GAME THREAD: MBB vs #1 Purdue

Yeah, the ticker says tip-off is 9:12. I don't know if we'll see it all, though. This Sparty nonsense may be going into OT.

Sparty playing Pump It Up is just wrong.

That out of timeout play was a thing of beauty by Iowa, too bad it didn’t go down. 

Of course Iowa would miss two wide open threes against Staee. They would’ve nailed those against Michigan. 

Williams is going to have to show something extra tonight without Jett if we hope to win

Seems like a lot of energy in Crisler tonight!

Soooo... just have Dickinson and Eady play to 21?

Gotta make a lot of shots.

Now, stop Edey. 

Horseshit

Bullshit call. Waited until the shot missed before the whistle

I do so enjoy a fierce rivalry that isn't crazy angry.

Hell of move by Hunter.

Big Dick with a good start!

HD is dialed in.  I like dialed-in HD.

Zone looks better so far.

So far great attack drives setup by hesitation & triple threat by TWill, Kobe & Hunter.

Let's get the Boilermakers in foul trouble!

If we keep up this defense we have a shot.

Stream link?  Mgocrazy not up. :(

How does Purdue keep upgrading in Frankenstein looking big men?

7’1 Hammons > 7’2 Haas > 7’3 > Haarms > 8 ft Edey 

They also had Biggie Swannigan in the mix too. Still no Final Fours though 

They have to call that Edey chicken wing

Great start!

Great start!

So great it posted twice.

HD gets a triple double tonight with blocks.  Calling my shot now.

Good first frame

I love the sound of Raff.  Raff is the sound of tournament basketball.

Good start. Hopefully the second unit can keep it up. Reed vs. Cyclops will be interesting.

Well we won the first segment. Now to win the next. 

Good start, key will be for us to stay connected when the subs enter, as it looks like our starters match up pretty well with theirs. 

Only mistakes so far is going to the two-three zone and a forced Hunter three right after. Our defense has been fine other than Hunter kind of leaning too far to one side of Eddy’s body allowing him to spin to the basket. Also, Dug makes his lane trips way too difficult, he blew by the defender and then put unnecessary English on the layup. His size is in his head. 

4 team fouls on Purdue already! We're already about to shoot free throws #6 and #7 after the timeout. This is a good recipe for taking down the number 1 team in the nation!

We are finally getting fouls called in our favor.

No doubt Hunter has an edge tonight 

Reed can't waste fouls on plays like that.

Or that

Those Reed fouls are simply dumb. 

Bad sequence there for Reed Jr.

Dug gets beat so often off the dribble.

Sirmons is the only good ref on this crew. Kimble is okay and Breeding is terrible.