WEST LAFAYETTE – Hall of Fame coach Tony Hinkle, the late Butler great, observed that winning in a basketball game comes down to this:
Whichever team puts the round orange ball through the round orange rim more often.
As such, Purdue deservedly defeated Indiana, 70-55, Saturday afternoon.
Sure, there were sundry subtleties that affected how the game turned out. Purdue played a bit better, overall. It had three fewer turnovers on the day, for example.
But shooting, or more precisely Indiana's lack thereof, was the factor that mattered most.
IU shot .