I've seen Purdue live twice, at Mackey, this year. Here's what stood out to me.
On the one hand:
On the one hand:
- Not even close to as good a team as they were last year
- Difficulties attacking a zone (even if ours continues to be dreadful)
- Nojel Eastern not being remotely the player I thought he could be
- Proctor only legit constant offensive threat
- Very strong man to man defense. Putting a lot of pressure on the passing lanes. Combine that with Haarms in the middle, and they are tough to score against.
- Mackey continues to be one of the toughest environments to play in