r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 20 '25
Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #22 Purdue defeats High Point, 75-63
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u/IMKudaimi123 Illinois Fighting Illini • Loyola Ch… Mar 20 '25
High point cut the lead to 56-59 and had free throws
Then they missed them and let Purdue get a 1:55 long possession
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u/fridayimatwork Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
That just big dumb beautiful big 10 basketball
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u/horndog4ever Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Yeah, no shit, or March madness basketball in general. But how about that final score?
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u/akagordan Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
It was still a 3 point game when TKR hit that turnaround fade at the buzzer
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u/CashMikey Northwestern Wildcats Mar 20 '25
I really love TKR’s game. Deserves way more national hype outside B1G circles, was glad he got the first team nod. Well earned.
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u/halfbethalflet Mar 20 '25
I like TKR but he has big holes in his game which makes it tricky to evaluate.
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u/CashMikey Northwestern Wildcats Mar 20 '25
College guys can still be totally elite with big holes in their game, he’s a great example. Doubt he’s got an NBA future, but if he comes back could easily be national POY next year (if people are willing to open their eyes to him being the best guy on his own team)
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u/GoGreeb Michigan State Spartans Mar 20 '25
Purdue has absolutely no interior defense and that's a huge mark on his game, bigs need to be able to protect the paint to have a shot at a good defense.
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u/BoilsofWar Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
TKR needs a shot blocker stretch big with him. That was the plan all along, then that guy broke his shin. Next year he's back and TKR will have someone to cover his terrible D
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u/zvexler Indiana Hoosiers • Maryland Terrapins Mar 20 '25
That and the run Purdue made to close out the half were the killers. They otherwise looked great
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Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25
Hard to say they looked great while getting out rebounded by 21 and giving up 36 points in the paint
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u/Adventurous_Egg857 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
If they would have won the box score would have been so annoying to look at. We were beating them every way except the "fuck your stats" stat
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u/mynameisrainer Marshall Thundering Herd Mar 20 '25
High point has more fountains than rebounds
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u/SaintArkweather Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens • American Un… Mar 20 '25
They didn't take the Taurean Prince crash course on rebounds
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u/Bigdeacenergy Wake Forest Demon Deacons • UNC Gr… Mar 20 '25
They probably have more movie theatres and pool tables than rebounds
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u/BTFU_POTFH Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
hard to win when you are -21 in the rebounding battle
furst had some great early minutes, berg had some great mid minutes, and heide with the bench double/double
on to the next.
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u/63Boiler Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Berg did all we needed, highest playing time in 4 months and didn't really make any costly mistakes. Would be nice if he could hit a FT though
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u/BTFU_POTFH Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
would be nice if TKR could hit free throws. dude was 1/5 including, i think, some front ends
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u/-Benzo Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
He’s so up and down at the line. I think he’s had a few really good shooting games
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u/skimpy-swimsuit Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
A bench double/double? Is this real life?
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u/BendrickLamar19 New Mexico State Aggies Mar 20 '25
Death
Taxes
Trendy upset picks losing in round one by double digits
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u/Lee-Key-Bottoms NC State Wolfpack Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25
I expect McNeese and UC San Diego to lose also
The Cinderella is never who is expected
Well I ended up being wrong about McNeese
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u/jack3moto Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Michigan has self inflicting wounds that make them vulnerable but from an overall skill/athleticism standpoint they've got 2 7'0"s that are absolute freaks. Non power conference teams have no chance against Wolf and Goldin.
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u/RheagarTargaryen Michigan State Spartans Mar 20 '25
A non power conference team should have had no chance against 7’3” Edey but sometimes shit happens.
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u/jack3moto Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Michigan doesn’t play the same style that purdue plays. Wolf and goldin almost never go iso post play.
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u/OzmosisJones Mar 20 '25
No but they do run an occasionally questionably turnover prone pick and roll between the two. And the non-power conference they’re playing is one of the best in D1 at forcing turnovers.
Michigan will either control their turnovers and it’ll be a blowout, or they don’t and it gets weird.
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u/Adventurous_Egg857 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Yale and Troy
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u/igonnawrecku_VGC James Madison Dukes • Villanova Wild… Mar 20 '25
Troy being an upset pick not because they’re Troy but because Kentucky is Kentucky is both hilarious and accurate
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u/HoovesCarveCraters Texas A&M Aggies • UNC Wilmington Sea… Mar 20 '25
I thought without Cal Kentucky might be a safe pick until I heard Mark Pope do a rap from Hamilton.
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u/skimpy-swimsuit Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
"It's always the ones you most medium suspect" - Dwight
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u/liteshadow4 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Mar 20 '25
Loyola went on a run the year after their final 4 appearance tbf
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But everyone guaranteed a Purdue loss!
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u/silkysmoothjay Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Hell, I thought it was guaranteed based on our current form
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u/ATypicalUsername- Kentucky Wildcats • Louisville Cardinals Mar 20 '25
Given history, it's not exactly a hot take lol.
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u/LegitimateMoney00 March Madness Mar 20 '25
You can complain about refs all you want but you are never going to win when you are out rebounded by 21.
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u/carnagebot_55 Purdue Boilermakers • West Virginia Mou… Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25
The Virginia Arc: Lose to 16 seed ✅
Get 1 seed again ✅
Beat 16 seed after rocky start ✅
Go to natty ✅
Win Natty ❌
Lose following year to 13 seed ❌
Team you beat in Elite Eight loses to 16 seed next⌛️
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u/aerojovi83 North Carolina Tar Heels • Gardne… Mar 20 '25
If Tennessee loses to a 16 seed that would be pretty wild....
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u/SaintArkweather Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens • American Un… Mar 20 '25
Well those things didn't happen in the same tournament anyways. It was a four tournament wait so it would happen in 2027
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u/Xlrator21 Ohio State Buckeyes • Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
We're now in uncharted territory, anything could happen
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u/Single_Seesaw_9499 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
The timeline has diverged
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u/RoyalMagiSwag Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Phew, I don't have to worry about Painter retiring a week before the season
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u/notnewtobville Purdue Boilermakers • Northern Kent… Mar 20 '25
Can we convert the Boilermaker Special into a DeLorean?
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u/Muhammad-The-Goat Purdue Boilermakers • Big Ten Mar 20 '25
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u/Pewpewkitty Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
I’m gonna need to see IU baked in there too
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u/HenryRasenbagger Purdue Boilermakers • Bowling Green Fal… Mar 20 '25
You can't win in the tournament if you don't even make it
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u/jcmiller210 Indiana Hoosiers Mar 20 '25
False. I don't have to watch Mike Woodson basketball anymore. That's a win.
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u/HailLeroy Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
IU fans not watching Woodson 🤝 Purdue fans not watching Ryan Walters
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 20 '25
We’re going to be seeing all these damn whiteboard edits until the end of time, aren’t we?
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u/left-handed-frog Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Cam Heide MVP
11 pts 10 rbs
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u/63Boiler Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
His last offensive rebound before going out of bounds when we had just used up the whole shot clock was when I knew we had it
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u/Checkered-King Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25
Honorable mention Gicarri with 8 boards in 14 minutes
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u/TheTrueVanWilder Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
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u/Organic-Manner-2969 High Point Panthers Mar 20 '25
Can’t even hate. GG, we just kept jacking threes.
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u/makualla Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Coaching malpractice, we have the 350th worst 2pt defense. You had to keep attacking the rim
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u/TheTrueVanWilder Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Yeah idk why they thought shooting their way out of today was a good strategy. Berg is not THAT intimidating a rim presence
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u/specialagentflooper Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Berg did have his best half of his career in the first. He did a couple of things that didn't make me yell, "Get him out of there" at my TV. Gave TKR time to stay out of foul trouble. Heide was good today too. They both helped us out. And Colvin's dunk will probably be a sports center top 10 play tonight.
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u/TheTrueVanWilder Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Yeah this was the first time I've thought he could actually fill into a role properly. He brought great minutes his presence is probably the exact thing that forced High Point to try and start their barrage from behind the arc
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u/Outrageous-Set-2365 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Bodo Bodo should have FEASTED
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u/Lqtor Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 20 '25
He was 4/5 on field goals but barely shot at all after the first like 5 minutes of the game lol. If they gave him the ball more we could’ve saw a different result fs
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u/63Boiler Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Honestly we made pretty good adjustments today though, were switching on everything and did a much better job not allowing the backdoor cuts we usually do.
Elite? No, but definitely had a game plan for the opponent
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u/Adventurous_Egg857 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Agreed, made the extra effort to stay in front on defense so that they couldn't make the drives to the basket
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u/flushedoutthepocket VCU Rams • Duke Blue Devils Mar 20 '25
So apparently rebounding is a big part of basketball, who knew
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u/OldRedLobsterBiscuit Michigan State Spartans • Oregon … Mar 20 '25
CHOO CHOO! 🚂🚃🚃🚃💨
Congrats train bros!
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u/Dillhiro Kentucky Wildcats • Wichita State Sho… Mar 20 '25
0-2 I’m cooking
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u/zenverak Georgia Bulldogs • Maryland Terrapins Mar 20 '25
same! But none of them have impacted me past this round yet
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u/IAgreeGoGuards Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 20 '25
I'm fucking stupid and had Louisville in the final 4
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u/Dillhiro Kentucky Wildcats • Wichita State Sho… Mar 20 '25
I had Louisville in the elite 8. Maybe I should’ve kept the hatred for them.
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u/YaPhetsEz Mar 20 '25
I’ve got kentucky in my championship game and i’m 2-0 rn - maybe things are looking up for you
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u/TheSilverDude Purdue Boilermakers • Michigan Wolverines Mar 20 '25
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u/TheTrueVanWilder Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Whatever happens this season, I'm okay with because of the magic of last season. You can never take Maui and this man away from us
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u/Serious-Question281 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
We beat a double digit school I’ve never heard of! Hang the banner!
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u/__OrangePeanut__ Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
I was pessimistic about our team coming in... but after seeing this game I'm hopeful that if the Clemson players all come in blasted drunk against us, we have a really good chance.
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Mar 20 '25
Survive and advance.
Every game is a reset.
No reason we can't come out and play good next game.
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u/xakeri Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Braden Smith against the B1G this season: 4.3/8.1 2PA/2PM.
Braden Smith against High Point today: 4/15 2PA/2PM
If Braden hits some of the shots he normally hits, we walk away with this game. We outhustled them when the shots weren't falling.
They shot like 57.7% from 2 this year. We allowed 56.4% from 2 this year. They only shot 52% this year on 10 fewer shots than their season average. We just beat them in every facet of the game except making open shots.
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u/runliftcount Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
At this point they look blasted drunk against Mcneese
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u/__OrangePeanut__ Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
What in the hell is going on there
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u/runliftcount Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Fuck if I know, Clemson had more TOs than points for a second there
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u/ohverychill Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
The bright lights of Providence will call to them
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u/ImaginaryElevator757 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
I hope all the neutrals brackets busted
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u/halfbethalflet Mar 20 '25
I think a lot of people had money on high point.
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u/Cjberke Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
90% of money was on high point from what I've seen
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u/specialagentflooper Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Like I said above, it takes lopsided betting to pull the spread down as much as it did.
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u/Pewpewkitty Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Hey neutrals, suck my chalk
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u/CE_Pally Clemson Tigers Mar 20 '25
No kidding. HP was cool in that chat. So many neutrals despise our engineer asses
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u/Pewpewkitty Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Yeah they were fun. They kept it close. It’s just those neutral haters or those with money on the underdog.
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u/specialagentflooper Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
And there was a lot of money on High Point. So much it pulled the spread down to 7.5 from opening at 10.5.
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u/yo_soy_badass Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Game threads in March become cesspools. I stay out of them. Too many randos who don't watch ball most of the year coming in to be assholes
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u/KrillTheThrill Mar 20 '25
When the refs missed the clear goaltending so many people on twitter "iT MaKeS uP fOr tHe PaSt TwO YeArs Of EdAy CaLlS!"
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u/8bitremixguy Purdue Boilermakers • Indiana Hoosiers Mar 20 '25
WE DIDNT FUCK IT UP
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Mar 20 '25
You fucked up with that flair
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u/Adventurous_Egg857 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
This is a hard combo to get. Has to be law or medical school
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Grinning ear to ear about everyone who bragged about High Point being an easy upset call
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u/Evergreen742 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Fuck your brackets you losers.
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u/jack3moto Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
You really want purdue to fuck people’s brackets they win 2 more. That’ll truly be a big fuck you to the rest of the country for picking high point.
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u/MercilessXFate Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25
Why stop at 2? Win the whole thing
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u/WhatSheOrder Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 20 '25
Purdue narrowly winning by 12 while out rebounding their opponent by 20+ is the most Big Ten First Round win
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u/Tig992 Purdue Boilermakers • Bethel (IN) Pilots Mar 20 '25
The basketball equivalent of three yards and a cloud of dust.
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u/Childhood-Paramedic Michigan Wolverines • California Golden… Mar 20 '25
I love that B1G football style somehow translates to basketball. Hard-nosed and defensive... somehow
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers Mar 20 '25
Plus, considering how the stats suggested that HPU was far better at rim scoring than Purdue…and of the Boilermakers’ previous struggles with rebounding prior…
…I guess predictive metrics aren’t going to be as conclusive as you’d think 🤷♂️
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u/Green_hippo17 Mar 20 '25
It’s more so that single elimination games present weird outcomes because it’s a small sample size
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u/SaintArkweather Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens • American Un… Mar 20 '25
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u/yL4O West Virginia Mountaineers • Alabama C… Mar 20 '25
And now you can turn to Wisconsin vs. Montana which is also exactly this game.
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u/ArmVanDam Illinois State Redbirds • Virgi… Mar 20 '25
Purdue pretty much started to pull away when it was 59-56
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u/Shepherdsfavestore Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
The announcers wanted High Point to win sooooo bad at that point
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u/Trips2000 Purdue Boilermakers • Michigan Wolverines Mar 20 '25
Pete doth not care for your brackets. GG, HPU
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u/jack3moto Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
I hate when everyone who doesn't watch purdue say TKR is a most improved player from last year to this year. The reason he started all of last year is because this is how good he is. The issue is that he's an undersized 5 and a slow 4 which didn't work well next to Edey. I don't think he necessarily benefits with DJ coming back and playing next to him. I think purdue needs a 6'10" PF that can stand at the 3 pt line and give TKR space in the paint offensively but can also play center defensively.
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I mean, Jacobson can definitely knock down the 3
It's not gonna be hard for him to play defense, and then stay out of TKRs way when he has the ball
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u/BoilsofWar Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
The neutrals coming in claiming Purdue had the refs were rich when HP took all of the makeup calls for like 7 minutes straight.
Really wish the refs didn't insert themselves at all. Purdue run via refs, high point run via refs, wash rinse repeat. Loyer and Smith have to shoot better to get anything in the next round
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u/63Boiler Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Great defense, offensive rebounding, and minutes by Berg/Harris
Boiler Up, moving on
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u/RonaldJosephBurgundy Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Hello neutrals! If you’re in the market for an ass to kiss, boy do I have news for you!
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u/JerseyDvl Seton Hall Pirates Mar 20 '25
Nobody happier than Purdue that the entire state of New Jersey stinks in college basketball now.
Keep those Jersey schools out of their way and it's choo-choo, full steam ahead.
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u/hellogoodbye111 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
No offense, but I don't think High Point was very good. That's more of a dig on Purdue, most competent teams would've beaten them by a lot more. We are a really bad rebounding team and completely owned the glass.
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u/jfarbzz Rutgers Scarlet Knights Mar 20 '25
Is there a way to change the way postgame threads are worded? In the past with NCAA tournaments you see each team's seed displayed, here we just see Purdue's poll ranking like it's a regular season game, wonder why it's different this year.
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Mar 20 '25
Purdue: Can we beat Dan Hurley?
Also Purdue: We have Dan Hurley at home
Dan Hurley at home:
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u/InYourFace1023 Fayetteville State Broncos • NC S… Mar 20 '25
I’m fully aware Purdue won, but I made effort to make this so I’m going to post it
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u/RCKaos7 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
This would get you an A+ in the illustrious Kelly Bizznuss School!
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u/makualla Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Knew the refs would suck from the tip….when he literally pump faked them 3 time
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u/rvadarocket Maryland Terrapins • Texas Longhorns Mar 20 '25
Honestly considering how poorly HPU played its really impressive they kept this a game
Kimani Hamilton with by far his worst game of the year and that’s hard to overcome when the other team has superior talent
Not bad for a first NCAA tournament showing
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u/8541Boiler Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Still want to see a replay of the Colvin block that got called a foul.
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u/GetUpOut Iowa State Cyclones Mar 20 '25
Purdue and their nemesis, Purdon't, walked into a cave. Two hours later Purdue emerged victorious!
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u/KTReview Mar 20 '25
Good game by High Point, but Purdue was just more physical and taller, plus having an All American on your team helps a lot.
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u/hellogoodbye111 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25
Is Purdue taller? Berg is big but barely plays. The rest of the team is undersized for their position.
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u/Rhyvaugh St. Mary-of-the-Woods Pomeroy… Mar 20 '25
I could’ve sworn HP to the sweet sixteen was guaranteed
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