Game thread for No. 1 Purdue vs. NU

[TheC]

Boo Buie came to play. He needs some help though

 

[ThatadultfromHolland]

Barnhizer repeats the WI quick shot instead of holding the ball. Hears it from Collins. Beran makes a very dumb foul and does not.

You want Beran confident and aggressive. Might not be the player to openly chew out.

 

[UpsetAlert]

Brain fart foul by Beran

Scoreboard say 5 team fouls. Ton of confusion here.

 

[TheC]

Barnhizer repeats the WI quick shot instead of holding the ball. Hears it from Collins. Beran makes a very dumb foul and does not.

Beran thought we had a foul to give. Stupid scoreboard in stadium only showed us with 5.

 

[DaCat]

We're not playing our best but within seven at the half. Need to play lights out to win.

 

[eastbaycat99]

I thought the difference in the half was that the Cats were over-amped and shooting tense while Purdue was confident and basically relaxed. I would love to see NU hit a few 3’s early in the second half to let themselves play smoothly.

 

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

We’ve given up 8 points on missed dunk connections. So frustrating.

Gotta throw better lobs.

Definitely some ill-advised passes...
Audige bullet at Nicholosn's head was past him before he moved his arms.
Buie airmailed Audige who was too far under the basket anyhow.
Nicholson's attempt at a backdoor bounce pass to Berry was telegraphed and never there.

But I like the fight.

 

[SmellyCat]

I knew Edey was big.

But I didn't know he was THAT big.

He really doesn't need to jump and that little hook is impossible to defend once he's able to attempt it. Gotta defend him BEFORE that.

 

[Titanium999]

We are best second half yin the BT

 

[Eurocat]

Jesus our shooting is poo today.

 

[NUCat320]

Break for the Cats. Right call would have been 19:35 and 5 to shoot.

 

[NUCat320]

Boo has half of NU’s points and he’s just a dawg. Great all-time … Cat.

NU is right in this thing and I love it.

AND CHASE IS NO LONGER SCORELESS

 

[SmellyCat]

Caleb Furst looks like a villain in an 1980s teen movie.

 

[DaCat]

Beran not playing well

 

[EagerFan]

So many unforced turnovers by cats today.

 

[TheC]

Imagine if we were playing a half way decent offensive game. Our D has been tough

 

[GatoLouco]

Beran thought we had a foul to give. Stupid scoreboard in stadium only showed us with 5.

I heard that too on the broadcast. But not sure how that does not make it a dumb foul. No fast break to stop, no chance of a steal.

 

[NUCat320]

Edey’s getting to the middle of the paint and Purdue is getting it to him immediately. I don’t know the solution, but it needs to come quick. No illegal defense in college hoops.

 

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

Not sure what we get of having Verhoeven in there against Edey.

Better off going with Beran/Martinelli and Barnhizer in the frontcourt together as our 2nd look.

Verhoeven can play when Edey is sitting.

 

[SmellyCat]

In the "how do we beat Purdue?" thread, it was mentioned that NU has to play a "perfect" game to win. It's amazing it's still close when you consider how NOT perfect they've played.

 

[TheC]

Our team just needs another offensive weapon. We don’t quite have enough.

 

[DaCat]

Edey eating us up.

 

[NUCat320]

It’s a little crazy that Beran has only gotten one shot today. He needs to be a third option.

 

[Cheech210]

Our team just needs another offensive weapon. We don’t quite have enough.

Need anyone else other than Bouie to make some shots

 

[TheC]

Edey is in the paint 5 or 6 seconds every possession

 

[Titanium999]

Spread em out!

 

[GatoLouco]

In the "how do we beat Purdue?" thread, it was mentioned that NU has to play a "perfect" game to win. It's amazing it's still close when you consider how NOT perfect they've played.

Yep. I mean lots of complaining our offense is struggling. But it’s more or less what you’d expect.

To beat these guys you’d need to be outstanding on defense and hold them in the low 60’s. A few teams have done that. Or be really inspired on offense. Or a combination of both. As it is, game is par for the course.

 

[DaCat]

Nothing falling for our other shooters

 

[EagerFan]

Purdue starting to get the refs to buy into their flops.

 

[TheC]

Make ******* shots!! Sooooo frustrating

 

[TheC]

Of course ref! ******** call!!

 

[Cheech210]

Some pretty god awful officiating today. Nothing consistent

 

[go cats go_rivals310290]

Somehow, we're hanging around. Mostly due to Boo. But if we start hitting some shots, force a couple turnovers... We're not out of it yet.

 

[bjm989_rivals]

And with it all, it is a 5 pt game with 12 mins left! Still in it and our Cats are still fighting!

 

[EagerFan]

Holy crap, kung fu chop!

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

Of course ref! ******** call!!

Well, they called Purdue for a flagrant, so I don't think they're biased.

 

[CatManTrue]

We can’t miss these free throws. Brutal to watch in such a tight one

 

[TheC]

Flagrant foul and we get one point. Then they score. Terrible

 

[NUCat320]

Chase needs to get to the bucket or look to distribute or both. NU is playing a good game.

 

[NUCat320]

Bonus for the Cats. Lovely.