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Well listen, we knew this game was going to be super tough. UConn is currently ranked #4 in the preseason rankings and Purdue is unranked. I don’t think we expected it to be quite this ugly though. It’s probably a good thing that most of you couldn’t watch this game. My TV has a UConn+ app but I couldn’t buy the game on that app I could only listen to the radio feed (a radio feed that at one point called Matt Painter Matt Pointer). So instead I had to go to their website, buy the game, then try to find it on their website. It did not take me right to the game and I had to login multiple times before ultimately I was able to find the proper way to watch. It was not a good time. And, the streaming quality was terrible and the announcers weren’t good. Other than that Mrs. Lincoln how was the play?
John Wooden Memorial Player of the Game (JWMPOTG): Not sure anyone from Purdue truly deserves this one in a game you lose this badly, but CJ Cox fought valiantly out there leading Purdue with 18 points. Cox also played 34 minutes. He gets the nod today.
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I expected Purdue to take a beating in this one. I truly did. We all know that Painter doesn’t always put 100% into scouting these exhibitions, but the team at least goes out there and works their asses off. In the first half of this one Purdue had a number of flaws exposed. UConn plays some great perimeter defense and because of that the three point shot simply wasn’t falling in the first half. Purdue didn’t hit their first three until a little over 2:00 to go in the first half. Jack Benter finally found the bottom of the net. Purdue finished the half 1-14 from deep with lowlights of West, Mayer, and Cox all 0-3 in that first half. Rebounding will also be a struggle all year with UConn easily outrebounding the Boilermakers 20-15.
UConn has athleticism at every position and it showed in the transition game. Purdue simply couldn’t keep up with the pace of play that UConn put out and it allowed the Huskies to have 9 fast…
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