Ah, yes. The Purdue game, an anticipated matchup between heated, in-state rivals. When these two teams meet on the hardwood, anyth—*record scratch* just kidding. Archie Miller can’t beat Purdue.
Indiana’s struggles against the Boilermakers predate Miller’s tenure, of course, with the Hoosiers’ current eight-game losing skid in the series stretching back to the first meeting in Tom Crean’s final season. And yet, under Miller, it feels like the gulf between these programs has only grown.
Over the past six meetings, Miller’s teams have lost by an average margin of 9.3 points. Purdue’s current winning streak is the Boilers’ longest in the series in almost 90 years, and, given the state of things, the Hoosiers seem no closer to ending its run of futility against Purdue when the teams meet on Saturday afternoon.