Game 4- at Purdue - Sunday Nov. 16th @ 7:30 pm (FOX Sports)

[csims0917]

Purdue wins!! Akron should be facing #1 coming off a big road win. Maybe they’ll come out flat👀🤞

Edited Friday at 02:12 AM by csims0917

[Reslife4Life]

Wow Purdue holds bama to 80

[clarkwgriswold]

Purdue/Alabama was a good game.  Purdue is really solid.  Two very good bigs and a strong 7'4" backup, though Trey Kaufman-Reay who was playing his first game left the game hurt with a couple of minutes left.  The guards are also very good.  I can see the Zips competing on the perimeter but the inside is going to be very tough.  The Boilermakers killed a very athletic and solid Bama squad on the boards.

[Reslife4Life]

Amani get ready to take some charges

[Let'sGoZips94]

25 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

Purdue wins!! Akron should be facing #1 coming off a big road win. Maybe they’ll come out flat👀🤞

 

If we lose, we can say Purdue took back the #1 ranking because of us. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Looking at the box score, Purdue outrebounded Bama 52-28. Bama shot decently well but Purdue shot exceptionally well.

 

Purdue: 47% FG, 42.9% 3P

 

Bama: 42.4% FG, 36.4% 3P

 

Bama only lost by 7. Our style is very similar to Bama's. This gives me hope that we can be competitive with Purdue despite being completely outmatched in the post. 

Edited Friday at 02:03 PM by Let'sGoZips94

[2Ball]

Anyone going to the game?

[2Ball]

Isn’t the game on Big Ten network?

[Illini Zip]

4 minutes ago, 2Ball said:

Isn’t the game on Big Ten network?

Yes, it is. 

[Blue & Gold]

 

[csims0917]

Purdue is 19.5 favorites. I hope we can cover at least but that’s a friendly line for us I feel

[Illini Zip]

1 hour ago, csims0917 said:

Purdue is 19.5 favorites. I hope we can cover at least but that’s a friendly line for us I feel

That was basically the Ohio vs. Louisville game. I’m hoping for a better result, but Vegas is pretty good at what they do. 

[lance99]

On 11/13/2025 at 7:24 AM, MDZip said:

The Zips are certainly testing themselves with a challenging OOC scheduled to start the season, but there's challenging and suicidal. Oakland also started with Purdue (when they were #1) and Michigan (#6) and Houston (new #1). 

They are trying to game the SOS/RPI System......

[kreed5120]

RPI is obsolete. Oakland is just trying to collect paychecks.

[clarkwgriswold]

Oakland has a tradition of "playing up."

[LZIp]

1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

RPI is obsolete. Oakland is just trying to collect paychecks.

 Not RPI, but I distinctly remember Kent being ranked higher better than Miami last year in NET (which seemed to play a part in NIT invite). Playing Alabama and another big program seemed to play a part in that.

[clarkwgriswold]

10 minutes ago, LZIp said:

 Not RPI, but I distinctly remember Kent being ranked higher better than Miami last year in NET (which seemed to play a part in NIT invite). Playing Alabama and another big program seemed to play a part in that.

Sometimes, the metrics overwhelm common sense.  Being 0-3 head to head to Miami should have been the primary factor.

[kreed5120]

49 minutes ago, LZIp said:

 Not RPI, but I distinctly remember Kent being ranked higher better than Miami last year in NET (which seemed to play a part in NIT invite). Playing Alabama and another big program seemed to play a part in that.

 

NET factors in who you play and margin of victory. There is more to the formula as well, but it's not all publicly known. If you play a UNC or Purdue, but lose by 40 it doesn't help you as you performed as or worse than expected. If you play a Purdue or UNC and lose by 5 then it benefits you as you performed better than expected. 

 

If you play NIU and win by 40 it can help you. If you play NIU and only win by 5 it will hurt you. 

 

It's not a simple SOS formula like RPI was. RPI was a much easier system to game.

Edited 1 hour ago by kreed5120

[csims0917]

Hoping today will be a good lesson to show how much better a team can be. I feel like part of the reason we’ve gotten beat up the last two years in round 1 is cause we only face mid majors and never get a true test against a significantly bigger more athletic team. Let’s see how this goes 

[Illini Zip]

It feels like a March Madness game. 

[Illini Zip]

Tavari and Lyles have been around to experience Mississippi State, LSU, Creighton, St. Mary’s and Arizona. Shammah Scott played in the last three. Evan should not be overwhelmed at all. Eric is the only starter to not have played against this level of competition. I just hope they play well.