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When: Saturday, February 4th 4:00 pm EST 

Where: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana

TV: ESPN

Purdue comes to town as the #1 team in the nation at 21-1 (10-1 in Big Ten Play, but they do have a game tonight vs Penn State in West Lafayette). Matt Painter is in his 18th year for the Bolier (405-193 .677)

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Led by National and Big 10 PoY candidate Zach Edey. Edey gets the ball inside 8 feet from the hoop, you can pretty much count it. Not flashy at all, just workman-like and efficient. Their freshmen guards, Fletcher Loyer and Braeden Smith have been pleasant surprises for them. Loyer shoots the 3 at a 36% clip, while Smith shoots it at a lower volume, but a 42% success rate. Both will dribble drive on you too if they see a lane.

No one else shoots the 3 over 34%. Caleb Furst (7 ppg) and defensive specialist Ethan Morton round out the starting 5. They Boilers are also pretty deep, with 9 players in double digit minutes per game. Brandon Newman, Mason Gillis, Trey Kaufman-Renn and transfer David Jenkins at his 4th school ( South Dakota State, UNLV, Utah) are a good bench. Only Edey, Loyer, and Smith average 30 MPG.

Tough matchup for us, but I think we have a good chance here. At home, and you know this will probably be the most raucous crowd of the year. Edey's a tough cover, but I think Trayce can step up and match him. I think Fletcher Loyer is made for Trey Galloway, and we'll see how Smith deals with a bigger, more physical freshman PG in JHS. Morton and Kopp are kinda mirror images of each other on the defensive end though Kopp is a much more reliable shooter from the arc. Race will cover Furst.

Edey will probably get his. He is a good passer out of the double team, and will find the open shooters. We have to check him off of the offensive boards and not let him get putbacks. Purdue as a team is #1 in the conference in offensive rebounds. And we cannot let guys like Furst, Gillis, Newman or Jenkins kill us by getting clean looks from deep. None are deadly from 3, but they can hit them. And we MUST keep them off the offensive boards. They also foul the least of any team in the Big 10...Or so they say :).

#1 in ORtg, and #4 in DRtg.

We have our work cut out for us, but I think just like last year, it'll be a battle to the end. Go Hoosiers!

 

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Love how we match up to Purdue, especially at home. A little added pressure after Maryland, but I think a lot of us liked our odds better against Purdue than the Turtles anyway.

We absolutely have to shoot better, which we should at home.

Defensively, need our guards to really pressure theirs and then I’d personally front or 3/4 Edey a lot. If their guards can throw a pressured pass over TJD then so be it.

On offense, lots of TJD in the high post driving on Edey and dribble handoffs. If Edey is going to play drop coverage, make him pay early and often.

Really, really pumped for this. Think we’ve got a very good chance to make this week a good week overall. Let’s go, boys!!!!

#POTFB

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7 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Love how we match up to Purdue, especially at home. A little added pressure after Maryland, but I think a lot of us liked our odds better against Purdue than the Turtles anyway.

We absolutely have to shoot better, which we should at home.

Defensively, need our guards to really pressure theirs and then I’d personally front or 3/4 Edey a lot. If their guards can throw a pressured pass over TJD then so be it.

On offense, lots of TJD in the high post driving on Edey and dribble handoffs. If Edey is going to play drop coverage, make him pay early and often.

Really, really pumped for this. Think we’ve got a very good chance to make this week a good week overall. Let’s go, boys!!!!

#POTFB

Agree completely! Make Edey come out to the top of the key, and then take him off the drive. His only help would be Furst and TJD would absolutely destroy him. The only problem is that Edey may not follow him out because he knows TJD isn’t going to shoot from there.

 

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19 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Love how we match up to Purdue, especially at home. A little added pressure after Maryland, but I think a lot of us liked our odds better against Purdue than the Turtles anyway.

We absolutely have to shoot better, which we should at home.

Defensively, need our guards to really pressure theirs and then I’d personally front or 3/4 Edey a lot. If their guards can throw a pressured pass over TJD then so be it.

On offense, lots of TJD in the high post driving on Edey and dribble handoffs. If Edey is going to play drop coverage, make him pay early and often.

Really, really pumped for this. Think we’ve got a very good chance to make this week a good week overall. Let’s go, boys!!!!

#POTFB

I like your optimism. I’m not too confident in this game, mainly because I’m expecting the refs to not call fouls on Purdue like they‘ve been doing all year. The times I’ve seen Purdue play, they get away with a ton of stuff that their opponents don’t. I wouldn’t be surprised if the officiating in the Maryland game looks good in comparison.

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This is the only time I've thought about him in quite awhile, but I miss having Durr for this one. We have absolutely no one to spell TJD while Edey is in the game like we did last year.

I know there is a ton of optimism out there but I just don't see how we match up well here. We're not getting Edey in foul trouble (Purdue's defense is schemed to protect him) and at best he and Trayce cancel each other out. This leaves our guards/wings to beat theirs. I don't have a lot of confidence there.

Hope I'm wrong and we get a ton of points in transition, actually make some 3s and they don't shoot 30+ 3s at a 45% clip like they did tonight against PSU

 

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50 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said:

 

 

Pee yew is now 14&14 overall and 7&10 in conference games !! Wow ! I am loving it !!!!!!!!😇😄😆🐱🐷🐶!!!!!!!!!!
 

Did a Google search for “Smellermakers “ and this was the first response.

God bless HTD. God curse Pee yew!!!!!!!!!

I googled 'Smellermaker' images and this one of those that were provided.  I'm not sure how @ricofeels about this.

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The keys to winning this game.....

- The crowd will be electric and deafening!

- Defense has to be LOCKED IN from the tip to the final buzzer!

- Create quick turnovers and turn them into easy buckets.

- Get Purdue on their heals early and keep foot on the don't let up.

- Contain Brayden Smith and limit his assists..... (had 9 last night vs. Minnesota)

- We need a balanced JHS (find open shooters, get his shots and defense)

- TJD needs to be TJD!

- Our bench needs to come ready to play and contribute......

Go IU!!!!

 

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