r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 20 '25

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #22 Purdue defeats High Point, 75-63

Box Score

Team 1H 2H Total
High Point 27 36 63
Purdue 37 38 75

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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/Alive-Bedroom-7548 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25

Well in that case Zach was the only person on the team they couldn’t stop, it was everyone else on Purdue who sucked

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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/taylor1288 TCU Horned Frogs Mar 20 '25

I have Yale in my Sweet 16

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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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u/TheTrueVanWilder Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25

I got downvotes yesterday for telling everyone it's rarely the obvious upset pick that happens

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u/Lee-Key-Bottoms NC State Wolfpack Mar 20 '25

Damn I just said the thing but louder and got upvotes

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u/otoverstoverpt UCLA Bruins • North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 20 '25

well your mcneese take didn’t exactly age well

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u/Lee-Key-Bottoms NC State Wolfpack Mar 20 '25

No it indeed did not

Not that I’m complaining

Clemson is my second favorites team to root against and this is hilarious

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '25

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/Ling0 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25

McNeese will be the guarantee. They're the kind of team that upsets us

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u/63Boiler Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25

Seth Davis was wrong?!

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u/Yessir4512 Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25

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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Mar 21 '25

Seth Davis was wrong because his take about how it would happen, if it happened, was just so wildly off the mark to the reality of the teams.

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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/shartfartmctart North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 20 '25

Yeah these bozos are gloating and talking shit for not losing to a double digit seed first round for a 3rd time in 5 years

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u/-Benzo Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25

How dare fans of a school enjoy a win

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u/shartfartmctart North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 20 '25

"I sure am glad we won against a team that shoots well and could've gotten hot"

vs

"Hurr durr everyone said we would lose"

Which one of those am I seeing and talking about and which one is enjoying a win

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u/-Benzo Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25

Sorry we busted your bracket!

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u/shartfartmctart North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 20 '25

Do you think a 4 seed winning busts a bracket

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u/horndog4ever Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25

Ok, 'we're just happy to be here NC'.

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u/shartfartmctart North Carolina Tar Heels Mar 20 '25

Both of our teams have one win in the tournament and one of them was against a higher seed

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u/horndog4ever Purdue Boilermakers Mar 20 '25

You're right, congrats.

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u/Turbulent_Crow7164 Mar 21 '25

Tbf, most of those upset picks get blown out fully. At least High Point hung in there most of the game