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I watched Doughty in sectionals and again on Saturday night, and my comparisons are usually terrible but his post moves and play style remind me of Brunk quite a bit. Was definitely impressive for him to get 20 pts against Bidugna and it seems like he could maybe play the pro wrestling on hardwood B1G style but that determination is beyond me. In addition to Valpo he had offers from Sienna, New Orleans, and Miami (OH).

That's a good question, I was just wondering the same thing myself and I certainly can't recall any. I know there's been some defections from IU to Purdue on the football side here just recently, but in terms of basketball I think Furst would be the only one to go from either direction to the other.

They got this one but this game is a microcosm of everything wrong with Purdue's approach going into March. Being reliant on rock fight basketball, wide foul discrepancies in their favor (more than 2:1 at times), overall bad officiating, and less than dynamic guard play is a terrible recipe for success in a high variance event like the NCAA tournament.

Probably Maryland - 63 Hoosiers - 68

We only took a look as he quickly committed to toilet making, but Kanon Catchings rose 100 spots with this update to #17 and 5-star status. I really wish he would have kept his recruitment open longer.

Hawkeyes - 75 Hoosiers - 88 Fran Technical Fouls - 2

Not feeling great about this, however everyone thought they would go psycho little brother on us last year at home and blow us out to get revenge for our earlier win, and we only lost by 2. I'm probably trying to convince myself as much as anybody but this team knows they can beat Purdue and knows they can compete in Hackey Arena. IND - 74 PU - 73

IND - 63 MSU - 70

ILL - 59 IND - 70

INDIANA - 75 Kitties - 73

Ind - 64 Mich - 71

I can't stand the fake "good guy" complex from Purdue. 99% of the reason I detest them to the extent I do is a direct result of the petty, delusional, and at times pathetic behavior of their fan base especially as it pertains towards Indiana. The only difference is they seem to get away with it and get a decent amount of praise while our fans get castigated by a Gregg Doyel nastygram article upon any action that wasn't deemed very nice.

That brings back good memories. The pre-BTN channel 4 days were some good times. I remember having to rotate the big antenna outside at my parents' house to pick up those Saturday afternoon Big Ten slates but they were always fun.

RUT - 63 IND - 70

Boilerfakers - 69 IU - 74

IND - 67 Turtles in a half shell - 65

Bucks - 69 IU - 78

IND - 84 MINN - 70

Agree about Essegian. It would be awesome to have him with Cupps in the backcourt going forward (assuming we could go back in time and take our pick of Smith vs Essegian). Nonetheless I'm still perplexed how Smith's recruitment played out and I wish he would have kept it open a little longer. Purdue offered on April 26, 2021 and he committed on April 29, 2021 and Woodson's staff was only in place a little over a month at that point. That was also only a handful of weeks after Jameel Brown decommited from PU to follow Shrewsbury to PSU. I wonder if Painter basically pitched it as a "we've got a spot opened up for you if you take it now" type of deal.

I think the pollsters will give Purdue the benefit of the doubt with their one loss versus Bama's two and Purdue beating Gonzaga who gave Bama one of their L's. But based on the most recent bracketology Purdue has only faced two teams solidly in the tournament since the Phil Knight Invitational on Thanksgiving weekend and they lost to one of them. Meanwhile no one has came within single digits of Bama since they lost to Gonzaga on Dec. 17th, including a couple solid SEC teams. In other words, Roll Tide tomorrow.

MSU - 68 IND - 75

In retrospect that 2017 coaching candidate board was pretty grim. Archie, Gregg Marshall, Chris Mack, Steve Alford, Chris Holtmann, Dane Fife, Mike White, etc. Archie wasn't the answer but man that list was full of misses.

Was just looking at that same mock draft myself. Maybe I'm trying to speak it into existence because I'm tired of seeing him at Purdue but If Tacko Fall and Boban Marjanovic can make NBA rosters then Zach Edey certainly can. If he keeps putting up 30 + points in big ten games I think a team will get enamored with his uniqueness and may grab him early 2nd round or so, especially if it's a team that plays a little slower and uses more drop coverage defensively.

IU - 79 ILL - 77