Purdue Men’s Basketball vs. Texas: Staff Predictions

Purdue men’s basketball is in the Sweet 16 and they will face the Texas Longhorns. Of course, if you are reading this, you already know that. So I wanted to get the staff’s predictions for Thursday’s game.

Ledman:

If you’ve paid any attention to this site you know I was only one point off the final score from the Miami game. So basically what I’m saying is to put all your money and give it to your bookie and bet on what I say will be the final score. (Don’t actually do that!) But in all honesty, I’m beginning to fall back in love with this team. Seeing Fletcher Loyer give the Miami down hand symbol after the game showed me that this team has an edge. You need to have an edge to get into the Final Four. Purdue had it with Zach Edey and Lance Jones when they made it two years ago. I didn’t think Fletcher Loyer would be the guy to have it for this season but here we are. I think the Texas three point defense is suspect and the Purdue offense is too good. I’m taking Purdue here. Sorry Cam.

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Purdue 77 – Texas 65

Kyle:

Boilers Roll to the Elite 8 and keep their eyes on Indy Final 4.

The center matchup is intriguing, Cluff will go blow for blow. Swain gets bullied by Renn, in a + matchup for Purdue.

Loyer stays hot to push the offense forward.

Boilers 82 Longhorns 73

Travis:

It would be a bit of a upset, but I think the momentum is there for James Talirico to steal the seat.

Oh, you mean the basketball game.

Texas is a weird team this year. They are incredibly talented, but inconsistent. During the season (especially the last six games or so) they really struggled defensively, much like Purdue. They got tot he tourney though and suddenly they are playing great basketball. Maybe NC State, BYU, and Gonzaga all suddenly just had bad offensive games, but it is a concern that thy are playing much better on that side of the ball.

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