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@JonathanStadtm1 Sure. It was questionable. Not to change the topic, but I’m excited to watch Syracuse next year…I’m a huge Ryan Moesch fan (assuming he will be committing any day now.)

@badunn3 As long as you recognize Purdue was fortunate to be there due to their own questionable call.

Bradley literally 2 hand shoved Loyer to create that layup. Arizona kicks legs out into Harris to draw foul on Harris. Jacobson taken to the ground on lob attempt. Arizona relying solely on officiating to get a lead, but go ahead and say Purdue always gets the favorable whistle.

@JonathanStadtm1 The layups and FT’s, no. But I’d hope a D1 player could make those when given the opportunity 🤷🏼‍♂️

@badunn3 So the officials made zona’s buckets for them?

@JonathanStadtm1 In that stretch where they got momentum and took the lead, yes.

@badunn3 Solely officiating? Thats a bit much.

@StockTalks21 Then Bradley shoving Loyer to create for Karchekov, Karchekov kicking his legs into Harris drawing a foul, Jacobson being tackled on a lob leading to a layup and Krivas traveling on the offensive rebound and falling over Cluff that was somehow a foul. That was the ball game.

If Arizona wins this game. Remember that momentum swing when Trey Kaufman Renn picked up his 3rd foul.

Wow! I’m all for a “legal” Gortat but c’mon.. Next years “Hook & Hold” point of emphasis..

Arizona just needed 3 guys in stripes to get them going to start the second half! But Purdue always gets the whistle and plays “unethical hoops” lol

@zitoameriki__ Lol you thinking that was a foul on the tip in tells me all I need to know about your intelligence 🤣🤣

@badunn3 Yes, I do. They're on fuckin TV every goddamn week. Did you not watch the last game where Renn offensive foul to get that last tip in? Braden fuckin flops on every screen he hits. Run along now, clown.

I can’t believe people call Purdue unethical ball and then watch Arizona

@zitoameriki__ lol okay buddy, because you watch a lot of Purdue basketball 👍🏻

@badunn3 Purdue always gets a favorable whistle dude. You're a casual if you dont think so.

Arizona travels on the offensive rebound, trips over Cluff and Cluff gets called for the foul lol

Arizona getting every call…Twitter idiots going off on the “Purdue whistle” lol

@TylerJWorden Interesting take on backcourt athleticism considering Smith (26 points) and Loyer (27 points) torched Arizona’s backcourt in 2023. Are you saying Bradley, Caleb Love, Kylan Boswell and KJ Lewis weren’t bigger, stronger and more athletic than Smith and Loyer?

PURDUE SCOUTING REPORT: Arizona is 36 hours away from cutting down nets in San Jose, but they have to get past Matt Painter and the Purdue Boilermakers first. Arizona fans remember Purdue from December 2023 when the Cats went to Indianapolis and lost 92-84. The backcourt duo of Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith went 9-16 from 3pt range that night and Zach Edey offered 22/9 in the win. While a lot of the pieces remain at Purdue, there are clear areas where Arizona can attack this team. 1) Size down low - Purdue is the smallest team left in the NCAA tournament and rank 120th in the country in average height (vs. 8th for Arizona). Edey is gone and is replaced by Oscar Cluff, a 6'11 senior who grades out on KenPom as the 2nd most best offensive player in the country. Purdue loves to utilize him in the P&R and he is phenomenal at getting offensive boards. But Cluff is a below-the-rim type of player - he is more of a bruiser than a true rim protector. Arizona has handled big man profiles like this all season - where Arizona has struggled against bigs is the type of player that can stretch the floor and utilize their athleticism against Krivas. Purdue is playing in this game purely because Texas C Matas Vokietaitis picked up his 4th foul midway through the 2nd half yesterday and had no answer for Cluff. That won't be the case for Arizona, who will be able to matchup well against a less athletic center. 2) Backcourt athleticism - in the final seconds of a tied Sweet 16 game against Texas, Braden Smith drove around a 6'3, 180lb Chendall Weaver and missed a layup before being tipped in by Trey Kaufmann-Renn. That was their end of game play call... having a 6'0, 170lb Braden Smith who times his 40-yard dash with a sundial driving to the lane. Good luck trying to do that against the size and speed of Jaden Bradley (6'3 / 205), Brayden Burries (6'4 / 205) or Ivan Kharchenkov (6'7 / 230). Arizona has the ability to bully the Boilermaker backcourt with their size, their strength, and their athletic ability. 3) FT advantage - Purdue is 333rd in the country at getting to the line. Arizona is 7th. Purdue has shot 575 FTs this season - Arizona has shot 998! In a game of fouls, Arizona not only holds a scoring advantage but has the bodies in the front court to withstand any foul trouble. This will be especially important given the pace that Purdue wants to play at. Purdue is going to do everything in their power to dictate the terms of this game. They are going to slow it down - they're 325th in the country in tempo. They're going to pack the lane, sag off, and dare Arizona to shoot 3s. Purdue is 38th in the country in 3pt attempts allowed and 12th in average 2pt distance. I'm sure we'll see some full court press out of Painter in an attempt to grind the pace down as much as possible. And don't get it twisted, this Purdue team can make threes. That sends a shiver down the spine of every Arizona fans who remembers Sam Dekker turning into Reggie Miller in the final minutes of the 2015 Elite 8, and Fletcher Loyer has the ability to do that. But this is not the 2015 Wisconsin team. That team had 3 NBA draft picks - I don't think there is one on Purdue. That team was the 2nd tallest team in the country - Purdue is 120th. That team has multiple 6'9 or taller forwards who would stretch the court and shoot threes - Purdue doesn't have that. As we've been saying all season, if Arizona goes out there and plays their game, they're beating Purdue. If I am Tommy Lloyd, I am trying to establish our game in the front court early and often, I am trying to get out in transition at every possible opportunity, and I am using our strength and athletic advantage in the backcourt to bully Braden Smith, CJ Cox and Fletcher Loyer. We are 1 win away from Arizona returning to the Final Four for the first time in 25 years, and we have the best team in the country to do it. Go out there and play your style of game... ...and I'll see you in Indy. Arizona - 82 Purdue - 73

@Syracusegilly23 @AdamZagoria @TheJuiceOnline @RyanMoesch He is legit…don’t let the looks fool you!

@AdamZagoria @TheJuiceOnline @RyanMoesch is moesch good ???

Also hearing Class of 2026 Siena commit @RyanMoesch will likely follow Gerry McNamara to Syracuse assuming he gets his release

Tell me again why the Syracuse fan base want(ed) Hodgson and not G Mac 🤔

@LFTimes_sports @JYDbook @NYSPHSAA @NateLull @omgitsjsh It is up to each section to determine how to handle the at large bid. In Section 2, the sectional champion has the choice of which path to take when there is also an at large, but I’m not sure if other sections handle it that way.

@JYDbook @NYSPHSAA @NateLull It's not how I would expect this to work. The top seed/sectional champ/returning state champ plays the extra game? To quote a lyric from my college days, "That's because sense can not be made/It's something that must be sensed." @omgitsjsh

.@NYSPHSAA I do not understand this. A higher rated, section winner goes to a sub-regional play-in game while a section runner up that was a lower seed advance into the regional/quarterfinal round. Make it make sense! LaFargeville has a real beef here. @LFTimes_sports @NateLull

Quite possibly the worst roughing the passer call ever. How is a 300 lb dude supposed to wrap up Mahomes and bring him down without landing on him?

This Purdue-Memphis game might be the worst officiated game I’ve ever seen…

Houston is good, but not close to being the #1 team in the country…

@jefe172 @thomaseotoole @MattNorlander Fair enough, but you are talking about a freshman who has scored 3 career points. That’s vastly different than Purdue playing without a senior all american who averaged 20 and 7 last year.

@badunn3 @thomaseotoole @MattNorlander They weren't at full strength. Harwell didn't play. But yeah, still some questions.

How many times in men's basketball has the No. 1 team been jumped for the top spot while coming off a week in which it didn't lose a game? Just happened to (shorthanded) Purdue. Barely (three points, and Purdue had 2x the 1st-place votes as UH), but it happened.