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5 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said:

Most of the frustration stems from the disparity in how the game is called with him. On one possession in the TN game, he hipchecked a TN defender at the top of the key, then discarded another to grab an offensive rebound. Two obvious fouls that weren’t called, then he got the rebound and went to the foul line. 

For those two obvious fouls that weren’t called, how many do you think go uncalled when he’s on offense? Obviously there’s no way to know that but Ant Wright on X has done a breakdown of how many fouls could’ve been called on Edey and how many he could’ve drawn. IIRC, his number was 3 and the fouls against was in the 20’s. Those weren’t what were actually called but he went through play by play and pointed out what COULD’VE been called. Does he get away with fouls? Of course. But for every foul he gets away with, the defense gets away with a multiple of that number. 

5 hours ago, 5fouls said:

Everyone complaining about Edey would sacrifice their left testicle if he were to announce he's grad transferring to IU to play ball next year.

 

Zero doubt. All of the people on social media calling him Foul Ming would take him in a heartbeat. It’s honestly pretty wild the amount of hate he gets. But I just laugh at all of the lazy/bad takes people come up with. 

10 hours ago, ForHumanity said:

The refs made him a star. They let him camp in the lane and call fouls when the ball is within 3 feet of him.

Ahh someone else who doesn’t understand the college 3-second rule. 

10 hours ago, btownqb said:

Edey is good because he's tall. Purdue loses in the Sw16 if he's 6'10. 

Nice bait lol. 

27 minutes ago, bluegrassIU said:

I am admittedly a hater of Caitlyn Clark.

But dayum,  she is absolutely a phenomenal player. Just flat out amazing.  

And I hate it.  😂

She’s going to bring some fans to Fever games that’s for sure. And I thought I heard she’s dating the oldest McCaffrey too? 

1 hour ago, IUFLA said:

Yes and it only took him 19 years!

Long overdue!

30 minutes ago, IUALUM03 said:

Let's not forget Painter almost left for Mizzou and Purdue fans were okay with it at the time. 

Lol that’s not accurate at all. We were freaking out that he’d leave. 

10 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said:

Fair enough but I am not sure I have ever seen a Purdue fan accept the five banners.  Usually some excuse.  

When you see this board compliment the hell out of Painter on a regular basis or give a sober assessment of the lousy season IU just had, ask yourself if Purdue fans would do that because I’ve never seen evidence of it except for a super minority.  

Hey I’m more than able to say that your banners are impressive. Zero doubt about it.

1 minute ago, BobSaccamanno said:

When IU is up and Purdue is down, IU gets almost no credit from Purdue fans.  Purdue gets very defensive, makes excuses, and creates conspiracy theories.  The way this board is a love best for Painter would never ever happen in a million years at your end.   Purdue can’t even handle the five banners.

Even when Purdue is good, as an example, when Edey runs over somebody who is stationary, or bear hugs with both arms and isn’t called, Purdue fans laughably defend the situation even when there’s video evidence.  It’s dysfunctional.  Just own it like IU fans do.  “Yeah Edey gets away with those calls.  Deal with it.  He’s huge and refs don’t have any idea how to deal with him.”   

The difference is IU fans have self esteem.  I’ve enjoyed three titles.  Even if I never see another, I have got 3.   

Appreciate the reply. I feel like it probably depends on the age of the Purdue fan tbh. For me, I haven’t seen what you’re referring to but I’m also in my 30’s and wasn’t around when IU was in the midst of their heyday. I think both fanbases have their share of crazies and their share of level-headed fans. 

29 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said:

Matt Painter is an admirable guy who plays a helluva style of basketball and runs an outstanding system for COLLEGE basketball.   Sadly we once took Todd Leary over Painter as a player.

The difference between IU and PU is that we are far more realistic in our assessments.  PU fans typically have a huge chip on their shoulders and live in an alternate reality.   The amount of post hoc rationalizations that come out of them is astounding, whereas IU fans will give a far more realistic assessment whether it hurts to say or not.   

When IU is good and Purdue isn’t, the amount of total BS that comes out of that place is loathsome. 

Curious if you could expand on the “typically have a huge chip on their shoulders and live in an alternate reality” comment.  I think myself and my friends that are Purdue fans always expect the worst and are usually pretty level-headed but maybe you’ve had different experiences. 

On 3/24/2024 at 1:53 PM, DWB said:

And while he pays taxes in the US for that "income", he does not pay any taxes in Canada on that income. Canada does not tax citizens income outside of Canada, whereas the US taxes world-wide income. The US is one of only 2 countries on the planet to do so, and IIRC the other country (can't remember it's name) has about 500 people in it.

Good problem to have lol. From what we’ve heard, the game in Toronto against Alabama he cleaned up with NIL opportunities. 

Just now, btownqb said:

I think he's worlds ahead of the group you mentioned, and Loyer, as a HS SR. 

Again, that's comparatively, to where all 5 of them were as 18 yr olds. 

I love Loyer but he’s just so damn skinny haha. I feel like Benter has more potential on defense because of his build/height compared to the other guys mentioned. Appreciate the insight and congrats on the state title man that’s legit. 

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I have no idea.  But as a HS SR, comparatively, I think he's better than any kid you have on your roster. Yes, thats including Braden Smith. 

Damn that’s some high praise man I’m glad to hear it!

I think he’s definitely good enough to play just a logjam of guys in front of him so we’ll see what happens. I fully expected Ryan Cline to redshirt and he didn’t so who knows.

One thing I love about Benter is his all-around game. I think for some Purdue fans, they thought he’d be another Cline/Stefanovich/Mathias but I think he has a much better all-around game. Would you agree?

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

@IU Scott respectfully, I thought going in that should be the outcome if we played well at all.... which we did. 

Benter is a mismatch nightmare in HS, especially at the 2A level. 

Coomer hits 3s against Park Tudor, like he did today, that games outcome looks different. 

Think Benter plays next year or redshirts?

Solid for you guys congrats! He showed a lot of potential this year. 

26 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

Odd? According to some our program is in a free for all....so I would ask you over the last 3 years which other Big 10 teams are .500 or better head to head vs Purdue. I'll hang up and wait for the answer.

No idea and it doesn’t matter IMO. You guys are in this position regardless of whether you’re 3-3 or 6-0 against us the last 3 years. Head-to-head record over a small timeframe doesn’t mean much. 

2 hours ago, Seeking6 said:

Amazing that the greatest Purdue run ever is 3-3 vs IU with Woodson. 

 

What an odd flex 

2 hours ago, IU Scott said:

Carmel has over 5000 students 

My graduating class was just shy of 1,000 and that was almost 20 years ago. 

1 minute ago, 5fouls said:

UConn will have Final Four experience in their favor.  Whil UConn was celebrating the Championship last season, the Boilers were trying to figure out where FDU's campus is located and how close is it to St. Peter's.

As long as we avoid teams from NJ, we should be alright. 

14 minutes ago, Common Sense said:

Purdue will have trouble once/if they run into a team that can pressure the ball and make it more difficult to feed the post.  These last two teams were just cannon fodder.  I'm not sure they'll face a team like that.  Not sure UConn can even do that.  

That’s fair. Luckily they’ve already faced multiple teams with solid defenses like that (Tennessee, Arizona, Michigan State, etc) 

31 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Just skimming, IU did have some years where they were +100...But 1992-93 was the only one I see that came close to 231 (226)...

And that's not going into the 34 games out of 35 where the opponents (allegedly) fouled more than Purdue did...

You have one of the best big men in the last several decades who draws fouls like crazy, and a team that is taught to not commit many fouls on defense to allow mid-range jumpers and protect the rim. It adds up to the FT differential you’ve seen this year.  Edey’s arms look like he got mauled by a wild animal the other day lol. 
 

Do people actually think there is some conspiracy behind the scenes that Purdue is getting some unfair officiating? 

56 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Yeah...+231 in the foul discrepancy department is just a "statistical anomaly" right?  🙄

Zach Edey is a statistical anomaly lol. 

40 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

Non IU writer complaining about the officiating disparity with Edy. Edy continues to get away with obvious fouls  I think the writer is spot on with “However, officials are often confused by how to call him because he is so big.”

Painter was a savage for that answer haha. 

3 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

I might be wrong, but I believe that 'photo' was making the rounds in the first half.  So, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they did not know it was a 39 point loss at the time.  

 I personally feel that most of the fouls called on USU were legit.  That said, this 'photo' is nothing to get worked up about.  You might be making it a bigger deal than it needs to be.

That’s fair. Just saw Washington hired their coach too! 

38 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

 

Bold strategy to blame the refs in a game you lost by 39. Not to mention one where Purdue scored 57 in the second half with Edey only scoring 2 of the 57.