Purdue lost already...

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A power 5 team's 7 foot center and a 6 ft 8 pf can't out rebound Lithuania? Now, that's not what I call a very good quality opponent.
 
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The fact they got to play those games against some great competition is a huge advantage they'll have over just about every team in the country.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
The fact they got to play those games against some great competition is a huge advantage they'll have over just about every team in the country.
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BigZiti09 said:
I'm talking about the HUGE part.
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Well, that is a matter of interpretation. It is a sizeable advantage. I'll leave it to you two to define what huge means.

We played 3 games in hodgepodge gymnasiums over a 10 day period in a couple different countries, which is still an advantage for us over most other schools. Purdue played in a much more structured environment, against better competition, and they played almost 3x as many games. Pretty nice start over everyone else IMO.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Well, that is a matter of interpretation. It is a sizeable advantage. I'll leave it to you two to define what huge means.

We played 3 games in hodgepodge gymnasiums over a 10 day period in a couple different countries, which is still an advantage for us over most other schools. Purdue played in a much more structured environment, against better competition, and they played almost 3x as many games. Pretty nice start over everyone else IMO.
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That may be an advantage for a game or so. Once everyone gets their feet wet it isn't any longer.

I just thought it was an exaggeration on BTO's part. Already hedging cause we play them early.

My gif probably could have been a little less smart-alecky.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
That may be an advantage for a game or so. Once everyone gets their feet wet it isn't any longer.

I just thought it was an exaggeration on BTO's part. Already hedging cause we play them early.

My gif probably could have been a little less smart-alecky.
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Whether we played them or not wouldn't change my opinion, it's more of an advantage in that regard than 350 other teams in the country. I considered it to be a huge advantage, if you feel it's more of a decently large advantage that's fine too, not gonna argue that part...point remains the same.
 
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BruinVol said:
How were they allowed to play 8 games?
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Not sure. First I habe ever heard of an entire, intact college team to represent the US in the World University Games too. Seems like a lot of teams would be jumping at that opportunity. 10 extra practices and potentially 8 games is definitely an advantage. That's a quarter of a season worth of games and practices.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Not sure. First I habe ever heard of an entire, intact college team to represent the US in the World University Games too. Seems like a lot of teams would be jumping at that opportunity. 10 extra practices and potentially 8 games is definitely an advantage. That's a quarter of a season worth of games and practices.
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Yea I don't know reasoning behind it or how they were the lucky ones chosen but I've never seen that before.

Edit: in quick research apparently it's not unheard of, Kansas did it last year and Northern Iowa the year before.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Yea I don't know reasoning behind it or how they were the lucky ones chosen but I've never seen that before.

Edit: in quick research apparently it's not unheard of, Kansas did it last year and Northern Iowa the year before.
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Any chance those teams played less games in their regular seasons?
 
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Some may accuse me of premature exultation, but I'm feeling quite optimistic about this game.
 
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Idk, these things happen from time to time. Big difference between this time of year and basketball season. I hope we beat them and I know we can but Matt Painter will have the team in shape by the time the battle rolls around.
 
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