All in 2016
We said earlier in the season -- several times -- that this was a significant season for Matt Painter. There really were no excuses for underachievement or collapses this year. There were no major injuries, no sudden transfers, no cancerous malcontents on the team. This team had talent, depth, experience and hunger. It was time for Coach Painter to bring it all together.
The Boiled Sports Megazord got together on Selection Sunday to talk about Purdue's performance in the Big Ten Tournament and the Boilermakers' #5 seed in March Madness, and preview Purdue's opening matchup with UA-Little Rock.
Purdue beat Illinois in the Boilers’ first game of the Big Ten Tournament, 89-58. Everything is incredible.
Aneesh, Andy, and Boilerdowd recap the end of the Boilermakers' 2015-2016 regular season, the fantastic play of PJ Thompson, Dakota Mathias, and Caleb Swanigan, the rough stretch from Kendall Stephens and Ryan Cline, and the way Vince Edwards and AJ Hammons have taken control of this team.
All that, plus a recap of Boilerdowd's dreams, and listener questions about preferred BTT/March Madness matchups, seeding predictions, baseline wins for a "successful" season, if Johnny Hill filled Jon Octeus' role well, and whether this class has lived up to the Baby Boilers' legacy. We also give our thoughts on Purdue's CrowdFunding campaign to raise funds for Mackey Arena.
Boilerdowd joins Andy and Aneesh on the Purdue Basketball Beat immediately after the win at Nebraska to talk about the difference between Purdue's great record and some frustrations we still have with the team, Vince Edwards and Dakota "Larry Bird" Mathias hitting their strides, Kendall Stephens being dropped from the rotation, smallball vs Nebraska, AJ Hammons' fantastic year, the inability of Matt Painter's teams to beat a press, and our expectations for Senior Night vs Wisconsin, and matchups we'd like to see in the Big Ten and March Madness tournaments.
All that, plus drawers in hotel rooms, Tricep Talk, and our favorite Stephen Toyra memories.
Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman), the IndyStar's IU Insider, joins the Purdue Basketball Beat to talk about Purdue's matchup at Indiana this Saturday.
The emergency Handsome Hour batsignal is shining in the distance! JMoney, Boilerdowd, and Aneesh convene to talk about yesterday's news that Morgan Burke will step down as Purdue Athletic Director. At the 57 minute mark, JMoney and Boilerdowd talk about their pilgrimage to Mackey Arena for the victory over MSU.
The Lafayette Journal & Courier's Nathan Baird, @nbairdjc, joins Michael and Aneesh to talk about Purdue's victory over MSU, and this season's final month.
The easier, first-half stretch of Big Ten play is over. The tough part is about to begin.
Purdue beat Penn State 74-57 in Mackey Arena, in a dominant (though sloppy) victory.
Well, hello there. You’ve found us here because you’ve ventured to one of your favorite old haunts, Boiled Sports dot com. Sure, the url remains the same, but what you get once you’re here is evolving. Sure, we've had a little work done. Hey, it's been almost a decade since we launched. Who among us hasn't had some work done over the last ten years? (Dave's pec implants are a godsend, I tell you.)
The Purdue Basketball Beat rings in 2016 with a plethora of New Year's resolutions.
