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When: Sunday 1:00PM Eastern
Where: Mackey Arena, West Lafayette
Channel: CBS/ 94.9FM
MSU heads down to West Lafayette looking to extend their winning streak to five. Purdue(17-9)(7-6) could use a win to move them firmly off of the bubble and into an at-large spot. MSU (21-5)(10-3) on the other hand is destroying fools at a torrid pace and is starting to think a lil' bit about 1 seeding their way into the tourney. Weird how three more Big Ten wins is all that stands between comfortably in the tourney and being on the bubble watch. Oh and your two non-con losses being to Duke and UNC never hurts either.
Update: Since I wrote the bulk of this preview Friday morning, Purdue has suffered some pretty epic losses. D.J. Byrd, Hammer and Rails preferred Purdue player of the Big Ten Season has been arrested and will be suspended for Sunday's game. To make things even better *sarcasm for both MSU and Purdue fans*, Boiled Sports frustratedly reports that Kelsey Barlow has been kicked off the team after his third excusable offense. So if we run down to Purdue and blow them out by 30 after this happened to their team, Purdue fans will hate MSU the way Iowa fans hate Dantonio. There will be no calls to "SWEEP THE LEG" on my part Sunday.
The Purdue Quick Rundown
- MSU beat Purdue earlier this season 83-58 after the Purdue plane was grounded due to weather, took off, somehow went into the Bermuda triangle and then had to fly from Khartoum to East Lansing, landing two hours before tipoff. Robbie Hummel was then chided by the Izzone, Matt Painter was very annoyed by this and Brandon Dawson or something.
- Robbie Hummel looks to finish off his Senior
Citizencampaign against MSU with a little bit better showing than 2 points and 6 rebounds. - Point guard Lewis Jackson is only 5'9"? How in the hell is that possible?
When MSU Has The Ball
In KenPom stats, he's kind enough to color code good things green and bad things pink or even red. The green, we has it. The pink, they has it. For a very easy guide to Tempo-Free Stats check out this ditty at the Only Colors. MSU has a better rebounding percentage on offense than Purdue does on defense, 39.2% to 32.3% respectively. MSU has an effective FG percentage of 52.4 to Purdue's 53.2 percent allowed. Purdue has been consistently weak on defense this year, giving up higher than average 2pt and 3pt percentages. Further, they've had lower than average steal and block percentages.
When Purdue Has The Ball
The green, we has a lot of it still, but not as much as on offense. The red, they has less of it. Purdue takes excellent care of the ball, with their stupid-low 12.5% turnover percentage. They also shoot the three well averaging 36.7 percent from beyond the arc. They do not shoot free throws well at 66 percent they have the second-to-worst Free Throw shooting percentage in the Big Ten.
Keys To The Game
- Keep the turnover percentages close.
- Make our threes, don't let Purdue make theirs.
- Kill them on the MSU Offensive glass.
The only thing to worry about as it regards this game is the Occasional College Team Brain Fart. With the damage done by the loss of Barlow and Byrd, I just don't see Purdue making a strong game of this.
Totally Accurate Prediction: MSU by 11.
A frustrated preview exists over at Hammer and Rails. Banks of the Red Cedar has moved to just http://www.banksoftheredcedar.com and celebrates by stating it's case for MSU's Draymond Green for B1G Player of the Year. Munn Minute has a recap of last night's exciting 3-2 OT victory over the Nanooks and a very brief preview for Gameday Part 2. Boom Roast says it's sorry to Austin Thornton.
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