About to ask the same thing. His height is extremely inconsistent (aren’t heights always)
I wouldn’t put them in the top 25 until unproven players actually prove it on the court but think they certainly can be if they get enough offense from guys not named Carsen. Pretty confident the defense will be the best it has been in awhile though so I’m not worried about that end of the floor.
Yeah, they didn't replace that core. Not going to be nearly that good. Not bad, but not top 25.
I think it will take a little while to gel and we have a tough stretch early in the year ( @FSU, @Michigan, Maryland, @Texas, ND in Indy). I’m expecting some early losses.
I think Matt Painter deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to this pre-season ranking.
Cline, Boudreaux, Haarms, Eastern, Wheeler. It’ll take some time to gel like others have suggested. But let’s not act like this roster doesn’t have talent.
I’d throw Hunter in there too. Think he’ll average at least a handful with a few games in the double digits.
Compared to other B10 teams, it’s nothing to write home about especially given their lack of experience and production. Lots of question marks.
If carsen wasn't on this team we most definitely wouldn't deserve to be top 25. But carsen coupled with our returnees and i think that our ranking is fair.
Lack of experience & production because they were playing behind really really really good players the last couple years. It isn’t a guarantee of course, but it’s not like they weren’t producing because they aren’t talented.
Just because the guy isn’t a great shooter doesn’t mean he can’t contribute on offense.
Exactly. Hard to rely on a guy for big production when he wasnt good enough to play on the team last season. Before you use the Blah Blah Blah he had great talent in front of him Blah Blah Blah, he wasnt good enough to beat out Eifert for minutes. And this season it appears both EB and Wheeler cant beat out Eifert for the starting spot.
Who said anything about big production? Anything Wheeler provides is gravy. Also it sounds like EB’s been really good but Painter just feels like he belongs at the 5 right now. In their last scrimmage they had Haarms as the 4 and EB as the 5 even, in one scrimmage anyway.
Not even Mathias was 1st, 2nd, or 3 All big ten last season (which is silly) so that’s really hard to expect anyone to. I will predict one of, if not both Haarms and Eastern will be on the all-defensive team. Think Haarms has the best chance to crack an all big ten team if he is more assertive on offense this season and remains efficient.
I could see Haarms or Boudreaux sneaking on 3rd team if they have solid years. When Purdue won Big Ten in 2017, Swanigan was the only Purdue player an All B10 team (media had Vince on 3rd team but not coaches) and he was Player of the Year, just like Edwards is expected to be. I don't think Purdue is going to win league, my point is you can have success with a superstar and other complementary players
Because you guys continually rehash that you dont have an offensive problem... lol
you keep bringing up the fact that aaron wheeler didn't play last season to prove your point that Purdue's going to struggle to score? That's bizarre. Of course Purdue's going to struggle to score, at least early on when new players are learning new roles.
To be fair you don’t know Purdue has an offensive problem either. You’re guessing the same way we are guessing, just have to find out.
That's just one of the reasons they are going to struggle to score. We know Nojel cant score. Haarms I would guess is around 8-9 ppg. I think EB is your 2nd best player. I think he averages around 11 and 7.
I think you guys will be much improved this year. Extremely glad we dont have to come to the Kohl Center this season.
I think I’ve responded to an Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan state fan tonight. Purdue pissing match against the world baby.
