In two games against MSU, Carsen Edwards shot 7-35. 5-24 from three.
Minnesota went up by 16 and promptly gave up an 11-0 run. 84-80 right now with 1:15 left.
I like the unique finish, but Iām not a fan at all of the super thin side and base lines.
The good news is based on Minnesotaās āwin one, lose oneā streak of six games to start conference play, we are on schedule to beat them in Minny next month
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There are only five teams in the Big Ten with a positive efficiency margin and only three teams in the league that play great defense
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Well, I certainly enjoyed Purdue knocking off Sparty, but it does mean that PU is probably a serious B10 title contender now. They donāt play us or MSU again this year.
Yeah, Iām also not sure they are good enough to roll over everyone though. Seem like a team that could still face some hiccups.
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Iām looking forward to you and Brendan trying to sort out that 6-10 range on the next pod. Looks like 1-5 is starting to become much more clear.
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These two days really closed the effeciency gap between UM and MSU
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Theyād look even better if Michigan hadnāt coughed up that double-digit lead against Minnesota!
But Michigan and MSU will likely lose again too. And the safe bet right now is that they will split when they play too. I still think Michigan or MSU will won the regular season but Purdue our their names into the hat now as well.
My point is that Purdue seems to have a record ceiling probably of about 15-5 if everything goes right. Right now, odds are that UM or MSU finishes with fewer than 5 losses IMO.
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MSU is predicted to go 17-3 by Kenpom FWIW.
While looking at that I noticed Iowa is the only game in which his model has us at lower than 70% win expectancy until the MSU gameā¦
It was obviously a great win today, but are you buying Purdue as the 7th best team in the country like Kenpom and Torvik have them at?
Yeah thatās fair and I agree with that.
Itās not just computer efficiency numbers anymore with Purdue, they have a pretty good resume with wins vs MSU, MD, Iowa, Ind and @Wiscy, @OSU. They still have no bad losses - neutral court vs ND is by far the worst, and otherwise itās @UM, @MSU, @VTech, @FSU, and @Tex. Theyāre also done playing Wiscy. I agree itās hard to see them winning the Big Ten with Michigan and MSU there, but itās pretty easy to see them winning a bunch of games and ending up with a 3 seed or something like that. Iām just as happy Michigan doesnāt go there.
I just read a small portion of an article on the Athletic that Seth Davis wrote about Carsen Edwards. The article was about the growth of Carsen Edwards or something to that effect. Heās a quote from the part I read referring to yesterdayās game vs Michigan State. Davis said, āIt wasnāt good enough for him to be the best player on the court, he had to be the smartest.ā All I can say is, WHAT? He was certainly NOT the best player on the court yesterday vs MSU and he was not the smartest either. Iām just scratching my head. Davis lost some credibility with me.
Now, in fairness I didnāt read the entire article because itās premium and Iām not a member. Perhaps Davis went on to point out the mental mistakes that Edwards still makes in his attempt to be the āhero.ā Perhaps he pointed out that Cassius Winston was actually both the best player and the smartest player on the floor yesterday. I donāt know, but it sure seemed like he was gushing on Carsen Edwards. Youād almost have thought he didnāt actually see the game!
Itās just typical writer fluff. I think he was just saying that he tried to keep in his head in the game and try to be as smart as possible
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Any mention of when Cassius just blew by him from 30 feet out, just blew by him, made him look sick, and took it to the hole to get the score down to six?