2026 NCAA Tournament

[newcastle12]

4 minutes ago, IUHoosier5 said:

Purdue just isn’t going to win a title at any point in human history

Thank god for that.  

[BannerVille]

7 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

lol. 
 

Didn’t expect that level of collapse but thank goodness it happened.  Michigan and Arizona are so freaking good.  Arizona doing it with a lot of youth. Impressive stuff.  Lloyd having this run, then leaving for UNC isn’t realistic is it?

Sucks that potential Michigan - Arizona matchup has to happen before the title as they are truly the 2 best teams this year.  Duke is fine but a step below IMO.

[TheWatShot]

6 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

 Lloyd having this run, then leaving for UNC isn’t realistic is it?

I think it's getting overblown. He's been a west coast guy his whole career and turned down a lot of requests for interviews when he was an assistant at Gonzaga. 

[Demo]

4 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Matt Painter = just a pretty good coach. Not very good. Definitely not great. He's OK. Pork chop is alright if you ask me.

I think he’s better than you do, but tonight ended an era in which he found some absolute recruiting steals over 3 or 4 years and couldn’t get over the hump with them. I’m confident we’ve seen the absolute peak of Purdue basketball. If I were him I’d be looking for a situation with better resources.

[BannerVille]

1 minute ago, TheWatShot said:

I think it's getting overblown. He's been a west coast guy his whole career and turned down a lot of requests for interviews when he was an assistant at Gonzaga. 

I'll take it a step further and say he already has the better job.  Has plenty of resources and lot less BS than he would at NC.

[TheWatShot]

4 minutes ago, Demo said:

I think he’s better than you do, but tonight ended an era in which he found some absolute recruiting steals over 3 or 4 years and couldn’t get over the hump with them. I’m confident we’ve seen the absolute peak of Purdue basketball. If I were him I’d be looking for a situation with better resources.

I had a thought earlier this week that UNC is probably one of a very short list of programs he'd ever consider leaving Purdue for. I don't think it will happen, but UNC would give him absolutely everything he needed and he wouldn't have to rely on diamonds in the rough turning into Wooden Award winners. 

[Brass Cannon]

1 minute ago, TheWatShot said:

I had a thought earlier this week that UNC is probably one of a very short list of programs he'd ever consider leaving Purdue for. I don't think it will happen, but UNC would give him absolutely everything he needed and he wouldn't have to rely on diamonds in the rough turning into Wooden Award winners. 

Yep.  Who knows though.  UK might need a new coach after next year.  

[Shooter]

10 minutes ago, Demo said:

I think he’s better than you do, but tonight ended an era in which he found some absolute recruiting steals over 3 or 4 years and couldn’t get over the hump with them. I’m confident we’ve seen the absolute peak of Purdue basketball. If I were him I’d be looking for a situation with better resources.

Yea, I think Purdue's title window ended the day Zach Edey graduated. They are still going to be consistently good though as long as Painter is there.

[Stuhoo]

11 hours ago, Demo said:

I think he’s better than you do, but tonight ended an era in which he found some absolute recruiting steals over 3 or 4 years and couldn’t get over the hump with them. I’m confident we’ve seen the absolute peak of Purdue basketball. If I were him I’d be looking for a situation with better resources.

Off to Kansas with you, Matty boy. ;) 

[Home Jersey]

13 minutes ago, Demo said:

I think he’s better than you do, but tonight ended an era in which he found some absolute recruiting steals over 3 or 4 years and couldn’t get over the hump with them. I’m confident we’ve seen the absolute peak of Purdue basketball. If I were him I’d be looking for a situation with better resources.

UNC could do worse...

[BtownStrength]

12 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Off to Kansas with you, Matty boy.

Back in the day, he and his agent used Missouri for a pay raise and job security. So it would be only fitting if he left for KU. 

[Home Jersey]

[Home Jersey]

[AH1971]

I just don’t know if Painter could handle a fish bowl job like UNC or Kansas. He’s absolutely one of the best in the country at getting the most out of his players, but could seriously see him struggling getting high end talent to not only gel but playing his system. 

[newcastle12]

29 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

I just don’t know if Painter could handle a fish bowl job like UNC or Kansas. He’s absolutely one of the best in the country at getting the most out of his players, but could seriously see him struggling getting high end talent to not only gel but playing his system. 

Think of how much he could lecture everyone though.  

[johnsoniu]

Boiler Down

I always hope the boils lose in the most painful way imaginable. Watching that group of faux tough guys, “defense lives here “give up 48 and get systematically shredded by Arizona in the second half was satisfying. Flex on that Fletchie

[IUHoosierJoe]

8 hours ago, AH1971 said:

I just don’t know if Painter could handle a fish bowl job like UNC or Kansas. He’s absolutely one of the best in the country at getting the most out of his players, but could seriously see him struggling getting high end talent to not only gel but playing his system. 

I think he tried the high-end-talent route in the early-2010s and it didn’t work out very well. 

[AKHoosier]

8 hours ago, Demo said:

I think he’s better than you do, but tonight ended an era in which he found some absolute recruiting steals over 3 or 4 years and couldn’t get over the hump with them. I’m confident we’ve seen the absolute peak of Purdue basketball. If I were him I’d be looking for a situation with better resources.

Totally have had this thought too. I would not be surprised to see Painter bolt for a school with better resources. 

He's done all he can at Purdue. His window is all but closing, and no one realizes that more than him.

At 55 years old, he's young enough to the point age isn't considered a negative in hiring since he'd have 10-12 good years left. Old enough for some serious self reflection, "is Purdue basketball the pinnacle of my career? That kind of thing.

[OliviaPope40]

Odds on Hurley getting tossed tonight? What's the over/under?

[AKHoosier]

Feels like an unusually high number of people wearing IU gear out and about this morning.

Yeah, we all know what we're doing...