Hey there, it's Gary Persia, Friday, February 2, 2018.

Welcome back to the Ion College basketball podcast.

I got Mad Norelander here with me.

And I want to start with something.

Norelander wrote earlier this week about Purdue and Arizona because it really is just crazy

how their season started.

I'm going to have to wear there at right now.

Purdue opened this season for and to with losses to Tennessee and Weston Kentucky and that

landed the bowl of makers in the seventh place game of the battle for Atlanta.

Meantime Arizona opened at three and two with losses to NC State and SMU which landed

the Wildcats in the seventh place game in the battle for Atlanta.

Then Purdue beat Arizona by 25 points in that seventh place game and Purdue hasn't lost

since and Arizona has only lost once since.

So Purdue is I think this is right.

21 to 0 outside of the battle for Atlanta.

Arizona is 19 and one outside of the battle for Atlanta which means there are combined 40

and one outside of the battle for Atlanta which means the seventh place game of the battle

for Atlanta's the 2017 version is probably the best seventh place game in the history of

regular season.

Ternum is Norelander.

Let's start with your thoughts on what Purdue and Arizona have been able to do since they

returned from the Bahamas.

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