So far Purdue has lived a charmed basketball existence. We are averaging more than 107 points per game at home and 102 overall. We’ve won our four games by an average over 39.25 points and even in our one real test, a road game at Marquette, we have generally been in firm control for 160 of 160 possible minutes this season.
Well, that will change on Tuesday.
Purdue is headed to the Battle 4 Atlantis, which might be the most challenging early season tournament in all of college basketball this season. It features three ranked teams (Arizona, Villanova, and Purdue), all of whom could be in the top 15 by the end of the day today.