This game starts at 11:30AM and will be aired on Fox TV. I look for a solid game by Tyler Wahl. Storr and Hepburn should be up for this game, as well. Watching Crowl match up against Zach Edy will be something to see. I hope Gard has his team ready to go against Painter and Co. I think if Kamari McGee, Connor Essegian and Nolan Winter can be effective, off the bench, Bucky could pull off the upset. GO BUCKY!!!
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Bucky will need all their defensive skills. Rebounding will be very important. Bucky's ability to shoot 3s will decide this game.
Hepburn scores the first points of the game.
Hepburn creating havoc with his D.
Bucky has to slow down Purdue's transition game. Hummel said half of Purdue's points, so far, have come in transition.
So far, Bucky has missed all their 3s. Not good.
Klesmit drains a 3!
Storr needs to wake up. Let's the ball roll through his legs, out of bounds, for a turnover.
Storr drives on Edy and scores!
Edy down! Hobbled a bit getting up. Slight limp walking down the court. He will stay in.
Badgers trying to score in the paint. Might as well as the 3 point shooting is abysmal. The Badgers are 1-9 from 3.
Storr hits a 3. Badgers are 2-10 from 3, now.
Edy fouls Mcgee and the crowd doesn't like it.
Wahl gets Edy to foul him. 1 and 1 for Wahl.
More transition points for Purdue.
Bucky down 44 to 33 at the half.
That was not a charge by Blackwell! Both announcers firmly in Purdue's pocket. It was correctly called a blocking foul on Purdue.
Badgers making a comeback. Down 4 now.
Badgers hanging in there, with under 5 left in the game.
Shaky reffing the last few minutes
Now, it's getting away. Crowl has shot the ball, twice, today. Not winning doing that.
Hepburn gets nailed by Edy. Refs swallow their whistles. Blood on Hepburn's face.
Really tired of all the Purdue/Edy love by these announcers. Hummel is an alumni, but still....
Storr steals it and brings the Purdue lead down to 8. Too little, too late. Badgers lose 70-78. I keep thinking of those missed 3s. The Badgers were 5-24 from 3.
What the hell is Ilver doing shooting 5 3's? Essegian must be back in the dog house again Only played 1 minute. And Crowl with 0 points and 2 rebounds. Those are the 3 reasons they lost.
ZERO points from the post position….
ZERO.
I’m not confident about another win
This team is poised for a deep tourney run.
Their early season success likely means a bid but honestly they don’t deserve it.
They deserve it more than powerhouses Virginia and Villanova.
No one cares to see an 18-12 big conference team that may get bounced in round 1 or maybe get a game and lose in round 2. I don’t care if it’s Nova or UVA or Wisconsin.
UW has lost 7 of their last 10 in a pretty mediocre conference. Give their seed to a team that’s rolling or smaller conference team.
