The initial early look at the NCAA bracket was released early this afternoon. Purdue found themselves as the top #3 seed. Fellow Big Ten teams Michigan and Michigan State were both two seeds indicating, to me at least, that it’s possible that Purdue continues to climb up in the NET rankings and ultimately could catch up to their fellow conference compatriots.
Purdue of course still has work to do with plenty of games left to play in the regular season along with the conference tournament. At this point though Purdue doesn’t have many additional chances for “bad” losses and may only have one real opportunity left for a “good” win when they travel to Maryland next week.