West Lafayette – Keep an eye on the results of the opponents must not distract Purdue Men’s Basketball of his league goals.
Boilermaker The Fletcher Loyer guard could even say that it is essential.
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“It’s my job to help the team win the big ten,” said rent. “So yes, I watch all the Big Ten matches. I look at a lot of university games. But in the end, it is a question of making sure that we are ready to leave Tuesday evening. “”
Unlike the reality he had used, Purdue does not lead Big Dix Before February. He does not enter the closing section of the regular season with a tenuous understanding of a NCAA 1 tournament seed.
The two results, however, remain on the table. The one on which the boilermakers have the most direct control – this third consecutive championship of the Big Ten conference – began to present itself in more conversations with players, and more frequently in each.
“This is a kind of thing we are talking about when we break down it into the group in training, before and after,” said Camden Heide. “Fletcher talks about all the time. Braden (Smith) evokes all the time. This is our goal right now is to win the Big Ten championship. »»
Where Purdue stands for both the defense of his championship and improving his curriculum vitae NCAA when he is preparing to start the game in February Tuesday at Iowa.
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Purdue takes a record of 9-2 Big Ten in his first February match. With the same record a year ago, this was equivalent to a half-game advance on the Wisconsin-quickly widened by a 75-69 victory on February 4 in Madison. Two years ago, a 10-1 conference record provided a three-game lead in Illinois and the North West.
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Until Saturday, the boilermakers looked up at a deficit of two games behind the state of Michigan. The Spartans finally lost their first Big Ten match at the USC, and have another difficult road task on Tuesday at the UCLA.
Purdue is now half a match behind the Michigan State in the classification and a half-match on Michigan. He plays both on the road in the next two weeks. He can also repel teams such as Wisconsin and Bruins, who are currently hiding behind the leaders with four big ten defeats, when she plays both at home.
An improved defense and a decrease in turnover has fueled eight victories in nine games since the resumption of the game Big Ten in January. These urgent conversations on the thrust towards this league goal bear a different tone from that that Purdue played without a margin of error, trying to go up from the middle of the peloton.
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These two specific factors also reduce part of the degree of difficulty to win the road matches necessary for any championship race.
“Each game is a new game, right?” Purdue coach Matt painter said. “It starts with our offense. If we take good shots and take care of basketball, we will continue to put our defense. It really helps a team like Iowa, because the more they can transform, better It’s for them.
What will be the seed of Purdue Basketball in March Madness?
During each of the last two seasons, the teams trying a seeded of the NCAA N ° 1 tournament needed the help of the others in the Big Ten to stammer purdue. He entered on February 21 at 2023 and 20-2 last season.
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At 17-5, this team cannot be able to reach this line by winning or approaching. On the site of the support matrix, the boilers are sitting squarely in the conversation 2/3 of seeds. Only four of the 91 supports included in the calculations on Monday afternoon had them as low as 4.
Currently, three teams are shaking at the top of the N ° 1 on the 91 supports: Auburn, Duke and Alabama. The state of Iowa (80), Houston (10) and Florida (1) occupied fourth place on various supports.
The Big Ten championship itself will have no impact on this NCAA tournament seed. However, finishing the continuation of the championship would categorically mean the collection of the type of victories of curriculum vitae which could push them in certain territories of 2 seeds.
The 2022-233 team, which finally won a seeded, won six victories during the teams classified in the Ken Pomeroy Top 26 Final before playing his first game in February. Ditto for last year’s team.
The current boilermaker only has four: Alabama (6), Maryland (18), Michigan (20) and Ole Miss (21). However, the opponents already mentioned above, as well as the final of the regular season of Illinois, offer many opportunities for declaration victories.
Auburn turns the ground in the NCAA net note with a 12-1 quad 1 file. (These are home matches against the best 30 teams, neutral matches against the top 50 teams or games on the road against the 75 best teams.) No other team has any more seven victories at the moment.
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Purdue is one of a handful with six. In the Quad 1 and 2 combined games, however, the 12 victories of Purdue Trail only in Alabama (14), Auburn (14) and are equally with Texas A&M (12).
However, these recordings remain fluid. Games can drop or increase between categories during the rest of the season. Purdue can win precious road victories at the Iowa (63 in net) and Indiana (65) and needs Rutgers to hang his road victory status among the 75.
These net rankings also recall the damage that a curriculum vitae sometimes absorbs. This home defeat of Big Ten at Ohio State would have qualified as a quadruple 1 victory, because the calendar of Buckeyes – helped by the victory in Purdue, certainly puts them – put them n ° 26 in the ranking.
Thus, the internal message currently remains a stable excellence and improvement.
“Whether the state of Michigan has a loss or loss, or anyone who is around us, we have to go out and win every night,” said rent. “This is what we focus. And if we focus on this, the rest will be set up. »»
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