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With March Madness right around the corner, college basketball is truly starting to get interesting. This past weekend, each of the top 3 teams lost, and there really doesn’t seem to be one clear-cut favorite at this point in time.
The latest victim of a tough loss was Purdue, who was ranked 3 coming into their game with Michigan State.
This was Purdue’s first game without recently injured Robbie Hummel, and it was apparent that his absence hurt them. Purdue only shot 30% from the field, and they were out-rebounded 44-16.
Without Hummel, Purdue is going to need to find another player (maybe E’Twaun Moore?) to step up and carry the load for the Boilermakers.
But as Purdue tries to figure that out, there will be other teams climbing the ranks, in hopes of claiming a number-one seed when tournament time comes around.
Chances are, though, that whoever does claim that new vacant spot, will just fall like a ton of bricks. We have all seen it too many times before, and it is almost inevitable at this point.
In my opinion, a team’s best chance is to sneak up on the others and attack when nobody expects it. A team without a target on their backs can usually move forward without much resistance.
Can anybody say, “Murray State?”
