Nobody woke up on Sunday morning thinking Northwestern was going to waltz in to Mackey Arena and take down the No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers. If anything, the average Wildcat viewer expected a competitive battle for the majority of the game (check) that ended with NU losing by about seven points and further totaling their Luck metric in KenPom (actually not check this time).
Even without its high-profile NBA draft prospect/human lightning bolt Jaden Ivey, Purdue entered a comfortable favorite over Northwestern and rolled to an 80-60 win behind 22 points of the hot-shooting Sasha Stefanovic and a double-double that Zach Edey needed only 21 minutes of play to compile.