My view of the game from floor level.....
Purdue comes limping into Orange Country, facing a blistering
barrage from the Head Coach over lack of Defense and hitting the
glass. Losing 3 straight and wont see a # 6 ranking the rest of
the season.
I have poured over the numbers and in every KEY OFFENSIVE STAT
these two teams match up very well.
Points per game Purdue 76 Illinois 75 with both teams
shooting 50% FG a game. The only stat that stood out was
Scoring Margin with Purdue at 14.6 and Illini at 8.7
On the defensive side of the Stats a little more revealing.
Purdue allowing on 61 pts a game while Illini giving up 66
The Boilmakers are also very good at shot blocking 9.6 per game
vs Illini at 6.9
Purdue is a better defensive team than Illinois and will play a
smothering defense. There will be no easy points in the paint for
Illinois if Purdue deploys the same strategy on Tisdale every
top front line has, Bang him at every point......
Illinois must get into a run game to beat Purdue, they cannot
play possession ball, Purdue will smother slow play.
Tisdale will get into foul trouble quickly as he try's to defend
his space standing still with his 7 foot wing span out.
Illinois will be real busy putting two players on Hummel
and I expect Purdue to get to the line about 20 times in this game
Illinois granted plays better at home, especially the talented
freshman guards and this is going to be the key to beating Purdue
our guards to push it up at high tempo nailing some easy
open bombs.
This is gonna be a war and a great game to watch
Illinois 67 Purdue 63
Purdue comes limping into Orange Country, facing a blistering
barrage from the Head Coach over lack of Defense and hitting the
glass. Losing 3 straight and wont see a # 6 ranking the rest of
the season.
I have poured over the numbers and in every KEY OFFENSIVE STAT
these two teams match up very well.
Points per game Purdue 76 Illinois 75 with both teams
shooting 50% FG a game. The only stat that stood out was
Scoring Margin with Purdue at 14.6 and Illini at 8.7
On the defensive side of the Stats a little more revealing.
Purdue allowing on 61 pts a game while Illini giving up 66
The Boilmakers are also very good at shot blocking 9.6 per game
vs Illini at 6.9
Purdue is a better defensive team than Illinois and will play a
smothering defense. There will be no easy points in the paint for
Illinois if Purdue deploys the same strategy on Tisdale every
top front line has, Bang him at every point......
Illinois must get into a run game to beat Purdue, they cannot
play possession ball, Purdue will smother slow play.
Tisdale will get into foul trouble quickly as he try's to defend
his space standing still with his 7 foot wing span out.
Illinois will be real busy putting two players on Hummel
and I expect Purdue to get to the line about 20 times in this game
Illinois granted plays better at home, especially the talented
freshman guards and this is going to be the key to beating Purdue
our guards to push it up at high tempo nailing some easy
open bombs.
This is gonna be a war and a great game to watch
Illinois 67 Purdue 63
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