We're Dancing: Purdue Boilermakers
by SFBE.MP on Mar 15, 2009 6:07 PM EDT
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Purdue has come full circle at just the right time, but could it be the wrong tournament? The Boilermakers added some hardware to their trophy case on Selection Sunday by winning the Big Ten Conference Tournament 61-61 over the Ohio State Buckeyes. At the beginning of the season Purdue was getting many pre-season props but ended up getting beat up through the middle part of the season and has since recovered nicely. They are now looking like the athletic, menacing team we saw in Washington, DC last year.
Let's take a look at their outlook for this post season after the jmup.
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Enrollment: 31,290
Record: 25-9 (11-7)
Leading Scorers: E'Twaun Moore (13.8 ppg), JaJuan Johnson (13.1 ppg), Robbie Hummel (12.8 ppg)
What to know:
- Purdue has an enthusiastic coach in Matt Painter and his youth and excitment is infectious. Purdue will put the pressure on, holding opponents to 59.1 ppg.
- Purdue's downfall will be their lack of depth. They really only go about 7 players deep and if facing a run and gun team, they might be hurting to keep up.
- Although they may lack depth, the pieces are there. They have a Mr. Everything with E'Twaun Moore, a defensive stopper in Chris Kramer and a poor man's "Larry Legend" in Robbie Hummel.
Projection: Purdue will be most likely looking at a 4 seed and will have a nice match up with one of the top four teams in the nation in the round of sixteen. We don't see them getting by the #1 seed but the Sweet 16 would be an improvement from last year.
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I'd argue that our bench is deeper than 7...
Keaton Grant—-Team MVP last year, has come on as of late after a somewhat dissapointing season, possibly because of knee surgery in the offseason. Provides both good defense and offense if he’s hitting his shot.
Calasan—back up center. Big body that can hit a 3 now and then. Decent defender.
Marcus Green—senior forward that has good games and really dumb games. Need him more for his rebounding and defense, but he still insists on jacking up shots at inopportune times.
Bobby Riddell—senior walk-on guard that can provide adequate defense and hit some shots from 3.
I think where we’ve run into trouble is teams with a lot of height. Hummel’s healthy return has definately helped our rebounding, but we often have to go a little smaller when he leaves the game. E’Twaun’s an excellent rebounding guard. JuJuan and Hummel staying out of foul trouble is essential.
I don’t recall “not keeping up” with any teams this year. If anything, with freshman guard Lewis Jackson, wer’e a much more uptempo team than we were last year.
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