Purdue has been one of the very best teams in college basketball all season.
Now, they’re facing perhaps the weakest team in the field.
We’re not overthinking this pick.
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Purdue (-23) over Fairleigh Dickinson
“The more I see Purdue, the more I think we can beat them,” Knights coach Tobin Anderson shouted after the team’s First Four win.
Those words won’t make the task easier for a team which only advanced this far due to an NCAA technicality and a First Four matchup with an opponent owning one of the three worst records in NCAA Tournament history.
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The Boilermakers weren’t going to take the 1-16 matchup lightly anyway, following their stunning loss to 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s in last year’s Sweet 16.
Purdue’s National Player of the Year, 7-foot-4 Zach Edey, should have no trouble putting up 30 and 15 against the smallest team in the country.
