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<blockquote data-quote="aaeismacgychel" data-source="post: 2029452" data-attributes="member: 748794"><p>Despite the loss, I think we just gave teams a lot of tape on how to stop Purdue. The question is whether they have the personnel to pull it off. The revelation to me was the Ty vs. Smith defensive possessions in the first half. Ty's size and physicality, really seemed to bother Braden. Completely bottled him up, forcing him to give up the dribble 30ft from the basket to another guard. And the best way to stop a big like Edey and great 3pt shooters is to deny the entry and the ball movement from the PG.</p><p></p><p>As well on offense, the motion and speed of the Illini offense really affected Edey and got him moving out of position and his lateral recovery speed is not great. That opens up weak side crashing of the board for offensive rebounds</p><p></p><p>This Purdue team has a lot of strengths, but can't help but think Houston would be a doomsday matchup for them. Luckily they won't have to face them until the Final 4. But a team that can emulate them in ways could cause Purdue some early round issues. Box up Smith and you have a shot in my opinion</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaeismacgychel, post: 2029452, member: 748794"] Despite the loss, I think we just gave teams a lot of tape on how to stop Purdue. The question is whether they have the personnel to pull it off. The revelation to me was the Ty vs. Smith defensive possessions in the first half. Ty's size and physicality, really seemed to bother Braden. Completely bottled him up, forcing him to give up the dribble 30ft from the basket to another guard. And the best way to stop a big like Edey and great 3pt shooters is to deny the entry and the ball movement from the PG. As well on offense, the motion and speed of the Illini offense really affected Edey and got him moving out of position and his lateral recovery speed is not great. That opens up weak side crashing of the board for offensive rebounds This Purdue team has a lot of strengths, but can't help but think Houston would be a doomsday matchup for them. Luckily they won't have to face them until the Final 4. But a team that can emulate them in ways could cause Purdue some early round issues. Box up Smith and you have a shot in my opinion [/QUOTE]
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