Purdue is up against it now. After three straight losses all the goodwill from the wins over Indiana and Iowa is gone. Ironically, Purdue’s loss last night ended up helping Purdue in an odd way. Wisconsin went from 31 to 28 in the NET rankings, crossing the magical 30 threshold and giving us a fourth Tier 1 win.
Of course, last night was also a tier 1 loss and a missed opportunity. Had one of the late threes by Sasha Stefanovic gone down it would have marked the third time this season he has saved us with a critical late three, and a road win to make a sweep of a good Wisconsin team would have done wonders.