Purdue over Mini in 3 OT - good or bad for us?

[incrediboy 925]

So Purdue chokes by missing 4 foul shots in the final minute of regulation to ice it and winds up going 3 OTs. Minnesota can't capitalize on Purdue's chokes to beat a team that has been on the skids and missed some FTs that could have kept it in the game in the third OT.

 

While I struggle to ever root for Purdue in anything at anytime, I was thinking that after Minnesota got new life in regulation last night only to have victory snatched away that such a result would probably be the best thing that could prepare them for us on Saturday. Purdue has some time to wrong the righted ship before we go to Mackey, anyway.

 

So I think how it happened was the best possible outcome for us and that Minnesota's confidence should have gotten shaken as hard as it possibly could have. Anyone else want to weigh in on that?

[Hwy 1 2,053]

Indiana now stands at 4-5 in B1G play. purdont and minihaha are both at 4-6 now. purdont gained ground on us but still trails. minihaha fell behind us. We now play those two with the chance to seperate us. Losing in 3OT was the best thing that could have happened to mini for us. Well, it could have been 7OT to set a record...

[TheWatShot 14,109]

I don't think it matters. Once they hit a few shots and their crowd gets into it their confidence will be back. 

[Scooter D 928]

I don't think that it really matters either, we are on the road at Minny, not much is going to change the fact that IU does not play well on the road.

[Stuhoo 81,387]

While I agree with Watshot that Minny will be plenty inspired for our game, nevertheless it was the best possible scenario for us:

 

Minny has a FAR better chance of nosing us out for an NCAA berth - Very much helps us vis-a-vis standings

 

Made the whole Minny team work really hard; probably necessitates less practice time before our game, and forced Hollins to play a lot of minutes on a bad ankle. 

 

7 or 8 OTs would have been even better!

[Dalton26 16,892]

I would rather have Minnesota win. It put Purdue farther back and then us beating Minnesota will look better with that additional win. I don't think their loss helped us in any way.


Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

[jcummins 15]

I am not sure either way is good for us. The only thing it was a lucky win for Purdue.  It was good to beat Minnesota, but again we don't do road trips too well.

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,307]

It helps us in conference standings, as others have said.

 

Other than that, trying to extrapolate our success vs Minny from the game last night is a losing proposition. Minny will be home, we struggle against the 2-3 zone (which it looked like Minny played last night) and anything can happen on any given day in this conference.

[cappymo14 2,276]

I would rather have Minnesota win. It put Purdue farther back and then us beating Minnesota will look better with that additional win. I don't think their loss helped us in any way.


Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I don't think a Minn. loss helped us either.  It didn't hurt, but didn't help.  I personally would have liked to see Mini pull that out.  They win at Mackey, and it makes them look better.  We take care of business in the barn, and we clearly separate ourselves from both of them.  I'm far more worried about how we look to the selection committee, than I am about conference standings with half the season to go.  All we need to do is take care of business right now, and not get caught looking ahead.  The standings will shake out no matter what.  I don't think we will lose to Minnesota, not based on what I've seen in their last two.

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,307]

Minnesota is a better team and will be at home. I can absolutely see us losing Saturday.

[cappymo14 2,276]

It helps us in conference standings, as others have said.

 

Other than that, trying to extrapolate our success vs Minny from the game last night is a losing proposition. Minny will be home, we struggle against the 2-3 zone (which it looked like Minny played last night) and anything can happen on any given day in this conference.

Minnesota, and just about everyone else we meet, is gonna go 2-3 zone.  Minnesota has done well throwing multiple looks at people.  I personally didn't think their 2-3 has looked very good.  They went man against Wisconsin and won.  We shoot well, we win.

[cappymo14 2,276]

They have to score as well.  Our d doesn't suck either.  Minnie may come out slow after such a long game and not much rest.  We've had a week to prepare, they get 2 days.

[Naturalhoosier 15,434]

[quote name="cappymo14" post="35703" timestamp="1391722748"]We shoot well, we win.[/quote]

Well crap. No one shoots well in that cavernous hole.


Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

[JSHoosier 20,315]

Well crap. No one shoots well in that cavernous hole.


Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

And we don't shoot well, well...anywhere.

[Hwy 1 2,053]

Well crap. No one shoots well in that cavernous hole.


Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

 

 

Which means that cavernous hole will throw off their shots just enough that they all go in.

[bronkonagurski 894]

We need to help ourselves and win as many games as possible.  Nothing else is going to matter if we don't finish at least 10-8 in conference play. 

[Hovadipo 56,512]

[quote name="bronkonagurski" post="35727" timestamp="1391733561"]We need to help ourselves and win as many games as possible. Nothing else is going to matter if we don't finish at least 10-8 in conference play. [/quote]

Exactly. Minnesota winning or losing last night doesn't mean a thing if we don't go in there and beat them.


Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

[ou812dude 3,326]

Let's focus on somebody not named Yogi to help with the offensive output on Saturday...God forbid it be a Will or Jeremy...


Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners