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

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

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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