Confession time: we’ve never much liked Purdue basketball. Rick Mount is the spiritual godfather of the program, or at least the relatively modern program (John Wooden was an All-American back in the day). Gene Keady’s team played like they thought they were supposed to be on the gridiron and Matt Painter, while he’s been solid, has had teams that usually underperformed in the postseason.
Last season you may remember, Purdue was seen as a juggernaut - until it wasn’t.
So far this season, Purdue is looking great and with back-to-back wins over Top Ten teams Gonzaga and Duke -and convincing wins at that - they’re looking very dangerous.