Purdue Loses…Again!!!!!

On December 2, 2008 the Purdue Boilermakers played the Duke Blue Devils and faced a determined squad and Olympic Gold coach, Coach K. The Purdue Boilers came out and started the game the same exact way they finished the game against Oklahoma. If you happened to miss that game they played with no poise and made very stupid mistakes. So after the Duke Blue Devils pulled out to an early lead they never looked back and the game ended with a score of 76-60 Duke. The Purdue Boilermakers played like shit and could not hit a damn shot. The entire game they went 22-59 in field goals, which is a terrible 37.3 percent. This is not a good percentage for any team in Division I of the NCAA and for any team at all in college basketball. They also went 2-13 for three’s with a percentage of 15.4; this is really really bad. I mean that is the main thing that keeps us in games is the trey. When we are not hitting three’s the chances of us winning the game is very very slim, if not minimal. The stats leaders for the Purdue Boilermakers were Robbie Hummel with 15 Points, Robbie Hummel with 8 rebounds, Chris Kramer with 4 assists and 3 steals, and JaJuan Johnson with 3 blocks. The Purdue Boilermakers should have been closer in this game although I don’t think they should have won because of the way they have been playing. I noticed that their play style aggressive or suppressive depends on the crowds loudness and craziness. It seems that if the crowd is loud and into the game Purdue’s defense is extremely aggressive and their offense is just great, but the second that the crowd stops screaming and yelling “GO PURDUE” they just turn into the same Purdue; it’s as if the football team has been transferred to the basketball team. Ha Ha Ha. Duke on the other hand had an amazingly good game Scheyer had an amazing game and seemed as if he could not miss a three or a shot for that matter. He was the leading scorer with 20 points and had 2 steals. Gerald Henderson had 2 blocks and 5 assists along with 2 points; his night was not good for him because he usually is a very explosive player throughout the entire game and in this game he had only a few explosive moments that really caught my attention. Kyle Singler had a double double (having two stats that are in double digits) in that he had 20 points, tied for tops with Sheyer, and 12 rebounds. This was probably one of his best games in the season although his point total was one point from a season best, he beat his rebound season high by four boards and because of six offensive boards gave Duke plenty of second chance attempts that just helped beat Purdue even more than what happened. Although Purdue did not play the game that they wanted there is always room in the tournament and if we can get wins against Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Ohio State then we should be in good shape for and NCAA tournament bid. Hopefully we can fix our little miss communications on the court and be able to get to the Big Ten Title game and win it. Purdue needs a little refining and I think they will get better and better as their young players start to get familiar with the offense and rotation off the bench.