So what have we accomplished? Purdue is 13 games into its season and will not play another non-Big Ten team until the NCAA Tournament. Fans wanted a more challenging non-conference schedule and they got it. Purdue has played a pair of top 10 teams. It has played three other major conference teams that rate from “pretty good” to “bottom half of their conference”. We had a couple of mid-major wins that might bear some fruit as teams that win their conference. Let’s take a look at what has come out of the non-conference, first on a team basis.
No Bad Losses
In fact, you could argue that they were more missed opportunities than losses.