Purdue Basketball: The Boilermakers Found Their Formula Vs Ohio State...Now Bottle It.

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty ImagesLast week, after sitting through the brutal slogs of Northwestern and Maryland, I asked if adjustments were in order. It wasn’t just that Purdue lost to Northwestern and Maryland, conference road losses happen, it was how the Boilermakers lost those games that concerned me. To put it bluntly, the basketball was bad. The offense, in particular, looked like it was on auto-pilot. It was “walk the ball down the court, run something to get Zach in the post, pass to the post, stand around and see what happens.” It was predictable, boring, and based on putting up 58 on Northwestern and 54 against Maryland, ineffective. Looking past that, the guys seemed to be going through the motions. They were doing what they were supposed to do for the most part, but their enthusiasm was on par with my enthusiasm for washing the dishes. It needs to be done, but that doesn’t mean I have to enjoy the experience. What gets lost sometimes in the Purdue system is that every player on this team is a baller.

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