What are your thoughts on your flair’s matchups?

I think some of the most valuable information on this subreddit is people who know a lot about their team. Obviously there will be homersism, but fans know their strengths and weaknesses better than anybody.

Ex. Any Maryland fan will tell you they have no depth but a great starting 5. I see that as a positive because in the tournament TV timeouts are longer. I think it’s possible to play your starters near 40 minutes, especially in the first round and sweet 16.

For my team Purdue, I like our matchups. I know a lot of people think we will get upset but I’m picking us to go to the sweet 16. First, I cannot make this more clear, I have been very very negative of Purdue this year and in the past. I am the least homer fan possible.

This year Purdue has a lot of weaknesses and have gotten exposed late in the season. But our first matchup High Point have a terrible defense and great offense. Purdue against those teams have been able to just out score them (Iowa, Rutgers, USC, Toledo, etc.). If you can’t stop the Smith TKR pick and roll we can out score you 90 to 80.

Then against Clemson, that is also another favorable matchup on my opinion. I always remind myself the second round is a two day turn around. Teams will stick with what they are good at and there isn’t much time to prepare for your opponent. For a team like Purdue that is massive, Painter has great teams but can often be out coached.

Clemson doesn’t shoot a lot of free throws, which means the Purdue bigs probably wont foul out (a massive issue for us). They alsov don’t seem to be terrible efficient scoring inside, our biggest weakness is defense in the paint.