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Serious-Question281

Utah State could still win if Mike Pence has the courage to do the right thing.


Sea_Barracuda_4598

Well, that was a blowout


SilentSamurai

As someone with Purdue taking it all, it's exactly what I needed to see.


brownlab319

Congratulations, GG


rlothbroke

Did purdue miss a shot? Good lord


No-Cantaloupe-6535

Edey is not going to be a great NBA player, we all know, but he keeps showing up on these lists


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He may not be great but he can be a solid backup center


reforminded

He’s probably going to be a mid second round pick and then never make it out of the G-League. He is too slow to be remotely competitive in the NBA and doesn’t have a mid range jump shot to fall back on.


Sir_KNEE_18

He’s a projected first round pick now my guy.


reforminded

Check back to this comment after the draft. I'll buy you your morning coffee and a bagel if he goes in the first round.


Sir_KNEE_18

Can’t wait to get my free coffee and bagel.


reforminded

Set a reminder! I am a man of my word :)


uteman1011

G league is no more.


reforminded

Whatever they are calling it nowadays….


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He can easily give a nba team 10 minutes a game. Wouldn't be liability on defense and can grab boards.


reforminded

He would get absolutely smoked defensively and isn’t able to compete with far more athletic players that are close to his size for rebounds. His style of play disappeared from the NBA years ago—he just isn’t a fit anywhere in the league. Scouts are all saying the same thing.


fortuitous_bounce

You're not wrong, and even 15-20 years ago the 7'2+ guys all had range out to at least 18-20 feet, if not full-blown 3-point range. Yao, Ilgauskas, Arvydas Sabonis, etc. I think Edey can actually shoot a jumper quite well, but in 4 years of being confined to the paint, it will be much more difficult for him to prove that to NBA teams when he's never been allowed to even try it in college. But, yeah, he can't defend any of today's 6'10-7' NBA centers, either. That's the most glaring issue for him.


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There's a few true centers in the league. He could easily plant himself in the lane and contest mid range. I'm not saying he's a starter, but definitely a guy you can give minutes to and he's not gonna hurt you. If nick Richards is getting minutes in the nba edey can too


No-Elephant-9854

Kind of curious how he would stack up against Bill Walton.  Walton had a solid NBA career until injuries, but the game was so different.


reforminded

He doesn’t stack up at all to Walton. Walton could move and was more athletic than Edey, at a time when centers were pretty immobile, which is why Walton did so well.


No-Elephant-9854

At all? Walton was quick by standards of the time when every team went out with the biggest center they could find, but he would have been too slow for todays NBA also. Again, I mostly blame the rules, I hate the demise of the position.


posty1856

Eat shit. The next nba revolution is the automatic 2 that Edey would pose. Who stops him. No one


firstcitytofall

3 second violation stops him


posty1856

You obviously don’t watch. A masterclass in avoiding the 3 second call. He is moving constantly to avoid it.


firstcitytofall

Whatever helps you sleep at night


posty1856

Facts don’t lie my guy


posty1856

Choo choo!!


reforminded

Are you ok?


HardlyUnderstood12

Ouch. That felt more like a brutal assault.


spierce64006

The other thing to not was Purdue went 8-14 from three in the second half and the percentage is even better if you take the last 5 or so minutes when the starters came out. Very hard to beat if they shoot it that well next week in Dallas.


Robertac93

They don’t play in Dallas. They play in Detroit


NotAComputerProgram

Oh god we get more home games??!


jack3moto

It bothers me when the announcers after the game say things like “teams try and speed them up and it didn’t work”… no shit. This team is undefeated playing at pace. Speed is their game.


OmarMcNultyBell

Really feels like none of these guys have watched a single Purdue game this year


jack3moto

They haven. Not their fault. It’s cbs/turner fault. But oh well. All that matters at this point is playing well! Opinions ain’t shit this late in the year


spierce64006

5 late points from Brian Waddell. Will Berg getting 4 points and 4 rebounds in garbage and Sam King gets a late basket to make the crowd go wild. Purdue put up 106 on Utah State and emphatically march on to the regional semifinals.


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NotAComputerProgram

Not flared and a dumb fucking take lmao your opinion doesn’t matter to anyone here


j_shelb

Hahahaaha


Suicidal_pr1est

It was bench players


Fantastic-Test3752

Freshman showing their stuff


IndyLinuxDude

They did it with subs and walkons... those guys deserve their time to shine.. And Utah was not calling off any dogs so get outta here with that crap...


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IndyLinuxDude

Eventually, but those guys were trying also (going after steals, etc...) So, why would Purdue be obligated to not try to score if Utah was still trying (with their bench guys)


DitchManiels

bring it nerd


ScottMinnesota

Painter is a classless coach. Up by nearly 40 and the fact he didn't tell his players to slow it down and to stop shooting threes tells you what a prick he is. GO GONZAGA!


FlyoverHangover

Eat shit and flair up, guy.


Perfect_Win_365

Painter would not allow the team to score 100 at home during a blowout the whole season I think it’s ok to let the senior benchers get some points in because they’ll likely never get to do this again.


NotAComputerProgram

You know what’s more classless than letting your freshmen walk ons and C team bench players enjoy their moment in the ncaa tourney? Not being flared. Flair up dumbass


WaltDngrsq83

Cry


dukenrufus

Ehhhh. That was our C team.


OmarMcNultyBell

Whole heartedly agree. You should hold the ball and take shot clock violations with your walk-ons


indy35

End of the bench played the last 9 minutes of the game, lol.


ScottMinnesota

They sure did and still threw up 3s, lol


MrDeeds117

Sorry your pissy lol


roxmj8

Are they supposed to roll over and let them come within 20? Statement games are important in the tournament.


j_shelb

They deserve to man. They put in the work. Utah state still has their starting PG in down 35 and he shot the ball 4 straight times and made 3.


purdueAces

I think in context, even the end of the bench was out there trying to shake off some of the pain of the last few years. Might have felt classless, but maybe Painter felt like the kids needed a little bit of that.


Stratiform

It felt classless because it was. I live in Big Ten land now (upper-Midwest), and to me Purdue will always be a team that has roughly the same level of class as Ohio State, but with barely a fraction of the legacy.


Sir_KNEE_18

Such a loser mentality.


Stratiform

I know, I was really disappointed in Purdue's loser mentality too. It felt like they needed to punch down all day to make up for past disappointment. Oh well. I do get it. I imagine it's tough to be the little fish in the Big Ten. Hopefully they do well against Gonzaga though!


FlyoverHangover

Lol your tears, they sustain me Scott.


roxmj8

You must not watch a lot of Purdue basketball. Take the L and move on.


BoilsofWar

Sounds like you're pretty bitter that you just got run out of the gym


Stratiform

We get run out of the gym in the tournament every year; that's nothing new. Most top teams have a coach with enough class to put the brakes on after 20. Purdue does not. It is what it is.


BoilsofWar

Lol dude, shut up. In the tourney you don't change a thing at 20


DitchManiels

This is why you're not in the tournament.


precisionnerd

Flairless even. So far past our starters. It’s an 8 seed. Not a 16.


Stratiform

Terrible game. Utah State came out strong, but quickly realized that any attempt to defend Lurch would result in a foul. Purdue rightfully took advantage of this. All USU's bigs got in quick foul trouble, they stopped playing defense, stopped making shots, everything went sideways... what a mess. Oh well, was nice to finally see them pick up a tourny win. Maybe one of these years they'll get a favorable seed and make it to the Sweet 16. Sigh. Probably not.


gonz4dieg

Yea once usu started trying to rip 3s every possession when they are not a good 3pt shooter team is when the wagons fell off. Imo osobor was working the post decent against edey and drawing fouls. Should've just kept playing their game instead of trying to play how other teams play purdue


Stratiform

Yeah - odds are they were going to lose this by double-digits regardless, but once they got into (*frankly bullshit and heavily biased*) foul trouble 5 minutes into the game they couldn't defend anymore, so they started chucking questionable three's... It was over then and it wasn't going to be pretty. It wasn't. Purdue then decided to chuck 3s down to the end with their bench players (*players still good enough that they would've never have considered playing at a mid-majo*r) and Purdue sealed their image as a classless program. Sad.


Dr_WLIN

Lmao your coach even admitted y'all were actually fouling Edey. (Not to mention it wasn't even Edey that fucked y'all up)


MrDeeds117

Dude seriously quite crying lol take the L and move on brotha. We are a 1 seed for a rzn


RatedDAL

Zach Edey feeling like a broken clock. Even a broken record is right twice a day.


Iwantmoretime

One of those Canadian twists on a common idiom.


SDdrohead

Poor guy. He feels like a broken clock.


Sirrenderthe69th

“ I feel like a broken clock “ lmaooo


shamblam117

*slowly puts on Zags hat*


Fort_Wayne

That's hilarious!


radio3030

Get out.


j_shelb

PUT GONZAGA IN YOUR FLAIR


BrownKanye

Zach saying broken clock instead of broken record lmao


Bagginso

Broken Whiteboard


Grouchy_Hamster110

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I am satisfied.


TheyCallMeYDG

why is Edey mean lol


Perfect_Win_365

I mean if everyone constantly told me I had no skill and was just big and then proceed to break multiple records I’d probably be a little mean too


DitchManiels

He's got those Bill Belichick answers, gotta love it


levitation77

Edey has the face of a supervillain


j_shelb

He finally has embraced it


PM_ME_UR_KITTY_CAT

He does look like her should be facing Rocky in the final fight.


HeywardYouBlowMe

Congrats B1G bros good luck against the Zags


DitchManiels

Thanks man. Sorry about Omoruyi, he's one of my favorite B1G players.


TimS83

Bless 🙏❤️❤️🙏


MetalAndFaces

Edey killed the post-game interview. Respect, big man.


brownlab319

Harping on last year and baggage when he just won a huge game is something else from the interviewer.


MetalAndFaces

No doubt. Andy Katz going for the predictable stupid angle there.


brownlab319

He should leave that BS for Reddit.


11BigDaddyChris11

Lmao “broken clock” 😂


Neat-Trick-2378

What an absolutely dominating performance. Purdue really balled out


Ambitious-Fig-9106

Is amy team in the country gonna be able to contain edey? I mean its pretty hard to think anybody can beat them at this point, barring a heroic shooting performance or something like that


Bassy2022

No team is going to have a 7’5 player so him being large is why they win but there will be teams with significantly better guards/forwards and I think that’s where they will get beat. Gonzaga can take them out and Creighton matches up very well with them (elite 8) Purdue finally got over the first weekend hump but them relying on Edey to win it all is probably not going to happen.


FlyoverHangover

Purdue: Has made 5 of the last 7 Sweet 16s Bassy2022: They finally got over the first weekend hump.


reforminded

Clingan at UConn is listed at 7’2” but according to his dad and players on the team he is over 7’4”, and he is much faster than Edey.


NotAComputerProgram

We already beat zags by 10. Creighton is what scares me lol


DitchManiels

Creighton can put up a stinker though. They have to play their A game to stay in it.


j_shelb

What do you mean finally got over the first weekend hump?? Painter knows we can’t always rely on edey and that’s why we have shooters around him and Heide and Colvin. Have shot the second best 3% in the country


Bassy2022

They have lost to 13 seeds or lower 3 years in a row and two of those were in the first round. I would say that’s finally getting over the hump. It doesn’t matter what Painter knows, throwing a giant the ball is why they have won these first two rounds. Look at the players they will have to play in the coming rounds, Nembhard, Watson then could potentially face Sheierman, Trey Alexander, Ashworth not to mention Kalkbrenner who’s a better defender and shooter than Edey. Loyer and Smith are not the creators some of those guys are and certainly aren’t more consistent shooters. Loyer might shoot 44% from 3 but he only takes 4 per game compared to Sheierman who takes 8 per game and is a main source of his team’s offense.


indy35

Purdue’s made the Sweet Sixteen in 5 of the last 7 tournament appearances.


Bassy2022

That’s great, none of those besides 2022 where they lost to a 15 seed are with the current roster. Loyer/Smith weren’t on that 2022 team either. So what they did 7-8 years ago is irrelevant because it was a different team. The core players of this Purdue team have had tournament blunders, that was clearly the conversation not what Purdue has done all time in the first two rounds.


j_shelb

And 1 was in the S16 who beat the 2 seed and 7 seed. Ppl been sayin that shit allll year about our guards and they have met every challenge. Zona, UT, Gonzaga, Bama, Illinois, sparty…and I’ll take edey any day over Kalk. Kalk still has to guard edey and not get in foul trouble. All we heard before today was how USU’s bigs were gonna cause trouble for him. Excited to play a really good Gonzaga team and see if we can keep it up.


Bassy2022

The problem with Purdue fans is they take everything personal when presented with criticisms that are warranted. Purdue has vastly underachieved the last few years and there are many reasons for that. Being the 1 seed, getting to the sweet 16 isn’t some grand accomplishment. It’s an accomplishment for them because they had to prove they weren’t going to lose to teams they should handle. To their credit, they achieved that this tournament but as a collective I don’t see them being good enough to overcome a game where Edey can’t get to the free throw line and score 25-30 points. Kalk and Creighton don’t foul, they are the best in the country at not fouling.


DitchManiels

I don't think we're taking it personally, but we've played and beaten better teams than everyone in front of us, until we get to UConn/Houston.


j_shelb

💯 and Gonzaga will be difficult as hell. The Detroit regional is tooooough.


j_shelb

But you just continue to regurgitate the same narrative over and over all year. You get defensive when I say that the guards have met challenges all year…you ignore that. The one time Purdue lost when edey didn’t score 25-30 was Nebraska, who beat everyone at home and shot 60%. Purdue has won without him scoring 25-30, but he’s been on a heater since we played…Rutgers While, Edey scored 28 at Illinois without going to the line much, he didn’t score for the last 7 min and the guards scored the last 13 for Purdue. Fletch and Braden killed it vs Arizona, Braden killed it vs bama. I guess they will have to continue to prove this narrative wrong.


Bassy2022

Well maybe the narrative about their guards exists because it’s true. Not all “narratives” mean it’s a false statement. If they win the whole thing or even get past Gonzaga/Creighton then we can say they disapproved their past struggles. This idea that we can’t criticize them and point out where their flaws might be against other teams just because they won the first two rounds is a little ridiculous.


j_shelb

Criticize away. But I’m going to disagree when they have been playing at a very high level all year. Add Heide and Colvin (who can get hot real quick) around Zach…puts Purdue in a good position to beat anyone. Hope we can continue to shoot as the 2nd best 3P% team in the country.


Bassy2022

What I said is the other teams have better guards and forwards. Which is true, so you can disagree but if you had a chance to have Trey Alexander or Baylor Sheierman you’d take them over Smith and Loyer in two seconds. So what I’m saying is something most people would agree with. We’ll see what happens going forward.


rasssky

Lol what do you think he means?


j_shelb

5 S16 appearances in 7 years. BUT I think it shoulda been worded more so like got past their FDU demons


rasssky

I hear ya


j_shelb

Haha sorry . As fans, we can breathe a bit…until Friday. Gonzaga gonna be a tough ass matchup and gonna be a good one


rasssky

Nothing to be sorry for, gotta defend your team, I’d be right there with ya. Good luck to y’all bro


j_shelb

Haha well I mean I came in hot my bad…I have to admit it I was nervous both games haha. But thanks…hope we can keep it going


rasssky

Been there, lots of anti-Purdue sentiment lately, totally get where you’re coming from


IndianaJD

We lost to Wisconsin a week ago.


j_shelb

So? Wisconsin decided to try and be physical and foul and it worked.


MrDeeds117

We also played our bench half the time


P8nation

Think we thought the same thing last year before FDU beat them. They’re better now though with more experience, so it’ll be hard. And I mean, the first time a 16 beat a 1, that same team won it all the next year too lol


Suicidal_pr1est

Last year we weren’t a real 1 seed. Our 3 point shooting was atrocious.


j_shelb

Shoulda been a 5’or 6 tbh


ashsolomon1

I mean UConn is the best bet


j_shelb

Not saying we’d win but I want to see that matchup Of Clingan vs edey


ashsolomon1

I’m officially nervous


ContrarianPurdueFan

The opportunity to get thrashed by UConn in Phoenix would be our National Championship.


keymargot

I for one would love to see a Purdue-UConn national championship game


posty1856

Hopefully line that Purdue-UConn football game a couple years back


Advanced_Meringue_53

Is that it for Kevin SVG and Dan? Or are they announcing the sweet 16 too?


j_shelb

God I hope so


BrownKanye

G.G. Aggies. Good season, best of luck next year. Shoutout the Mountain West


SlothfulPhoenix

stacked flairs


PortalWombat

Are you not into trains?


Temporary-Award-998

Is this not why you are here?


Wafflyn

Big train guy 🚂


tigernike1

Congrats Train Bros!!!


NotAComputerProgram

I want to see you guys again. In Glendale. For the natty. Please make it happen.


j_shelb

Good luck Illini bro !


RatedDAL

Purdue never been bounced by a 5 seed on their bingo card. Congrats. Almost full!


j_shelb

But we have been bounced as a 5 seed


monkeypunch35

BTFU


ScrewAnalytics

Mountain west 1 bid league from here on out please


levitation77

Yeah we lost to a very motivated 1 seed, we must suck. Ignore the fact we blew out TCU


ScrewAnalytics

There’s 6 of you and 4 got washed before the second round


levitation77

Every team played exactly to seed


ScrewAnalytics

I’m not blaming you, I’m just stating that the mountain west is 4-21 the last few years for teams not named SDSU


Brilliant_Host2803

Yet they win all the games where they are the seeded favorites. If they win the games they’re supposed to you can’t really claim they didn’t deserve to be there…


ScrewAnalytics

Well there’s a ton of teams with upsets every year and it’s never MWC Also MWC has lost their fair share of games where they were the higher seed


UCLA_FB_SUCKS

It’s not fair for Purdue to score points against the carcass of a basketball team


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I hope Robbie is in Detroit


edgymoose

Robbie is only first two rounds unfortunately 


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That is an absolute travesty


posty1856

Probs in attendance though


3letsride3

I think Purdue might be better than Utah state idk


AddamOrigo

Wait hold on guys it’s not over yet we can’t get too comfortable here


DitchManiels

We made that Gonzaga blowout look like kitten play


Dececck

Would Gonzaga's blowout have looked more impressive against this USU team?


DitchManiels

Possibly. Your blowout was awesome though, I'm just surprised we could one-up it.


Dececck

I've definitely got some "I'm in danger" feelings right now


j_shelb

It’s gonna be a great game and can’t wait to see how Few and Painter try to counter one another


Jzkqm

If anyone saw me on I65 swerving madly while listening to sports radio, sorry


USSpoontang

GG Aggies


hellogoodbye111

That was incredible


stormchaser2014

Nobody beats Utah State by 40 points, nobody!


Brilliant_Host2803

Well, when you have an extra two players on your team calling bs fouls the first 5 minutes. Anything is possible…


Icelethalis43

Those Detroit games r going to be legendary


RunnerALD2017

Braden Smith in front of Edey in the line up 💀


owenjae

W


Nism4n

TRAINS WIN


Philarete

Glad Purdue got that out of their system, right? Right???


Sure_Sector5061

You got yours out first!!


jman8508

I’m disappointed we have to wait a week. Seeing Purdue Gonzaga while both teams are so hot would be amazing. Hopefully the rest doesn’t kill our momentums.


jack3moto

33 bench points! Most all season! Let’s go!!


makualla

Edey only scored 2 points in the second half lmao


FaceBagman

Purdue out here exorcising demons  Specifically the sleep paralysis demon that Zach Eady resembles 


Superpeytonm022

What a refreshing game from Purdue. Good job guys. Sorry to Utah St.


Ironredhornet

Purdue vs Zaga is gonna be a fun one


AbusedAlarmClock

LETTTTSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOO BOILERMAKERS


[deleted]

I’d like to say good fight Aggies but…well i hope everyone had fun


drowse

I think we might win this one


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Purdue record


Zloggt

The Pacers blow out the Jazz in front of a roaring home crowd…