Purdue has the Will to Win and Talent

It’s a 2 point lead at half. Tennessee can easily win this. I hope they don’t.

Sad. My dad lived and died with this team for years. Today he’s wandering around Tokyo or Manila or somewhere back there on vacation

Years of wanting it and he’s looking at temples or sushi or teriyaki or something

He had better get back by next week. If he wants to look at a Buddhist temple there are probably some in LA.

lol no idea when he’s coming back. In my opinion Tennessee is better than either Duke or nc state so I have Purdue playing UConn.

What a game that would be

That's my point. Despite having a dozen 25 plus win seasons and a few around 29. They've won 2. Count them 2 big ten tournaments in the last 25 years. Two conference championships. Not 4.

And one of them? Was last year when the 1 seed boilers lost to a 16 seed to open the match madness. I rest my case

You don't make any sense.

In case you don't know, most Top 25 teams have shiny OOC records by the time league play starts.

Most teams load up on cupcakes and play in a few tournaments. Until the last few years, nobody was saying Purdue was going to win the Natty based on their record in November/December. It's always Duke, UNC, Arizona, Gonzaga, MSU, and a few times UCLA.

Are you trying to be bold?

Assuming they make the Sweet Sixteen, you're saying one of the other 15 teams will win. Wow!

Odds are against any ONE team winning vs the field. Genius.

You're the one who said "this has been the deal for the past 4-5 years". WRONG!

Lol. What an idiot.

Gonzaga = 0 Natties

Arizona? It's been almost 30 years.

FFs are nice but not Natties. I'm a UCLA fan. I know.

Bobby went to lunch with Tommy Lasorda The next day. Bobby asked Tommy "what about that Dave kingman?" And Tommy replied with "how about purdue"?

Saying they're December champs is implying they are perennially the top team a few months into the season, which they haven't been except the past few years. Being ranked 18th, 20th, or 25th in December would not make them December champions. It would make them just another Top 25 program.

Contrast with the Dodgers who have finished in 1st place every single year for over a decade and have only their Mickey Mouse championship to show for it. They are the September Champions.

You're creating segues that don't exist. In mlb the team with the best record never wins the ws. Look it up. In the last 20 years it's happened like 7 times. Everyone knows baseball playoffs are broken

Back to purdue. Yes. We are talking about the present Einstein. The last several years. And yes this has been the Purdue deal the last 4-5 years. I realize you just started following them but I assure you. This is the pattern. Every. Single. Year. And yep been that way all this decade. Covid years excepted but those were messed up for a lot of programs.

Purdue is a great October to December team. Sometimes even a solid big ten season team. The minute it comes to tournament play? Both their own and ncaa? Dogs. Look it up. Purdue has probably been the best big ten team the last 20 years and look up to see how many times they've won the conference tourney. I'd be shocked if it's been more than once.

Final dig. Their women's team basically started and built their program. And accomplished more in that span than Purdue has in their whole history. And yes I go way back. Water Jordan. Jerry schicting. Joe Barry Carrol. Rick mount. Terry dischinger. Bruce Parkinson. Eugene Parker. Glenn Robinson. I know the whole history. Don't care. They are who they are.

You're the one who said "this has been the deal for the past 4-5 years".

Are you in cognitive decline?

You seem to be forgetting your own posts.

I've already shown that your premise is ridiculous.

Good day.