#4 Purdue vs. #13 High Point: A Spot for a Potential Upset?

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00:004-13 in the Midwest region. Purdue, last year's national runner-up and the fourth seed in the

00:05Midwest against the 13th seed in high point into the big dance for the first time in program

00:11history has been a D1 school for about two and a half decades. The champions of the big self and a

00:17team that metrically when you look at teams around this mid-major level as elite offensively as you

00:24will find 25th most efficient offense in college basketball. It is a reason that high point opened

00:31as a nine and a half point dog now they're only getting seven and a half. Do you agree with where

00:36that market movement stands for this round of 64 game in Providence? Again it's hard like when you

00:41step out of your element like you say man they're really a you know they're efficient offense and

00:46then you say well Purdue's seventh in efficiency in the country going against NBA players on a

00:51day-to-day basis. High points going against you know hey guys that are going to go into their

00:55second career at Enterprise Rent-A-Car as we like to say. So how does that efficiency actually hold

00:59up at this point is what it's hard to quantify. But for me I've always in the tournament these

01:04are good basketball teams that make it in. I love to lean towards the points. Yes Purdue's the better

01:08team but if we're just looking at like statistics hey high points should be able to do whatever they

01:12want theoretically on offense but when everybody on the opposite side is bigger faster and stronger

01:17than what you play how does that efficiency actually check out. So am I saying I'm gonna fade

01:22high point in this spot not necessarily and as I told you I do like to take the points but as a

01:27handicapper myself it's puzzling to me because I honestly Ben I don't know how high point like hey

01:32look they're 25th best offense in the country they're up and down the court they look fantastic

01:36like yeah the numbers make sense but again when you're playing teams that aren't very good and

01:41now going to play one of the best teams in the country how does that hold up and we're not

01:45talking about 18 and a half points like we're expecting high point to be in this game from tip

01:50all the way through now Purdue does have a tournament blemish or two on their roster

01:55against teams that they technically shouldn't have lost to but you can't play that way like

01:59oh this team what does this team have oh well their coach or whatever no no different players

02:02different times get after it.