Alot of Chatter about Purdue-Siena

SOUP · 03-15-10, 01:52 PM

Purdue wins easily, Kramer has as huge game.

pdx107 · 03-15-10, 01:54 PM

Not an upset I really see happening, although Sienna has heart and has the talent Purdue has more well everything....

Ranx777 · 03-15-10, 02:08 PM

Purdue is not going to be very happy about that Minnesota game, plus u think they dont know everybody and their moms are hating on them right now, talking about how bad they suck without Hummel. Etwuan Moore is the 2nd best player in ALL THE BIG TEN. Purdue still has the top two players on the court in this game, and laying 2.5 to 3.5 points here will be no problem for me. Purdue will handle Siena just fine.

princesspolamalu · 03-15-10, 02:10 PM

I agree that this Sienna hype is ridiculous. Who have they beaten this year to merit all of this nonsense? That and the fact that Purdue had an awful game the last time they played...big deal. Let the Sienna ppl go....better value for me when I take Purdue straight to the bank.

kboiler · 03-15-10, 02:22 PM

Not only will they have the best two offensive players in the game with JJ and Moore, but also the top three defensive players in JJ, Kramer, and Lewis Jackson. Nevermind Barlow.

The fact of the matter is Siena is a guard oriented team, and that plays right into our hand. We struggled versus MSU and Minnesota because they are big and physical. Siena is not big and physical.

I'm just laughing at all the Siena pub because the talking heads are creating chatter. Too funny.
Purdue is more talented on both ends of the floor.

BigPapa62 · 03-15-10, 02:55 PM

Everyone is saying Sienna in this game so idk

kboiler · 03-15-10, 03:11 PM

Well, then I say Vermont can beat Syracuse. Is that how it works? Just bold predictions that have no merit?
Right now, this is the "Popular" choice, but not the logical one.

Again, I'm asking for a write up explaining your case for Siena...thus far its been almost two hours and no one has stated their case. That's pretty telling if you ask me.
I hope everyone doesn't lose their wad on this game. That would be a shame....not to mention breaking their legs jumping off the "popular" bandwagon.

The General · 03-15-10, 03:20 PM

You're as good as your last performance I hear. Purdue is toast if so.

suckerforparlays · 03-15-10, 04:25 PM

All i no is if Siena makes the tourney for the next 10 years in a row there gonna be the main conversation over and over and over. The one and done team that wins there first round game lol

fsugolf · 03-15-10, 04:29 PM

Originally posted by kboiler

Beating OSU last year is not a reason they'll beat Purdue this year. So please leave that out.

but as you stated in another thread..."purdue hasn't lost an opening round games since 1993, when our coach was a senior in college"....so why does purdue win this game?

kboiler · 03-15-10, 04:32 PM

Golfman...I'm not asking people why Purdue will win. I'm asking for a write up on Siena. Please provide the answer or stay out of this thread.

Thanks.

suckerforparlays · 03-15-10, 05:38 PM

man think if Siena would of beat Temple in the Out of Conference season. Everyone would be locking in on SIENA like crazy!!

Jasonal_98 · 03-15-10, 06:08 PM

It seems like more of a play against Purdue than a play for Siena. Line movement on this one is going to be interesting.

orangeman51 · 03-19-10, 02:39 AM

okay, so I come on here all the time to see what people are saying, but today I finally decided to sign up and throw in my 2 cents...here goes.

I agree with you that what's happened in previous seasons, ie siena's win over ohio state last yr, has nothing to do with this year, so I'm not going to use that in my argument because it's an irrelevant point. I AM going to use the Robbie Hummel issue because it's very relevant.

Since Hummel's injury, purdue is 3-2. All 3 of the teams they beat were bad teams with rpis above 100. Indiana's rpi is worse than 200. To top it off, they only beat penn st by 4 points. FOUR POINTS. PENN STATE, who had a whopping 3 wins in the big ten this year. When they played the nittany lions earlier this year with Hummel, they won by 20. And of course, there's the two losses, the most recent of which was a 27 point thrashing.

That is why people are picking Siena...based on Purdue's poor performance without Hummel. I agree that Siena hasn't really done anything to prove themselves, but they really haven't had too much of an opportunity to do so. They've only faced 4 teams with rpis in the top 50, and 3 of those games were waaaayyy back in nov/dec. Yeah, they got smacked around by Butler not too long ago, but butler hasn't lost since december. Siena is averaging more rebounds than purdue on both sides of the court, better fg% and more points per game. Is Siena absolutely going to win this? No. but for the potential to win over 2.5 times your money, it's a good bet.

iceminers26 · 03-19-10, 02:41 AM

Originally posted by kboiler

Well, then I say Vermont can beat Syracuse. Is that how it works? Just bold predictions that have no merit? Right now, this is the "Popular" choice, but not the logical one. Again, I'm asking for a write up explaining your case for Siena...thus far its been almost two hours and no one has stated their case. That's pretty telling if you ask me. I hope everyone doesn't lose their wad on this game. That would be a shame....not to mention breaking their legs jumping off the "popular" bandwagon.

I think Vermont/Cuse will be closer than Siena/Purdue, wish I would have grabbed them at 19 when it opened

Glitch · 03-19-10, 02:43 AM

well-said orangeman

hoopster42 · 03-19-10, 02:47 AM

siena is athletic, smart, extremely well-coached, and believes they can win. the mental part of the gm is half the battle. yes, they beat teams in the 1st round the last 2 yrs that were probably not as good as purdue (even minus hummel) but the fact is they also took 1-seed l'ville down to the wire last yr, they are siena only in name, they have better than mid-major levels of coaching and talent

BernardMadoff · 03-19-10, 03:30 AM

How healthy is Moore though?

frostno98 · 03-19-10, 03:30 AM

Guards vs Guards, I think Purdue is better defensively though. Missing Clarence Jackson will also hurt if Ubiles and Franklin goes cold early. If they fall behind to Purdue, like they did against Manhattan, Rider, and Fairfield in the MAAC tourney, Purdue will put them out of their miseries.

woodsen2 · 03-19-10, 03:40 AM

I'm going big on Purdue. This will probably be my biggest play of the first weekend.

2PLAYSMAX · 03-19-10, 05:44 AM

Going on Purdue myself....I think the chalk may come out on top day 2.

mminkovski · 03-19-10, 05:54 AM

sienna ML - my play

jackpot269 · 03-19-10, 05:56 AM

No write up but would not surprise me !!!!!!!!!!!!

btraband · 03-19-10, 06:12 AM

Sienna looked good last game and Purdue did not. That makes me feel Purdue will be inspired to the hilt because they have an exceptional coach who now has a solid motivational factor for this game. I won't play on this one, most likely, but that's my two cents worth.

WileOut · 03-19-10, 06:18 AM

The line is correct. Purdue is hurt even more than just Hummel and they suck on top of that. Under is the play. Get 130 while you can.

Jackson and Moore combined for 2 points in the last game.

suicidekings · 03-19-10, 06:25 AM

Originally posted by btraband

Sienna looked good last game and Purdue did not. That makes me feel Purdue will be inspired to the hilt because they have an exceptional coach who now has a solid motivational factor for this game. I won't play on this one, most likely, but that's my two cents worth.

I think Purdue will be more motivated for this game after having to listen to so much publicity about "Siena the giant killer" all the way from Sammy up to Obama... Every news article is slanted in Siena's direction and the public is eating it up... Siena is the prototypical public fave in this game. I'm leaning Purdue, but on the ML for the most part. Could be a close game, but I just don't buy Siena as a legitimate threat here.