I could write about 30 of these on the Texas game alone, but alas, time is not on my side. I was looking for a play that best encapsulates what went right for Purdue, and what went wrong for Texas. This simple play best exemplifies Purdue’s strategy on offense, and Texas’s strategy on defense (minus the fouling, which was their main strategy).
Purdue’s interior play forces teams to pick their poison. They can either double Tre and Zach, put their defense into scramble mode, and get picked apart from the outside by Purdue’s outside shooters, or Jaden Ivey driving to the basket.