Purdue's non-conference profile is complete. Aside from a 6-point loss on a neutral floor to a team currently in the top 15 nationally Purdue could not have had a better beginning to the year. It enters the Big Ten season as one of the favorites to win the conference title and would need to suffer a total collapse to miss the NCAA Tournament. That is a huge contrast to last year, when Purdue limped into the conference season at 8-5 with multiple bad losses.
The thing is, there is always a chance to turn things around.