It all starts tomorrow. As Purdue fans, we all enter cautiously optimistic with a small measure of dread. After all, things have not gone well for us in the NCAA Tournament in four decades. Hope springs anew each year, however, and that is what we have now: hope.
How far does that hope go? Actually winning the tournament is unlikely, but a good run for a team that won the Big Ten would be nice. To me, that means reaching the Sweet 16 for a third straight year. That plays to our seed and probably exceeds preseason expectations.