IUFLA Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 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) 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! Edited February 1, 2023 by IUFLA 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 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 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hoosier4Life53 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) 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. Edited February 1, 2023 by Hoosier4Life53 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kdug Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 There once was a puts, name of Edey Whose reputation was really quite seedy Refs would never call him for a foul Opposing fans, oh they would howl Man, those refs were really, really greedy $$$ 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 minute ago, Steubenhoosier said: There once was a puts, name of Edey Whose reputation was really quite seedy Refs would never call him for a foul Opposing fans, oh they would howl Man, those refs were really, really greedy $$$ Limericks! Gotta love em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Gillis is killing Penn State... 7-10 from 3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Gillis is killing Penn State... 7-10 from 3... He’d made 7 in all previous B1G games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 minute ago, 13th&Jackson said: He’d made 7 in all previous B1G games Now 8... Ties a Purdue record... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steubenhoosier Posted February 2, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 hoosiertildeath Posted February 22, 2020 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!!!!!!!!! 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Hoosiers by 40. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierDPU95 Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 50 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: hoosiertildeath Posted February 22, 2020 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. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawatchHoosier Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 "Puck Furdue" as one of my friends used to say. Goooooooooooo Hoosiers!!!!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 No 1901’s unofficial Depth/Injury report, I think we all know about Purdue. Their 7’2 Bench player is redshirting this season, that’s about it on who’s out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 29 minutes ago, 5fouls said: I googled 'Smellermaker' images and this one of those that were provided. I'm not sure how @ricofeels about this. He’s rolling one just about now so probably not feeling a thing 😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Turtle Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 This could get ugly. Maybe we can pull a rabbit out of the hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inequality Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Parakeet Jones said: Hoosiers by 40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUCrazy2 Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Just win. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 It's probably going to take our best performance of the year. Can't afford any long scoring droughts. Must stay out of foul trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Am feeling better about our chances here this weekend than the Turtles in MD. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Artesian_86 Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 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!!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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