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This team is absolutely LAZY. We get leads based on talent alone then we play "hot potato" ball where the first one with it shoots. We aren't hustling of playing defense now. Once again, team is on the ropes against a mediocre team. Play with some mf passion and heart and put these scrubs away

The worrisome thing with this team is the tendency for these guys to freelance on offense and defense. There are stretches where they play "focused" team basketball but that's rarely sustained. We get a big lead and we start being all over the place, it's a tight late game scenario we start being all over the place. Terrifying shot selection, poor offensive structure, no coordination on defense. It's not a team out there once we get away from the gameplan.

Same problem game after game. The complete inability to stop runs. When things start going bad for us, they go bad in a hurry and we cannot recover.

In both psu and now this game, Michigan is just flat out getting outworked.

They don't want to be great lol.

Hardaway has been atrocious for over a month now, he doesn't get nearly enough criticism.

No heart...we are road pussies

They just aren't playing as a team, it's selfish play.

Does Stauskas even bother to pretend he plays defense?

I literally don't think there's a single thing that could go more wrong for us in this game.

I know we create our own luck, and I blame the team at this point, but it's mind blowing at the amount of plays/bounces are going in Purdue's favor. Every one of our 2 foot finger rolls have rimmed out, there must have been 10 consecutive in the first half. On the flip side, whatever Purdue puts up is going in, whether or not there's a lapse in the defense.

I just can't get over how much is wrong with the team and I still don't know if it's just because we're on the road. Is it the road environment or just playing away from Crisler?

MrWoodson will be on in a bit to "correct" that perception. I mean, what team *doesn't* get blown out by one of the conference's bottom feeders?

Here is the positive: Purdue isn't as bad as Penn State.

Why is it always about the offense? Almost everyone on this board always notices the few offensive mistakes and not the fact that Purdue has fifty plus points with ten minutes left. How many games have they scored over seventy points? Hardaway and Stauskus can't keep their guy out of the lane and our big man are slow and not physical enough on the glass. We need to play much better on that end of the floor!

Our rebounding and defense is atrocious...mix that with Purdue making some great shots and we're getting mercked

Definitely.