5 thoughts...
1. I was worried after watching Purdue beat the Zags. Those fears came true. Purdue is a very talented and experienced team. Edey is a force like no other I've seen in CBB this year. There is no shame in losing to this team. After Portland, I think they just vaulted themselves into the chase for a #1 seed.
2. Duke did show fire, coming back a few times to cut the big lead to single digits. And the eventual switch to zone did derail Purdue temporarily. But their inexperience offensively was obvious when compared to the Boilermakers' offense. The game was a true learning experience. Duke isn't all that (yet), and now they know it, for certain. Time to work on a number of things, Devils.
3. To me, Proctor's play was the best thing a Devils' fan could point to in this game. And Lively actually played pretty good D on Edey. It's just that Edey was too much for one guy to handle.
4. You can see greatness in Whitehead more and more. He's got the moves. He still needs time to get into his best form. He could also work more on defense, I saw he was out of position more than once.
5. In order for this team to really make a deep run, guys like Blakes and Grandison need to make more of an impact every game. Even Reeves, in his first meaningful appearance, did his job when he came in. The upperclassmen need to have meaningful minutes, each and every game. Today, they did not.
9F
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I will never talk about That Game. GTHC.