Elite Eight Showdown: Which High-Octane Offense Will Dominate the Court?

Purdue vs. Arizona, 8:49 ET

This has been a rough NCAA Tournament for me. If you’ve faded me, you’ve made a lot of profit. I say this quite a bit, but I’d rather be losing consistently than going 1-1 for these plays because even though I’m losing, those who follow me can at least make some money. This should be one of the best games of the entire tournament as you get one of the more versatile and veteran teams in Purdue taking on a young, but very deep Arizona team.

Purdue has been ranked as one of the best teams in the country for the majority of the season. They entered the year as the #1-ranked team in the nation and lived up to the hype for about a month before they were chopped down by Iowa State. That’s not overly concerning to me; most teams lose games, and Iowa State is talented. They bounced back and won nine games in a row. However, they then dropped three straight games to UCLA, Illinois, and Indiana. Before the Big 10 Tournament, they also started dropping games, losing four of their last six games. They did win the Big 10 Tournament, beating Nebraska and Michigan along the way. This has been a fairly easy path to the Elite Eight for Purdue as they’ve had to face Queens University, then Miami, and finally Texas. That isn’t to say they’ve been dominant. It was a 10-point win over Miami, and then they needed a last-second tip-in over Texas to win. They were losing a lot of that game against the Longhorns as well.