Before the Butler loss, heck even just before the Iowa loss, people were wondering if this team was the best Painter ever had, including the Baby Boilers era. Sure, from top to bottom, the 2015-16 team has a better talent distribution than any Baby Boiler team ever had. If the 2015-16 team were to play the 2009-10 team in a 10v10 match up, this year's squad would easily win. But in a 5v5 match up (i.e. actual basketball), it would probably fall short of the current squad being murdered. And that's the issue:
While Purdue may have the deepest and most talented overall squad in the Big Ten, and maybe the nation, they are not even close to having the best 5 player line up in the conference that can dominate teams inside and out from tip-off to the final horn.