Purdue Basketball Is #1 — Are They For Real This Time?
The Lead
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🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Before their dramatic loss to Rutgers on Thursday night, the Purdue Boilermakers became the top team in men's college basketball for the first time in school history. Yet, after a stunning early exit last year from the tournament las year and losses like they suffered on Thursday night, questions remain over whether this team is really a legitimate National Championship contender. Today, The Athletic's Brian Hamilton tell us about the weekend he spent embedded with the team and why this Purdue squad could have what it takes to make a Final Four for the first time in more than forty years.
Read Brian Hamilton's story about his weekend with Purdue: https://theathletic.com/2970015/2021/11/22/is-purdue-for-real-a-weekend-behind-the-scenes-with-one-of-college-basketballs-hungriest-teams/
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| 1:04.0 | Before its dramatic last second loss to Rutgers on Thursday night, |
| 1:09.0 | the Purdue men's basketball team found itself undefeated. |
| 1:13.0 | And somewhere it had never been before, at the top of the NCAA rankings. |
| 1:19.0 | The athletics Brian Hamilton recently spent 48 hours embedded with the program |
| 1:23.0 | and he joins us today to explain how this team has become the number one team in the land |
| 1:28.0 | and what separates them from past Purdue teams that have fallen short. |
| 1:32.0 | The most efficient offense in the country, there are top 10 three point shooting team, |
| 1:36.0 | there are top 10 two point shooting team. |
| 1:38.0 | There's nothing to take away that they don't have an answer for. |
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| 1:45.0 | It's Friday, December 10th, and this is The Lead. |
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