t really make jokes considering we have trouble even getting there but it makes it a little less painful I guess 

No idea if he’ll enter the transfer portal but I’d love to get Koby Brea from Dayton. 6th man of the year in the A-10 and one of the best shooters in the country

16 minutes ago, IUProfessor said:

I don't think that starting back court provides nearly enough 3 point shooting, especially with Tucker at the 3. I also think they'll both expect to run the show, and have the ball in their hands a good share of the time.

Could be wrong, but unless both are simply looking for a pay day, I don't see why they'd sign up to play together. Could certainly be wrong, though.

I could see them co-existing but I agree with the point you’re making. Thornton is a 35% career 3pt shooter, Perkins 31.7%, and let’s throw in Gallo at 30%. All similar players, and none of them great shooters. It’d be like Groundhog Day, another year without guards that can reliably knock down shots.

Now to be clear, I really like both Perkins and Thornton and I’d take either of them in a heartbeat. I think both of them raise our floor a lot. I would just feel a lot more comfortable knowing they have some shooting threats around them

1 minute ago, OGIUAndy said:

Who is paying Cupps 2M? 

I don’t know his specifics but not all is from the collective that all the players on the team are a part of. I’m sure A LOT of that is due to how famous he is on social media (in large part due to his connection to Lebron and his son.

Expected but bittersweet. Wish him nothing but the best in the NBA

5 hours ago, btownqb said:

 

hahahahahahahahahaha

From being fired at Minnesota to being the top candidate for Louisville is something. Honestly impressive for him. But wow, you have to imagine how far down Louisville had to go down their list to land at him.

3 hours ago, Hoosierdave said:

Top 13 salary for a Coach no NBA or D1 team would want lmfao what are we doing here?!

Wow Painter and Lloyd are underpaid 

Utah St is not playing smart… overly aggressive and out of control

9 minutes ago, Maedhros said:

Why does everyone on Purdue have the same unfortunate chin beard? Is it contagious?

Not even joking the biggest Purdue fan I know has that same chin beard now. And yes he’s just as annoying and looks just as bad as the rest of them

2 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said:

How soon until Essegian hits the portal? Didn’t see the court last night. Went from all freshman team to invisible. Nor saying IU should take him. 

He’s already announced he’s staying I believe

They didn’t give FAU a full shot clock that last possession? How did that not get noticed?

1 hour ago, Indykev said:

1 hour ago, Indykev said:

Hey now, only I'm allowed to call myself a moron lol

Just now, bronkonagurski said:

Me too!

Well at least there’s a club lol

McNeese is making me look like an absolute moron right now

4 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

Things are trending toward Mgbako being back. Newton isn’t likely to go anywhere unless he’s done playing because of his injury. Cupps isn’t going anywhere unless he gets pushed out.

Thanks. I think both party would benefit with Mgbako returning so that’s good to hear. Also good to hear about Newton, looking forward to him being healthy next year and contributing. I know there were rumors about Cupps over on BTB so I wasn’t sure what’s happening there.

6 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said:

Does he play through too many double teams, probably. However, he shot 56%, so he finished a lot of those. He was second on the team in total assists, and was basically tied with a 6th year PG for assists/game. He was smart for mostly passing to Ware, who is an excellent finisher. Who else do you pass too? Mgbako, Cupps and Gunn, on the season shot under 40% overall. Ware and Reneau shot a higher % from three than Mgbako and Gallo. Ware and Reneau both attempted more threes than Cupps, who was afraid to shoot.

His big thing is staying out of foul trouble and getting better rebounding position.

Another thing to consider is turnovers, which he needs to improve on. He has a surprisingly high fg% given how many contested shots he takes. That’s not really a complaint for me, but too often he does get himself in a position where he is either putting up a heavily contested shot or turning it over. He was 4th on the team in TO% at 20.3, behind X, Leal, and Cupps.

2 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

1. Reneau 

2. Mgbako

3. Galloway

4. Leal

5. Cupps 

6. Newton 

7-13. Transfers 

Mgbako, cupps, and Newton for sure back or is that your guess?

So you’re saying there’s a chance we’ll be decent next year? I’ll take it