So goes the burdens of expectations.
By almost every conceivable metric Purdue is having a fantastic season. It is sitting at 16-3 in late January with a top 10 ranking according to both the polls and the computer metrics. It just got an excellent true road win, it has three very good non-conference wins, and the overall profile has them on the Final Four hopefuls short list. Purdue still went 2-1 in three tough games last week, winning on the road at a previous undefeated-in-conference Illinois and beating a feisty Northwestern team by 20 without our best player.